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You can prevent melting with a bunch of stabilisers but it's not a better product. Part of the fun of ice cream is the fact it melts.

chiefalchemist 9y ago
Yup. It ain't ice cream if it doesn't melt. It's something else.
bitmapbrother 9y ago
The ice cream, with strawberry polyphenol added to it, does melt eventually. It just takes prolongs its structure longer than ice cream without it. I also like the fact that the ingredient used is natural and not some man made chemical.
- jwilk 9y ago
  Asbestos is also natural, but you wouldn't want it in your ice cream.
- Agathos 9y ago
  Guar gum is also natural. It's extracted from guar beans. And it's widely used (and overused) in lots of US ice cream brands.
- duncan_bayne 9y ago
  You know that plutonium is naturally occurring too, right? https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/natures-nuclear-reactors-the-2-billion-year-old-natural-fission-reactors-in-gabon-western-africa/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/natures-nucl...
m0ckingb1rd 9y ago
Yup, melting is part of fun of having an ice cream
neves 9y ago
I don't think you live in a tropical country where it is usual to have 40ºC in summer:-). I'd really enjoy 10 minutes more enjoying my ice cream.
Dylan16807 9y ago
> Part of the fun of ice cream is the fact it melts. Are there other foods that you think would be improved by adding a melting feature? In other words, if ice cream didn't melt as you held it would you improve it by adding melting? Because "part of the fun" to me sounds like a knee-jerk justification rather than a real evaluation of whether it's a good thing.
- Mikeb85 9y ago
  Texture and unevenness is part of many dishes. And many dishes have a liquid component, or different textures and layers. And there are frozen, custard-y desserts which don't melt. Yet ice cream is #1.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  You don't like licking the liquid as it melts off and starts dropping down the side? Or putting your lips on the top and sucking the dessert as it melts? I don't think that you can say that melting is objectively better, but I think it's an intrinsic property of the food.
  - kobeya 9y ago
    Not really, no.
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      Hm. Well, to each their own. That's one of the aspects of eating ice cream that I enjoy, and I'd miss it eating a product that didn't melt the same way. Kind of like eating barbecue ribs without getting your fingers all covered in sauce; along with the taste, the experience is part of why I eat the food.
      - kobeya 9y ago
        I tend to avoid ribs, as good as they taste, because it's a pain to get my fingers all covered in sauce. To each their own I guess.

chiefalchemist 9y ago

Yup. It ain't ice cream if it doesn't melt. It's something else.

bitmapbrother 9y ago

The ice cream, with strawberry polyphenol added to it, does melt eventually. It just takes prolongs its structure longer than ice cream without it. I also like the fact that the ingredient used is natural and not some man made chemical.

jwilk 9y ago
Asbestos is also natural, but you wouldn't want it in your ice cream.
Agathos 9y ago
Guar gum is also natural. It's extracted from guar beans. And it's widely used (and overused) in lots of US ice cream brands.
duncan_bayne 9y ago
You know that plutonium is naturally occurring too, right? https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/natures-nuclear-reactors-the-2-billion-year-old-natural-fission-reactors-in-gabon-western-africa/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/natures-nucl...

m0ckingb1rd 9y ago

Yup, melting is part of fun of having an ice cream

neves 9y ago

I don't think you live in a tropical country where it is usual to have 40ºC in summer:-). I'd really enjoy 10 minutes more enjoying my ice cream.

Dylan16807 9y ago

> Part of the fun of ice cream is the fact it melts. Are there other foods that you think would be improved by adding a melting feature? In other words, if ice cream didn't melt as you held it would you improve it by adding melting? Because "part of the fun" to me sounds like a knee-jerk justification rather than a real evaluation of whether it's a good thing.

Mikeb85 9y ago
Texture and unevenness is part of many dishes. And many dishes have a liquid component, or different textures and layers. And there are frozen, custard-y desserts which don't melt. Yet ice cream is #1.
khedoros1 9y ago
You don't like licking the liquid as it melts off and starts dropping down the side? Or putting your lips on the top and sucking the dessert as it melts? I don't think that you can say that melting is objectively better, but I think it's an intrinsic property of the food.
- kobeya 9y ago
  Not really, no.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    Hm. Well, to each their own. That's one of the aspects of eating ice cream that I enjoy, and I'd miss it eating a product that didn't melt the same way. Kind of like eating barbecue ribs without getting your fingers all covered in sauce; along with the taste, the experience is part of why I eat the food.
    - kobeya 9y ago
      I tend to avoid ribs, as good as they taste, because it's a pain to get my fingers all covered in sauce. To each their own I guess.