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my view of ice cream has changed over time. I grew up close to the biggest factory for ice cream in the UK where it was adjacent to the biggest bacon factory in

my view of ice cream has changed over time. I grew up close to the biggest factory for ice cream in the UK where it was adjacent to the biggest bacon factory in the UK. The myth at the time was that the fat from the bacon went next door to the ice cream factory. At the time the label just said 'animal fats' rather than 'dairy' so there was nothing to dispel the myth. Since then the formulation has changed, now you get the usual palm oil. As far as ultra-processed foods go, is there anything worse than commercial ice cream? You have got animal fats or palm oil to block your arteries, refined sugar to spike your glucose and lots of emulsifiers and other 'e numbers' to disrupt your digestive tract? Most ice cream is sold in tourist venues where the vendor knows he will never see the customer ever again. There is zero motivation to make it a healthy product or to use quality ingredients when you are not expecting repeat customers. In other developments, there is a move to have more efficient freezers for ice cream in stores, which means changing the temperature so it does not need to be stored at such a low temperature. The likes of Unilever can spend a fortune on the food science to get the temperature up, to roll out new freezers.

BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
> There is zero motivation to make it a healthy product Heh. I mean, uh, oh no!
altacc 2y ago
While clearing out an old tub of ice cream I noticed that industrial ice cream doesn't melt in the same way as 'real' ice cream. It holds its shape well beyond what you'd expect. Left at room temperature real ice cream puddles, industrial ice cream slumps. There's emulsifiers and stabilizers that keep the consistency for a larger range of temperatures, so that's it's soft to scoop at -18C whereas real ice cream is as hard as concrete. The ingredients list includes things such as whey powder rather than milk. Like so many ultra processed foods it's just cheap powdered ultra processed ingredients held together and flavoured by additives.
- quesera 2y ago
  I have seen scoops of cheap ice cream, accidentally dropped onto pavement on a hot sunny day in the Southern US, maintain their scoop-like shape for hours. Cheap ice cream is not ice cream. Do not eat.
  - skyyler 2y ago
    >Cheap ice cream is not ice cream Most of the UK's "ice cream" would be called Frozen Dairy Dessert in the US. In the United States, cheap ice cream is quite literally not ice cream. It's "frozen dairy dessert".
racl101 2y ago
> Since then the formulation has changed, now you get the usual palm oil. As far as ultra-processed foods go, is there anything worse than commercial ice cream? The ice cream that Walmart sold from its own personal line was messed up. It did not melt as fast as other ice cream and was oily. I'd rather eat no ice cream than eat that.

BugsJustFindMe 2y ago

> There is zero motivation to make it a healthy product Heh. I mean, uh, oh no!

altacc 2y ago

While clearing out an old tub of ice cream I noticed that industrial ice cream doesn't melt in the same way as 'real' ice cream. It holds its shape well beyond what you'd expect. Left at room temperature real ice cream puddles, industrial ice cream slumps. There's emulsifiers and stabilizers that keep the consistency for a larger range of temperatures, so that's it's soft to scoop at -18C whereas real ice cream is as hard as concrete. The ingredients list includes things such as whey powder rather than milk. Like so many ultra processed foods it's just cheap powdered ultra processed ingredients held together and flavoured by additives.

quesera 2y ago
I have seen scoops of cheap ice cream, accidentally dropped onto pavement on a hot sunny day in the Southern US, maintain their scoop-like shape for hours. Cheap ice cream is not ice cream. Do not eat.
- skyyler 2y ago
  >Cheap ice cream is not ice cream Most of the UK's "ice cream" would be called Frozen Dairy Dessert in the US. In the United States, cheap ice cream is quite literally not ice cream. It's "frozen dairy dessert".

racl101 2y ago

> Since then the formulation has changed, now you get the usual palm oil. As far as ultra-processed foods go, is there anything worse than commercial ice cream? The ice cream that Walmart sold from its own personal line was messed up. It did not melt as fast as other ice cream and was oily. I'd rather eat no ice cream than eat that.