Dots has sponsored the "Celebrity Grand Slam Paddle Jam" celebrity table tennis tournament in Hollywood, whose proceeds benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The company is a contributor to the charity Give Kids the World Village in Kissimmee, Florida. DD Cryogenics Dippin' Dots are stored and transported at –40 degree Fahrenheit (–40 °C), which is colder than most frozen foods require. The companies' development of ultra low temperature freezers, proper storage, and transportation got the company involved from about 1988 with selling their equipment for other uses, such as preserving microbiological cultures for fermentation. To expand this side business after the 2011 bankruptcy and sale, a subsidiary company, Dippin' Dot (DD) Cryogenics LLC, was established in May 2019. DD Cryogenics did contract freezing and pelletizing of microbiological products out of their Paducah plant. In August 2020 a new dedicated 6,000 square foot, 3.2 million manufacturing plant came on-line in Paducah. Their services now include contract design and manufacturing, cryogenic processors, and ultra low temperature freezers. Vaccine storage DD's creation of ultra low temperature freezing for their own food products, and commercial freezers going as low as , sparked interest when vaccines were developed for COVID-19 that required storage at -94 °F (-70 °C). Pharmacists and distributors of those vaccines reached out for those freezers. References External links Companies based in Kentucky Food and drink companies established in 1988 Restaurants established in 1988 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011 History of Lexington, Kentucky Ice cream brands Molecular gastronomy Paducah, Kentucky Restaurant chains in the United States 1988 establishments in Illinois 2022 mergers and acquisitions