The Cold Facts About Ice Cream

By Marquerite Velasquez


Ice cream is one of the most sought after and popular sweet treats in the U.S. and it has been this way for many years, and the fact is that on the average, Americans eat about 20 quarts of ice cream in a given year. These are the ice creams sold by your local ice cream store and in the grocery shops in your area, who sell a vast variety of ice cream and related treats. Some facts about these treats can be found below.

In order to officially be labeled as ice cream, this treat must contain 10% or more of milk fat. Generally sweeteners account for an additional 12 to 16% of the product's ingredients, but one of the main ingredients in ice cream is actually air. Ice milk is a similar product, but this is a treat that contains less than 10% of milk fat. Sometimes this is labeled as low-fat ice cream and it is not only lower in fat, it's also typically cheaper. The sugar or sweetener amount in ice milk and ice cream is about the same.

Another popular frozen treat is sherbet, a frozen product like ice milk and also contains less milk fat compared to that with ice cream, but this product contains more sweeteners and sugar than ice milk and also ice cream. Sorbet is a product also you can find in your local ice cream shops, but this one is a frozen dessert from frozen and sweetened fruit juice or fruit puree that is also sweetened. It is not ice cream but is a nice alternative for people who follow a dairy-free or vegan diet.

There are other interesting treats out there that are similar to ice cream, such as frozen custard. This confection has the cream and sugar similar to ice cream, but it also contains eggs. Frozen custard typically is a bit denser in consistency than ice cream. This treat was invented in Coney Island in the early 20th century by two ice cream vendors who found that adding eggs improved the texture of their ice cream and it also seemed to help the treat stay cold for a longer period of time.

Another frozen delight that Americans love is gelato, a product that is also a favorite in Italy. This is a frozen product similar to American ice cream but with less air in the product, and it may be interesting to note that gelato is also "ice cream" in Italian. It also can be frozen custard with egg yolks added, much like with zabaione where it contains sweet wine.

If you are searching for the best ice cream treats in the Los Angeles area, head over to YoKuMon, a unique Culver City ice cream shop. This ice cream store offers a gourmet ice cream cookie sandwich priced at just $2. The ice cream in this product is rich and creamy and the cookies that the sandwiches are made of are the freshly baked throughout the day. Different varieties of the cookies are available and also you can pair your favorite cookies with your favorite flavor of ice cream to create the ideal ice cream sandwich for you.




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