Ice cream and sorbet
formulation software
The iPhone and iPad app that balances your ice cream, gelato and sorbet to the gram and tells you what to fix before you churn. It calculates POD, PAC, solids, fat, MSNF and water as you adjust every gram, with no spreadsheets.
Scan it with your iPhone to get the appFor iPhone and iPad with iOS 15.1 or later · Optional PRO plan, with a 1-week free trial on the annual plan.
- 480+ingredients with a technical sheet
- 8indicators recalculated with every gram
- 5serving methods, from display case to Ninja Creami
- 100%on your iPhone, offline
Formulate with the products you really use
Over 480 ingredients with a technical sheet. Professional fruit purees and specialties carry their brand's logo, so you spot them at a glance and formulate with the product you will actually use.
- At a glance: the brand logo in the list, on the ingredient sheet and when you add it to a recipe.
- With a technical sheet: composition, allergens, storage and the typical dose in ice cream and in sorbet.
- Ready to formulate: add them to the recipe and the app recalculates every parameter instantly.
Do you have an ingredient brand? This is how yours could look inside the app. Get in touch.
How does the ice cream formulation app work?
Three steps, from the flavor to production, with no formulas and no spreadsheets.
Tell it the flavor
Type the flavor and choose ice cream or sorbet, the profile and how you'll serve it. The Ice Cream Master prepares a balanced 1,000 g recipe, or you start from scratch.
Adjust and watch the colors
Every gram recalculates POD, PAC, solids, fat, MSNF, water and the serving temperature. Green means in range. If something drifts out, the Master tells you how to fix it.
Save and produce
The recipe goes into your recipe book with its technical sheet. Scale it to the batch you need and follow production with timers for every stage.
What the formulation software measures
Eight tiles the app recalculates with every gram. Each one shows its target range underneath and a color you can read at a glance.
PODSweetening power
How sweet the mix is compared with sucrose. Too low and the ice cream tastes flat; too high and it's cloying. More in POD in ice cream.
PACAnti-freezing power
Controls how hard the ice cream is at serving temperature: too low and it's rock hard, too high and it's too soft. Lactose counts too. More in PAC in ice cream.
TS · Fat · MSNFSolids, fat and milk solids
Total solids keep ice crystals in check, fat brings creaminess and milk solids non-fat add body and help hold air. Free water completes the picture.
TEMPServing temperature and overrun
The temperature at which the recipe is just right, in °F or °C, and the air whipped in during churning. More in serving temperature and overrun.
An expert that tells you what to change
The app's technical assistance system: it works with the ingredient database and their technical sheets, right on your iPhone and offline.
- Creates balanced 1,000 g recipes from a flavor, for the type, profile and serving method you choose.
- Reviews your recipe with every change: sweetness, anti-freezing power, solids, fat, the dose of each ingredient, stabilizer, alcohol…
- Suggests specific adjustments, like “Cream 414 g → 369 g”, with the expected result and a “Try this adjustment” button.
- Learns your style when you edit and save its recipes.
Scan your ice cream recipes on paper
Take a photo of a recipe from a book, a notebook or a recipe card and Ice Cream Mix turns it into an editable formula with PAC, POD, fat and solids calculated. The photo never leaves your iPhone.
The free plan includes 3 scans. How scanning works →
Formulate for Ninja Creami and Pacojet
Every recipe is formulated for how you'll serve it. Choose it and Ice Cream Mix adjusts the anti-freezing power (PAC) so the recipe is just right at that temperature.
| Serving method | Ice cream | Sorbet |
|---|---|---|
| Freezer | 0 to −4 °F−18 to −20 °C | 0 to −4 °F−18 to −20 °C |
| Display case | 12 to 7 °F−11 to −14 °C | 9 to 3 °F−13 to −16 °C |
| Pacojet | 18 to 9 °F−8 to −13 °C | 16 to 7 °F−9 to −14 °C |
| Ninja Creami | 18 to 12 °F−8 to −11 °C | 16 to 10 °F−9 to −12 °C |
| Soft serve | 21 to 18 °F−6 to −8 °C | 21 to 18 °F−6 to −8 °C |
With Ninja Creami and Pacojet, production swaps aging for a 24-hour freeze. “Scale formula” works by the pint or by the beaker: the app remembers your Ninja (16 oz pint or 24 oz Deluxe) and tells you whether you fill it just right. Start with our Ninja Creami recipes, in grams for the 16 oz pint and the 24 oz Deluxe.
