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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
by 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 agoI 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".