ICE CREAM RECIPE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 258, 30 July 1942, Page 4

ICE CREAM RECIPE

Minister Suggests Less Sweetening A suggestion that ice cream be made with less sugar than is used at present was put to the annual- conference of the New Zealand Wholesale Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association by the Act-ing-Prime Minister and Minister • of .Supply, Mr. Sullivan, in opening the conference yesterday. Remarking that the sugar ration for the industry was 50 per cent, of its normal consumption, Mr. (Sullivan said that if the sugar in ice cream were 12 per cent., instead of the 14 per'cent, to 16 per cent, at present, the output of ice cream would be reduced to only 624 per cent, instead of to 50 per cent. ' Mr. Sullivan said ho did not know whether that was practicable, and as representatives of the association would be meeting representatives of the Standards Institute soon, he suggested that a Wellingon factory make ice cream with 12 per cent., 10 per cent, and 8 per cent, sugar in it for testing for palatability and other qualities. He had discussed the question of sugar for ice cream with the Rationing Controller and had been informed that, it was impossible to increase the ration. He had received deputations recently from confectionary manufacturers, shopkeepers and others asking for larger quantities of sugar to be made available, but it was quite impossible to accede to the requests, though the Government kept an open mind .and' was always willing to examine protests. But the controlling factor was entirely related to supply. “On the question of sugar we have been facing very great difficulties lately, difficulties arising from the cutting of'us off from the source of supply with which we had contracted and made complete arrangements, and the sugar supply, has been very gravely imperilled,'’ Mr. Sullivan said. Endeavours were being made to procure supplies from further afield, but shipping presented a problem. The best New Zealanders could do was to co-oper-ate and formulate a policy that would tide their industries over the difficulties. Though the ice cream industry, had difficulties, lie could not see in the immediate future any hope of an improvement in the supply of sugar. Nevertheless the position might change. The difficulties over the supplv of sugar were different from the difficulties over the supply of rubber, paper and some non-ferrous metals. When the sugar supply improved the Government would review the industry's ration.