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With the introduction of some great new fun food
equipment and with new fun food products coming onto the market in recent years
many mobile catering businesses have been introducing fun food equipment
into their catering units. With the steady growth in this
area, good profitability and equipment affordability, many business startups are
specialising solely in the sale of fun food products.
Fun food equipment is readily available to purchase and all of our equipment
suppliers (Suppliers Directory) will be able to provide you with
all the information you need to help with your purchase.
Candy floss machines
We've all seen them being made at fairs and fetes and have marvelled at the way
the wooden stick is moved around the bowl of the candy floss machine to
mysteriously produce a candy floss. But is it really that simple to do? Yes, all
you need is a good quality professional candy floss machine, sugar, candy colouring and candy
floss sticks. Although not a new
concept candy floss machines are very easy to operate, easy to maintain and
traditional candy floss on a stick is
always a favourite with young and older customers alike. With
readily and easily available ingredients of standard
granulated sugar, candy floss colouring plus accessories of wooden candy floss sticks and (if
needed) floss containers makes candy floss selling a great addition to your
mobile catering business. All candy floss machines are electric powered, single or two colour candy
floss output, bowl diameters are available in various sizes and output of
between 100 and 350 per hour depending upon the model of candy floss machine.
Everybody loves the
smell of warm freshly made traditional popcorn and professional popcorn
warmers have been around for a while now. Mobile caterers still widely use
popcorn warmers as they produce a very reliable saleable and profitable product
that given the correct environment can be a big seller alongside other fun foods
such as candy floss. Popcorn output can range from 4 portions to around 28 portions every 3 mins depending
upon the unit. Specifications of warmers will vary
depending on the unit so its important to look at the output requirements
before purchasing. Popcorn warmers can also be easily fitted into catering
trailers and make a great visual attraction when fitted to specially designed
carts and kiosks.
Professional chocolate
fountains have been very popular over recent years particularly at weddings,
functions and parties. More recently mobile event caterers have been introducing
specially equipped trailers and carts with the chocolate fountain as the
centre piece. The caterer then sells selections of dips made up from fruit,
marshmallows, sweets etc on skewers. The dips are then either dipped directly into the milk,
plain or white chocolate by the caterer or a cup is filled with chocolate from
the fountain. These methods eliminate the need for individuals to
help themselves, reducing mess and spillages plus avoiding any hygiene issues
through physical finger contact. All fountains are electric powered, sizes start from around
50cmx30cm wide, the tiers are removable and dismantle for easy cleaning plus
they require and hold a large amount of chocolate around 10lbs for the size
above.
Mobile caterers are
often looking for a way to offer soft ice creams without the need to make
sizable financial investments in larger professional soft ice cream machines. A
more recent addition to the fun food equipment industry has been the cartridge
fed hand operated (pull the lever) soft ice cream machines. These table mounted
ice cream machines (manufactured by several leading ice cream companies) are
well suited to catering trailers, carts and kiosks offering a simple to operate
soft ice cream solution. The only additional requirement is of a specialist chilled storage
unit to keep the ready to use ice cream cartridges at the correct temperature which are available along with
any needed point of sale marketing material.
All fun food equipment is available as standalone pieces of equipment and can
make an interesting visual attraction for customers if well positioned. Many fun
food equipment suppliers offer other items to compliment and mount the equipment from attractive
traditional carts to colourful stalls plus purposed built and designed
specialist
catering trailers are also available. Is it possible to get candy floss colouring other than pink?
Yes, various colourings are available visit our candy floss
suppliers for
more details.
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