The science of ice cream
By: Chris Clarke
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: RSC Pub.; Royal Society of Chemistry
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781849731270
Subjects: Ice cream, ices; Experiments; Science; Ice cream industry; Analysis; Composition
Description: "Ice cream as we recognize it today has been in existence for at least 300 years, though its origins probably go much further back in time. Before the development of refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury reserved for special occasions but its advance to commercial manufacture was helped by the first ice cream making machine patented by Nancy Johnson in Philadelphia in the 1840s. The second edition of The Science of Ice Cream has been fully revised and updated with new material. The book still begins with the history of ice cream, subsequent chapters looking at the link between the microscopic and macroscopic properties and how these relate to the ultimate texture of the product you eat. Information on nutritional aspects and developments in new products and processes for making ice cream have been added and the books is completed with some suggestions for experiments relating to ice cream and how to make it at home or in a school laboratory. The book has authenticity and immediacy, being written by an active industrial practitioner, and is ideal for undergraduate food science students as well as those working in the food industry. It is also accessible to the general reader who has studied science to A-level and provides teachers with ideas for using ice cream to illustrate scientific principles"--P. 4 of cover.
Notes: Previously pub.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The story of ice cream; title: Colloidal dispersions, freezing and rheology; title: Ice cream ingredients; title: Making ice cream in the factory; title: Product assembly; title: Measuring ice cream; title: Ice cream : A complex composite material; title: Experiments with ice cream and ice cream products.