Conservator

In the ice cream trade, a conservator is a freezer designed for ice cream rather than general frozen food. You will see them in shops as chest freezers with sliding glass lids, and in vans as built-in units under or beside the counter. They hold wrapped lollies and tubs of scooping ice cream at a steady low temperature.

Keeping that temperature steady matters. Ice cream that partly melts and refreezes becomes icy and loses its texture, and temperature control is part of food safety. On a van, conservators run all the time the van is serving. On our vans they run on batteries, not an idling engine, which is why we can trade close to guests, and with nothing running while we serve, some indoor and covered venues can accept the van, subject to their own access and safety rules.

Our battery-powered vans