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What is the Difference Between Our Purity™
Brand and
Our Beverage Quality Frozen Water™?
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here to find out |
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CITY ICE HAS TWO BRANDS OF ICE:
PURITY™ BRAND AND BEVERAGE QUALITY FROZEN
WATER™ |
| Why frozen water? Because we didn’t
want to put our product in the same category
as the commonly available ICE which has so
many variables, it could scare even the most
thick-skinned person. |
| Why Our Purity Ice is Best |
Our ice has been tested by a third party
lab, and it is our goal to meet or exceed
the
International Bottled Water Association's
(IBWA) chemical analysis as printed on
their
Web site March 2003. Unlike your home ice,
this product is double filtered, and then
only the purest parts of the filtered water
are used to produce this ice. The rest of
the water is used elsewhere and then discarded.
Great tasting, Bottled Water Quality Ice,
Untouched by Human Hands is the result of
this effort. |
| Hands Free: No One Touching The Ice |
To manufacture Purity Ice, City Ice uses
federally approved drinking water that we
filter to ½ micron then carbon filter
to 5 microns. Finally, only the purest parts
of that filtered water is used in our ice
making while the balance of that water is
discarded at every ice making cycle. City
Ice is manufactured and moves from machine
to machine until it reaches the package and
is sealed, all through automation.
The package itself is manufactured here at
our facility. City Ice, before it is packaged,
is stored in restricted refrigerated areas;
few people are allowed. People cannot and
do not come into contact with our product,
we clean and sanitize our equipment regularly
to be sure our product is not compromised
in any way. Besides being inspected by our
own staff; we are inspected by: State, Federal,
and NSF (National Safety Foundation an Internationally
recognized Food Safety firm). As a matter
of routine, even though we employ a “no
touch system,” a package of City Ice
is randomly chosen and tested monthly by an
independent laboratory for any bacteriological
contaminant to insure sanitation. City Ice
also tests on a regular bases with the goal
of meeting or exceeding the International
Bottled Water Association's (IBWA) standard
for Bottled Water (as printed on their web
site 2003).
City Ice Company 2007 has been recognized
by the International Packaged Ice Association
(IPIA) for PIQCS (Packaged Ice Quality Control
Standards) PLUS accreditation. This includes
HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
– an excepted Food Industry Safety Program
developed for NASA many years ago to be proactive
toward food safety for the Airspace program
to keep our astronauts safe from food borne
illnesses) which is the “Highest Accreditation
Granted by the IPIA.” |
What is the Difference Between
Our Purity™ Brand and
Our Beverage Quality Frozen Water™? |
Our Beverage Quality Frozen Water is our
latest development to bring the public’s
attention to the fact that ”ice, like
food, must be of the best quality available
to secure one’s health.”
It seems to us people consider ice to be something
other than frozen water. That is why, in our
opinion, people are so nonchalant about where
it came from, whether or not it is clean and
safe for their consumption. The fact that
we chose to call this “beverage quality”
indicates it is safe and of excellent quality
for human consumption, untouched by human
hands.
We decided to call this “Frozen Water”
as opposed to ice because this product is
NOT like many other ice products on the market.
How often does a person casually reach for
ice for a glass without first washing your
hands?
The ice in our Beverage Quality Frozen Water
will always meet our standard of never having
been touched by human hands. It will meet
the minimum industry standards and will be
beverage quality. And distinct from our Purity
brand ice, this product may be packaged wet,
slightly melted or imperfect, or have many
more little pieces of ice in it and it will
not have any packaging conveniences such as
a zip lock seal.
Our Purity Brand, in time, will only be found
in 5 lb. bags which is the perfect size for
the home freezer. We use much thicker, stronger
film, with a handle, pull strip and a zip
lock seal. It will always be double filtered,
contain less parts and pieces, dried before
we package it so it will be loose in the package
when you purchase it and our goal is to meet
or exceed bottled water specifications (IBWA
website 2003 standards). Purity = Great Tasting
Bottled Water Quality Ice Untouched By Human
Hands. |
| Clean, Crisp and Fresh |
| Our ice goes from one machine into another until
it ends up in a package that (in most cases) we
manufacture here. At NO time is the ice touched
by a person. If there is any question about sanitation,
we discard the product. |
| Cooling |
| Our ice cools 33 percent faster than traditional
packaged ice. Want to know how? Submit a guess.
If you are in our central Virginia marketplace,
E-mail your answer to Healthier@RoadToCool.com
along with your name, address, and phone number
and if you are correct or really funny, we will
mail you a gift along with the correct answer. |
| Got something to say? |
Are you in our Central Virginia Marketplace
and have something to say?
Do you have a good story you want to share with
us? Are you upset about something? Perhaps you just
want to write and let us know how much you enjoy
our product and that we've converted you. Write
to Healthier@RoadToCool.com
with a compliment or a complaint, and we'll send
you a gift. Don't forget to include your name, address,
and phone number. |
| Contact Us |
City Ice
13600 Permilla Springs Drive
Chester, Virginia 23836
1.804.796.9423
1.800.CITY.ICE
Fax 1.804.796.9680
Our office is open Monday through Friday 9am
to 4 pm and Saturday 9am to 11 am. |
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