A process for the preparation of a frozen confection

The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of a fat-containing, foamed, frozen confection, wherein said preparation is carried out according to the following steps : the ingredients of the fat-containing confection are mixed together, said mixture is pasteurised and homogenised or homogenised and pasteurised, the homogenised mixture is submitted to a at least two-steps cooling, wherein the first step corresponds to a temperature decrease from the pasteurisation or homogenisation temperature to around 10-35 DEG C and the second step from 10-35 DEG C to around 1 to 10 DEG C and a holding time is applied between both cooling steps, the cooled mixture is maintained at the temperature of around 1 to 10 DEG C during at least 0.1 hour and the cooled mixture is freezed with an incorporation of air or another gas before or during freezing.