From recipe book to production
Once the recipe is balanced, the app stays with you while you make it.
- Production control: pasteurization, cooling, aging and churning, with a timer and an alert when each stage ends.
- Scale and weigh: enter the batch size (with Ninja and Pacojet, also by pint or by beaker) and weigh ingredient by ingredient, seeing what's left.
- PDF technical sheet with your logo, ingredients by stage, method, allergens, nutrition information and a QR code to import the recipe.
- The Workshop: follow the recipe step by step, from weighing to the display case, or let automatic production run it for you.
- Overrun calculator with a history by batch.
Much more than a calculator
What you need day to day, in one ice cream and sorbet formulation app.
480+ ingredients
Dairy, sugars, fruit purees, nuts, chocolates, stabilizers and liqueurs, with their technical sheet and typical dose.
Your own ingredients
Create them by hand or type in the nutrition panel from the label and the app estimates their technical values.
Recipe book
Search, favorites, variations, an icon for each flavor and how each recipe is served. Locked recipes can't be deleted by mistake.
In season
Flavors of the month, a fruit and vegetable calendar and holidays as they approach, ready for the Master.
Allergens and nutrition
Allergens detected by ingredient and a nutrition label for every recipe, including the US Nutrition Facts format.
Share
As an image, as text, as an .icr file for another user or as a PDF technical sheet.
Your data, on your iPhone
Recipes and ingredients encrypted on the device, with backup on the PRO plan.
iPhone and iPad
A full-screen layout on iPad, light and dark mode and the accent color you like.
Formulation software vs. a spreadsheet
Many ice cream makers start out formulating in Excel or on paper. Here's what changes.
📄 Spreadsheet
- Manual formulas that are easy to get wrong
- No colors to warn you when a value is out of range
- You have to look up and type in every ingredient's values
- It doesn't tell you how to fix the recipe
- Awkward on a phone and in the kitchen
🍦 Ice Cream Mix
- POD, PAC, solids, fat and water calculated instantly
- Green, amber or red by type, profile and serving method
- 480+ ingredients with technical sheets, ready to use
- The Master suggests the exact adjustment
- Always with you on iPhone or iPad, offline
A dedicated ice cream formulation app takes the friction out of the technical side: the software does the math so you can focus on making better ice cream and sorbet.
Made for the US
On an iPhone set to the United States, Ice Cream Mix shows temperatures in °F, uses the US seasonal calendar and starts nutrition labels in the Nutrition Facts format. Recipes stay in grams, the professional standard.
A US seasonal calendar
Fresh produce month by month and holidays as they approach, from the Fourth of July and National Ice Cream Month to Thanksgiving, with their classic flavors.
By the pint or the beaker
In Ninja Creami and Pacojet recipes, “Scale formula” works out the grams with one tap. The app remembers your Ninja and tells you if you fill it just right or how much is left over.
Weigh without losing track
Weighing mode adds up the total weight of the mix, what you've already weighed and what's left, to guide you at the scale.
Plus: FDA-style Nutrition Facts panels per serving with % Daily Values, °F or °C as you prefer (the app always calculates in °C behind the scenes), and the app restarts in a moment to apply a new language, temperature unit or calendar. See it all in the manual →
Free to start, PRO with no limits
Download it free and try it out thoroughly. Go PRO only if you need it.
| Feature | Free | PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Recipes from scratch | 3 | Unlimited |
| Ice Cream Master recipes | 3 | Unlimited |
| Recipe scans | 3 | Unlimited |
| Technical values for all 480+ ingredients | 50 lookups | All |
| Custom ingredients | 2 | Unlimited |
| Backup | — | Yes |
| PDF technical sheet, balance, production and Workshop | Yes | Yes |
Weekly, monthly or annual PRO. The annual plan costs less per month and includes a 1-week free trial. Cancel anytime from your Apple Account.
What is ice cream formulation software?
Ice cream formulation software is a tool for creating, adjusting and understanding ice cream and sorbet recipes from a technical point of view. Instead of relying on manual math or complex spreadsheets, it helps you read the balance of the mix.
Ice Cream Mix supports that process with clear, visual and consistent calculations, without replacing the judgment or the experience of the person formulating.
