Ice Cream Case Study

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Introduction: Ice cream has been a popular treat for hundreds of years, but only become common place since the wide spread use of refrigeration. But the process of freezing milk and making a cream desserts out of it was enjoyed as far back as the Roman times, where Emperor Nero reportedly served cream frozen in snow. Nowadays, ice cream can be found everywhere and in many different flavors. Through the years, ice-cream has been produced in larger quantities and was consumed by a larger variety of people from different social classes, at first only being consumed by nobles or the rich. Now it is a product that is mass produced and special techniques are used to make ice cream that hold a soft, creamy texture and create smaller ice crystals. …show more content…

After the mix is complete it is placed in machines that freeze and agitate it using paddles to introduce air into the mixture so to not have large ice crystals from, ad to obtain a smooth, creamy-texture. In commercial ice-cream making, stabilizers put into the mixture. Added to the mixture is usually flavoring such as fruit flavors or other flavors like coffee, caramel and pieces of …show more content…

The fat in milk makes the ice cream have a smoother texture, therefore ice cream made with skim milk will have a less smooth surface. The reason for this is that ice creams with low amounts of fat form a higher number of large crystals. Low-fat ice creams also melts faster and give it less of a taste.

2- Why does some recipes call for salt? What effect will the salt have on the process? Explain your answer.
Salt helps bring out and accentuate some flavors. Just like for all foods, we add salt to it to give it flavor. The salt gives the food in question more taste. Therefore adding a pinch of salt is not going to drastically overpower the past of the final product but rather help bring out some flavors.

3- What is the role of the fat in ice cream?
The fat in milk helps the ice-cream have a smoother texture because of the fact that they contain a lower amount of what and therefore do not from a large number of ice crystals. The ice-creams made of high fat milk help produce a richer and creamier product.

4- What are the basics components of ice cream? ice cream is a mixture of fat globules that is dispersed in water, sugar, ice crystals. The composition also holds air cells making it a foam like substance.

5- What is the role of stabilizers added to ice cream by most

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