One of the most delicious childhood memories is ice cream. Tasty, cold, creamy, perfect dessert for a summer day. Have you thought about how it is produced? Surely in your childhood you dreamed of going to a factory where rivers of ice-cream are flowing, and thousands of briquettes ready to eat come out in orderly rows of refrigeration plants. Today, dreams come true. Ice cream factory in Noginsk invites children and adults on a tour. Here you can see how the famous dessert is made, as well as try fresh ice cream.
Famous refrigeration plant
The Noginsk ice cream factory has been operating since 1956. Today its products are known throughout Russia. And the inhabitants of the region do not recognize any desserts, except those made at this plant. Always fresh, tasty, it has become so popular that it can be tasted even far from Moscow, in the Czech Republic and Poland. What can we say about the locals, many of whom work themselves in this factory.
The famous ice cream factory in Noginsk still works according to Soviet standards. This means that recipes and technologies are followed. Even the equipment remains the same. It allows you to work without thickeners and stabilizers, which is provided for on modern production lines. Noginsk ice cream factory produces products of such high quality that it received the title of “Supplier of the Moscow Kremlin”.
Take a look with your own eyes
Vacations are approaching and many parents are thinking about where to take their children. For residents of Moscow and the region, Noginsk will be an excellent option. An ice cream factory, a tour of which is held for everyone, is a very attractive object. Indeed, you will be able to see the whole production process of making a sweet dessert.
It produces more than 60 items, each of which finds its own connoisseur. But the most famous product is ice cream in briquettes and waffles. More recently, there was started the production of cold cakes, which are offered to all visitors. The cost starts from 250 rubles. At the same time, nothing will happen to him on the road, since he will be packed in a box with dry ice.
Mode of operation
The factory today operates on a five-day schedule, from Monday to Friday. From November to February, the season of low demand for products, so the plant operates three times a week. It is Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Be sure to pre-call the travel company and book a tour. The fact is that the Noginsk ice cream factory is very popular among schoolchildren. Reviews say that children are very enthusiastic about the idea of visiting the sweetest factory in the world. If you arrive without an appointment, you may encounter the fact that the guide works with another group, and you have to wait.
Tour cost
If the guys are mostly delighted with the idea itself, then adults are primarily interested in the price of the tour. The ice cream factory in Noginsk is a popular tourist destination, and most tour operators offer their travel arrangements. The cost of the package depends on the services included. By itself, excursions lasting 60 minutes cost 650 rubles. Separately paid transportation costs. If the group is at least 25 people, then one accompanying person is free of charge. If the group is not less than 40 people, then 2 accompanying people pass free of charge.
If you order a full package of services, that is, transport services, a guide, service, entrance fees, prizes and ice cream, then the cost will be as follows:
- A group of 20 students and two accompanying - 42,000 rubles.
- 30 children and 3 accompanying people for free - 49,750 rubles.
- 45 schoolchildren with three attendants - 61,200 rubles.
The cost per person in this case is reduced from 2100 p. up to 1360 p.
Tour Duration
Time also depends on how far Noginsk is located from you. The ice cream factory is an hour and a half drive from Moscow. The duration of the tour is 1 hour 20 minutes. The duration of the program is 7 hours. On the way to the factory, the guide tells interesting facts, and at the gate he meets a snowman - a symbol of the Noginsk ice cream factory. Address - st. Concrete, d. 4.
You will get acquainted with the process of production of ice cream of different varieties. You will see a huge conveyor for the production of ice cream. In conclusion, everyone will receive a box of goodies and will be able to try it in a special cafe. After the tour, you will begin to look a little differently at the popular delicacy, and your children will remember this holiday for a long time.
The journey begins
By the way, you will see the emblem in the form of a huge snowman as soon as you enter the city of Noginsk. The ice cream factory here is the main attraction. Usually the wait at the gate does not last long, and soon the tour begins. After dressing in white bathrobes, guests enter the waffle workshop. Here, cups, horns and briquettes are made and packaged, which are then filled with a sweet treat. Children are treated to fragrant, hot waffles, which are cut manually. Here they will demonstrate equipment for baking cups and horns. Finished products are stacked in special pallets that are sent to the next workshop for reunion with ice cream.
The guide shows that everywhere strict accounting. Each box on the conveyor is taken into account by a special sensor. In addition, there is a camera. Thanks to this, employees have no way to take home condensed milk or cream. All ingredients enter the product, ensuring the highest quality.
Ice cream production
Huge bathtubs are installed in this workshop, in which water, condensed milk, cream, milk and sugar are loaded. All these ingredients in predetermined proportions are poured into the bath and begin to mix with the help of special whisks. This process continues for several hours until the mass becomes completely homogeneous. Now, with the help of pumps, the mass is pumped to the next room and heated to 80 degrees. This is for pasteurization. If you try the mixture at this stage, then it will be impossible to drink it. She is terribly sugary.
Now the ice cream begins to cool and goes into a special tank, where it is whipped and saturated with oxygen at the same time. It is after this that it turns out to be airy, tender, creamy and not at all cloying. That is, the production of ice cream is very profitable, because in the process of whipping, the mass increases several times.
There remains the last stage, freezing. The future ice cream cooled after pasteurization is sent to special pipes, which are cooled with nitrogen. It is because of this that crystals do not form in the mass, and ice cream remains soft.
Did you like the tour, reviews
The ice cream factory in Noginsk attracts the attention of a large number of schoolchildren. Everyone wants to see how a sweet dessert is born, try to decorate a cake from ice cream with their own hands, and also enjoy fresh ice cream at the end of the tour. The guys like the tour. The factory is small and a walk in the shops does not have time to get bored. Prizes and sweet gifts are remembered for a long time. Most parents believe that the tour could be cheaper, but in general they are also satisfied. The only thing that warps a little is the obsessive advertising of ice cream cakes. The guys throughout the tour persistently persuade parents to order cakes only from this manufacturer. Of course, this is marketing, but it could be a little elegant.
In general, this is a good option in order to take the class on an excursion. There are reviews that emphasize that the factory has outdated equipment that spoils the whole impression. On the other hand, the photographs that remain after the excursions demonstrate clean and spacious workshops, neat workers and a delicious ice cream, which they pack at the last stage of production.