Who Ice Cream Mix is for
- Ice cream and gelato makers who want more technical control and independence.
- Chefs and pastry chefs developing frozen desserts for restaurants.
- Ninja Creami and Pacojet users looking for just the right texture.
- Culinary students who want to understand POD and PAC.
- R&D teams who need to structure recipes around a clear database.
Official partners
Ice Cream Mix works with leading brands.
Try Ice Cream Mix today
Formulation, technical indicators, a recipe scanner and production control on your iPhone. Free to download, with no ads and no sign-up.
Frequently asked questions
What is ice cream formulation software?
It's a tool that helps you create and balance ice cream and sorbet recipes with technical parameters such as POD, PAC, total solids, fat, milk solids non-fat (MSNF) and water. Ice Cream Mix calculates them instantly as you adjust every gram.
Does Ice Cream Mix work for both ice cream and sorbet?
Yes. It formulates dairy-based ice cream and water-based sorbet, each with its own reference ranges and three profiles: Rich, Classic and Light.
Is Ice Cream Mix free?
Yes. It's free to download, with no sign-up and no ads. The free plan includes 3 recipes from scratch, 3 with the Ice Cream Master, 3 scans, 2 custom ingredients and 50 lookups of the catalog's technical values, plus the PDF technical sheet, the balance, production and the Workshop. The PRO plan (weekly, monthly or annual, the annual one with a 1-week free trial) removes the limits and shows the technical values of all 480+ ingredients in the catalog.
Does it show temperatures in Fahrenheit?
Yes. On an iPhone set to the United States, Ice Cream Mix shows temperatures in °F automatically, and you can switch to °C in Settings. Behind the scenes, recipes are always formulated in grams and calculated in °C.
Can I use it on iPhone and iPad?
Yes. Ice Cream Mix runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 15.1 or later. On iPad it uses the whole screen: Home in two columns, the recipe page with the balance next to the ingredients and the recipe book in a grid.
What is the Ice Cream Master?
It's the app's technical assistance system. Tell it the flavor, the type, the profile and how you'll serve it, and it prepares a balanced 1,000 g recipe that you can then adjust. It also reviews your recipe with every change and, when a parameter drifts out of range, suggests specific adjustments with the expected result.
Can I scan a paper ice cream recipe?
Yes. In the Scan tab you take a photo or pick an image from your library, adjust the frame and the app turns the printed or handwritten recipe into a formula with PAC, POD, fat and solids calculated. Before saving you can review the amounts and replace any ingredients it didn't recognize. Everything is processed on the iPhone, offline.
Does Ice Cream Mix work with Ninja Creami and Pacojet?
Yes. When you create the recipe you choose how you'll serve it (freezer, display case, Pacojet, Ninja Creami or soft serve) and the app adjusts the target PAC so it's just right at that temperature. In production, with Pacojet and Ninja Creami, aging becomes a 24-hour freeze, and “Scale formula” calculates by the pint or by the beaker.
Does it include an overrun calculator?
Yes. The overrun calculator compares the weight of the same volume of mix and of finished ice cream, works out the air incorporated and saves the result on the recipe page, so you keep a history by batch.
Does the app include an ingredient database?
Yes. It includes over 480 ingredients with technical sheets: dairy, sugars, fruit purees, nuts, chocolates, stabilizers, liqueurs, spices and more. You can create your own by hand or from the nutrition panel on the label.
Does the app work without an internet connection?
Yes. Once downloaded, Ice Cream Mix works offline: formulating, calculating, scanning and browsing the recipe book don't need internet. Your recipes and ingredients are stored on your iPhone.
Is formulation software better than a spreadsheet?
For daily work in the kitchen, yes. Dedicated ice cream formulation software avoids the errors of manual formulas, builds in the ingredient database, shows with colors whether each parameter is in range and suggests how to fix it, all on your iPhone.
What's the difference between formulating ice cream and sorbet?
Sorbet has no dairy, so it needs closer attention to PAC, sweetness and the percentage of water so it doesn't end up rock hard or icy. Ice Cream Mix applies each type's own ranges and warns you if an ingredient doesn't fit in a sorbet.
Does Ice Cream Mix replace an ice cream maker's experience?
No. It's a technical support tool: it does the math and guides you with reference ranges, but judgment, tasting and the final adjustment remain the professional's.
More questions? Read the user manual →