Ice cubes and crushed ice whatever the occasion

 

Ice cubes and crushed ice are nowadays met with all year round. In almost all the fields of gastronomy and catering it is hard to imagine the preparation, presentation and storage of meals and drinks going on without ice cubes and crushed ice.

The cooling effect of ice cubes and crushed ice is also being increasingly made use of in laboratory and medical applications, in cold meat and pastries production and in the wellness offerings of discerning hotels and health and sauna centres. The benefits of ice cubes and crushed ice are also appreciated in many other branches and sectors. Even when equipping kitchens at home, ultimate-customer ice cube makers are becoming increasingly more important.

Fields of use and applications of ice cubes and crushed ice are given in the following overview.
  • Classical gastronomy
    Restaurants, hotels, bistros and cafes where ice cubes and crushed ice are used both for presenting products and cooling them (external cooling and use of ice cubes in drinks e.g. cocktails or cooling soft drinks)
 
  • Adventure and events gastronomy
    Discos, cocktail bars, bars, leisure parks where large amounts of ice are used for cooling drinks and where particular demands are placed on the kind and amount of ice cubes.
 
  • Catering
    Company canteens, hospitals, public establishments which use the ice cubes or crushed ice for presentation of food and drinks and their self-service or provide ice cubes for cold drinks
  • Fast food and self-service restaurants
    Fast food outlets and restaurant chains adding ice cubes to their soft drinks, providing self-service ice cube dispensers and/or cooling meals and drinks with ice cubes and crushed ice.
  • Party services and event catering
    Companies which carry out gastronomic events or supply them with products and which use ice of various kinds and quantities for transport, cooling and storage as well as a drinks constituent
  • In-flight catering
    Catering concerns (subsidiaries or service partners of airlines) supplying meals and drinks to airlines and which need ice of various kinds and quantities (for storage, transport and as a constituent of drinks)
  • Ice-making factories
    Companies producing, filling and stocking large quantities of ice cubes and crushed ice and distributing them to a variety of distributors and users,
  • Wellness
    Hotels, wellness farms, fitness centres and health centres which use and provide ice cubes and crushed ice for their sauna operations and for therapeutic uses
  • Laboratory applications
    Labs in industrial undertakings, scientific establishments, institutes and universities which need ice cubes and crushed ice for cooling purposes
  • Medical and therapeutic applications
    medical facilities e.g. hospitals, university clinics and massage establishments which use and need ice cubes and crushed ice for medical or therapeutic uses
  • Cold meat/sausage and pastries production
    Companies and industrial undertakings which use ice cubes and crushed ice for making cold meats/sausages and/or pastries
  • Ice cube makers for private households and fitted kitchens
    private users wanting to produce ice cubes for their own needs (e.g. with free-standing table top units or special ice cube makers for integrating in fitted kitchens)
  • Fish markets, asparagus producers, shop counters
    Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers from various branches who use ice cubes and crushed ice for storage, transport and for product sales presentation

For individual applications, WESSAMAT provides a wide-ranging programme of highly efficient ice cube makers and ice crushers.

Moreover, ice cubes and crushed ice are being used in ever different and new fields of use. Even if you have an application envisaged for ice cubes or crushed ice which is not illustrated above, we would still ask you to contact us. We will no doubt come up with an optimum solution.