What are Ice Cream Neutrals or Ice Cream Bases and Stabilizers. Learn the secrets of ice cream raw materials.

Learn the secrets of ice cream raw materials.

In this article we find out what ice cream bases are, starting with raw materials, neutrals, and the technical ingredients that make them up.

Imagine an ice cream base as the outermost shell of a matryoshka, while the innermost shell is pure thickening raw material. 

The first thing to say is, " what is ice cream?"

Ice cream is composed mainly of liquids, solids and air.
The liquid part is given by milk, water, cream, and fruit juices; the solids by sugars, thickeners, fats, and dry residues from foods; while air is incorporated during the whisking process as the mixture is about to become Gelato.

How do all these elements stay bonded together? Ice cream may seem like a very simple mixture indeed: just combine milk, sugar, and eggs et voila the cream ice cream is ready! But it's not!

Ice cream is a complex mixture, made up of different elements that holding bound together and cooled as they are shaken incorporate air, the ice crystal gets smaller and smaller, and this creamy composition is formed.