Less air, more ice cream: Inside Benson’s Korea factory

POCHEON, Gyeonggi Province — In South Korea's crowded frozen dessert market, Benson, the premium ice cream brand operated by Hanwha Galleria subsidiary Better Scoop Creamery, is making the case for ice cream with more dairy and less of everything else. Its products stand apart from what it describes as the watered-down, powder-based formulations filling most Korean freezer aisles. Take the vanilla: Butterfat content reaches 17 percent, above the low-teens typical in the market. Meanwhile, air co

By The Korea Herald