Ice cream Flashcards
T or F : the size of the bubbles determine the sensory properties and will influence the shelf-life
True
there is only one temperature at which there is ice crystals and salt crystals at the same time and this is at the __
eutectic point.
Why do you want your ice cream serum phase to be at an almost supersaturated state?
because this results in having the serum phase extremly concentrated and so you would have a high viscosity
T or F : sugar alcohol are smaller and so have a bigger effect on the Fp depression.
true, and monosaccharide will also have a larger effect on the Fp depression than sucrose
T or F : the largest differences in ice content is at larger temperatures and at lower temperatures the ice content doesn’t change that much.
true
How can you control the amount of sweetness and the Fp depression
by a combination of sugar
What is this graph
it is showing the critial radium for crystal growth
The iciness sensory property is related to the ____
size of the crystals
The hardness sensory property is related to the ___
amount of crystal and size
smoothness of an ice cream is related to the ____ of crystals
size
Coldness of ice cream is related to the ___ of the crystals
melting profile (depends on the collapse of ice cream which depends on multiple factors) and the size/amounts
the size and the amount of crystals can be controlled by :
- the freezing point depression
- the temperature difference of freezing
T or F : the fat coalescence is unwanted in ice cream
false
whey proteins are found ___ in ice cream
at the air interphase
casein proteins are found ___ in the ice cream
at the interphase as well as at the fat globule
why are polysobarte 80 (surfactant) used in ice cream formulations?
they compete with the casein molecules for the fat globules and so they will induce the partial coalescence which is wanted for air bubble stability.
what is the downside of surfactant?
they compete with the proteins for the air bubble interphase which as a destabilizing effect for the air bubbles and can lead to collpase of ice cream if too much is used
What is the role of stabilizers ?
- water-binding and so less ice
- Create smoothness in texture because increased viscosity
- reduction of the melting rate
- Slowing down moisture migration
- Masking detection of ice crystals
- Incorporation of air
what kind of ice cream stabilizer are mostly used
polysaccharides (alginates, pectins, locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageeenans)
what are the downsides of using stabilizers
- supersaturation :cthere is one bad effect of the stabiliser, because they bind the water, they increase the sugar content that is already increased by the freezing so you can go into a state of supersaturation (not enough water to bind the sugar) and the sugar will crystalise (concentration higher than the crystalisation concentration) and so this leads to the crystalisation and so white spots on the ice cream.
- phase separation of polysaccharide and proteins because of the binding of water