However, a reporter visited the market and found that there are almost no fewer than four kinds of additives in ice cream, but more than a dozen, regardless of the size of the brand. In order to cover up the fact that there are few additives, only codes are written, such as emulsifier (322,471433) and thickener (412,415,407).
Of course, various additives have long been essential in ice cream, but we have never paid serious attention to the ingredients of ice cream.
Experts show that if there are no additives, the texture of ice cream will not be uniform, and it will be as hard and unpalatable as ice cubes. Additives are added to make the ice cream taste delicate and sweet, and at the same time, it will enhance the face value and make people want to buy it!
Of course, it is not that all additives are bad, but the content of many additives does not meet the national hygienic standard for frozen drinks. A reporter once sent Ruihua brand old popsicles to the authoritative department for testing, and found that sodium cyclamate and saccharin sodium almost exceeded the standard twice, and because of unqualified production and storage, the coliform group was 24,000 MPN/100 ml, which was 240 times the upper limit of the national standard! Workers even more bluntly said that popsicles are made of tap water and additives.
Many ice creams are sources of trans fatty acids, because many manufacturers will use "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" instead of real cream in order to reduce costs and extend shelf life. Vegetable butter is also called margarine. This margarine is made by adding artificial flavors, preservatives and pigments. Palm oil tastes like butter after hydrogenation. Margarine contains "trans fatty acids" that are more unhealthy than saturated fat, which is harmful to the heart and easy to get fat.
In order to increase the sweetness at low cost, some manufacturers will add synthetic saccharin, which is about 500 times as sweet as sugar. The raw materials for making saccharin are petrochemical products, which have no nutritional value. Large intake will lead to acute poisoning and cancer risk. 1997 conducted a feeding experiment of saccharin in Canada, and found that a large intake of saccharin would lead to bladder cancer in male rats.
But many essence pigments do great harm to children. Artificial pigments can affect children's brain development and increase the risk of ADHD and attention deficit.
Of course, in addition to ice cream manufacturers, there are actually many ice cream balls made of ice cream powder in dessert shops. Ice cream powder can be said to be a combination of various artificial food additives!
I am drooling over the ice cream with various additives in the store. How about making healthy low-calorie ice cream with sister Ma Xiao!
Prepare materials
Fresh fruit | litchi juice?
(Litchi juice can be replaced by honey, lemon juice or coconut juice)
1. Choose your favorite fruit, peel it, wash it and cut it into pieces;
2. Put the cut fruit into the popsicle mold, and then add litchi juice to fill the gap until 8-9 minutes are full;
3. Insert the popsicle stick (the stick will float, so it can be frozen for 1-2 hours before taking out the stick), and then put it in the refrigerator for 4 hours;
4. demoulding: take it out of the refrigerator and rinse it with warm water to melt the ice residue on the surface, so it is easy to demould.
Because there is no preservative added, it is recommended not to leave it for a long time and eat it in time!
Made of the same kind of fruit, it is a different visual effect!
According to the same steps, you can change the fruit into mint leaves, rose petals, candy … and you can make a fresh and high-value popsicle.
Prepare materials
Fresh fruit | original yogurt | honey (dispensable)
1. Select the fruit with soft pulp, peel it, wash it, and cut it into small pieces (which can be put into the mold);
2. According to your own taste, add the right amount of honey;
3. Add yogurt to the ice with a spoon and shake it a few times to make the yogurt evenly distributed, not too full;
4. Cover and freeze in the refrigerator for more than 6 hours;
5. demoulding, taking out from the refrigerator, washing the surface of the mold with warm water, and taking out.
Prepare materials
Pure milk: 250g | ice cream powder:100g
1. Pour ice cream powder into a container (egg beater), then add pure milk and stir evenly in the same direction;
2. Use electric egg beater to kill 3-5 minutes at medium speed;
3. Pour into the mold, put it in the refrigerator for more than 6 hours, and then freeze.
After freezing 1 hour, take it out and eat it twice. The taste will be better (dispensable). You can dig ice cream balls with an ice cream spoon and put them on the plate.
Is it super simple? Many ice creams on the market are made in this way, but we know that ice cream powder contains many bad additives, which is unhealthy, so it is not recommended to make it in ice cream powder.
Recommend a healthier one
Prepare materials
3 eggs | sugar 100g
Pure milk: 220g | Animal whipped cream: 300g
1. Add 50g sugar to egg yolk, and stir until it is light yellow (white sugar can be changed into honey);
2. Add milk and stir evenly to form egg milk liquid, then heat it in a milk pot with low fire, stir it while cooking to prevent it from sticking to the pot (you can also choose water heating), cool it and put it in the refrigerator 1 hour. Egg yolk is a natural emulsifier, which can make ice cream thick and mellow. Heating is to sterilize the egg yolk, not to boil it into egg flowers.
3. Add 50g sugar to the light cream (the cream should be animal cream, which not only contains no trans fatty acids, but also adds rich milk flavor);
4. Mix the whipped cream and the refrigerated egg milk evenly, showing fluffy shape, and cover with plastic wrap;
5. Freeze in the refrigerator (it will taste better if you take it out and send it again every 1 hour). After freezing, you can dig ice cream balls with an ice cream spoon.
Or pour it into the mold to make ice cream!
1. Stuttering can buffer the coolness in the mouth and protect the digestive tract and internal organs from overheating to the greatest extent. Otherwise, it is easy to hurt the stomach, and it will also lead to sharp contraction of blood vessels, leading to poor blood flow.
2. Don't eat cold drinks before and after meals, which will affect appetite before meals, reduce gastric acid secretion after meals, cause indigestion, and weaken intestinal bactericidal ability.
If you think it's too much trouble to make your own popsicles, then
1. Try to choose varieties with less additives, preferably without vegetable cream and saccharin;
2. Don't buy ice cream with too bright color, because too much pigment is added;
3. control consumption. Experts suggest not to exceed two ice creams a day, otherwise additives will accumulate too much.