Author: Wudel International

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Calling All Frozen Yogurt Franchisees

Considering Going Independent as a Frozen Yogurt Shop?  Now Might Be The Time

Have you been looking for an alternative to the franchise control and transitioning to become a free and independent frozen yogurt shop? The concept is appealing to many and just might be the right next step for you too. Current economic events are disrupting supply chains, raising costs, and changing consumer habits.

Independent ice cream shops are an alternative to the frozen yogurt franchise model and are free to change more quickly and adjust to local tastes and preferences. In addition, you cut expenses when you source the frozen yogurt mix yourself WITHOUT extra franchise fees.

Here are some questions you might ask yourself:

1. Have I been selling frozen yogurt as a business long enough to be established with a good customer base?

2. Do I have a positive attitude to solve business issues and problems that might come up in the future?

3. Do I want more creative control over my business and look forward to creating my own brand in my community?

4. Do I want to eliminate franchise fees and restrictions on who I can buy from?

5. Am I willing to dig in and drive my business to its full potential?

Alternatives to the Frozen Yogurt Franchise Model: Nanci’s Frozen Yogurt and FroCup.com can help your Frozen Yogurt franchise shop:

1. Knowledge and Experience – Nanci’s has been in the food industry and with a specialty focus on the frozen yogurt industry for more than 40 years! We know frozen yogurt and soft-serve ice cream. We are an industry leader in soft-serve product research and development; we have created several “firsts” in the yogurt industry. We continue to create and improve.

2. Training and Customer Support – We’re not a franchise but we love to help. Check out our steps to independence to get you started at nancis.com/grow. We have training videos at nancis.com/training and we’re here to answer any questions you have by phone or email.

3. Ordering options – You can order directly from our e-commerce website anytime you need at FroCup.com. You are also welcome to email or call in orders during our office hours, whichever method is most convenient for you.

4. Product availability – We have most everything you will need to run your Frozen Yogurt shop available on FroCup.com. From the base mixes and flavors to cups and spoons and everything in between. We work to keep everything in stock and ready for you. We also ship out orders as soon as possible so that you get your products in a timely and reliable manner.

Call us at 1-800-788-0808 to get started.

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Make Frozen Yogurt at Home

If you don’t have a commercial soft serve machine, the texture at home would not be as smooth and firm that you would get in a frozen yogurt shop. If you are a home user and do not have a business, the best place to get frozen yogurt mix is on eBay.

Choosing the Right Sweetener: Fructose vs Stevia

Fructose sweetened and Stevia sweetened frozen yogurt products are popular and are preferred over sugar sweetened. Stevia sweetened mixes work best in home machines because they freeze at a higher temperature.

Fructose Frozen Yogurt Mix and Commercial Frozen Yogurt Machines

When using fruit-based sugars like fructose in frozen yogurt mixes, the temperature is critical for proper freezing and crystal formation. Typically, in frozen yogurt shops, they use large frozen yogurt machines that continuously cool the frozen yogurt mix to around 17° F (-8° C). The frozen yogurt mix is constantly churned at these temperatures inside the machine using refrigerant. Commercial frozen yogurt ice cream machines use precise scraper blades that scrape the inside of the machine and allow for thorough mixing of the frozen yogurt mix, producing a smoother texture. In contrast, homemade ice cream makers tend to produce final products that are more granular.

Stevia Frozen Yogurt Mix and Homemade Ice Cream Makers

Most ice cream makers made for the consumer market use a thick metal drum that you first chill in the freezer at home. For example, many machines are made by Cuisinart or Hamilton. To mix your homemade ice cream or frozen yogurt, you remove the metal drum from the freezer while you churn the frozen yogurt mix. As you churn the mix, the temperature rises because it is not held at a constant. Achieving a constant 17° F (-8° C) isn’t possible with these methods. However, you can get much closer to the 25° F (-4° C) needed in order to successfully mix frozen yogurt that uses Stevia as a sweetener.

Nanci’s makes frozen yogurt mix with Stevia in 2 base flavors (no sugar added): Chocolate and Vanilla. If you are looking to purchase only single bags, our frozenyogurtparts eBay store is a great place to find them.

If you are looking for a great way to reproduce the classic star pattern of ice cream or frozen yogurt extrusion, you could use our star caps in the end of a ziploc bag with the corner cut off.

Flavoring Frozen Yogurt

When it comes to choice, Nanci’s has 100+ flavors to choose from. You can also check out our recipes page to find mixing instructions for the proper ratios. You can check our Ebay store flavor listing to order any individual flavors we make.

Bonus Tip

Pre-chilling your frozen yogurt to around 32° F (0° C) before mixing will lower the temperature differential between the mix and the homemade ice cream maker metal drum. In turn, this will allow the drum to stay at colder temperatures longer, resulting in better results no matter what type of frozen yogurt mix you use.