"Frozen Desserts"
Posted by Lynsie Watkins Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:02:00 GMT
When one sees the term, "frozen dessert," it is only safe to imagine that ice cream springs to mind. What else is ice cream, exactly, but a frozen dessert? Precisely. Not to sound to conspiracy-like, but that's what THEY want you to think.Today Colin and I were walking in the grocery store, and not for the first time, were astounded at how many frozen dessert products were on the shelves of the supposed ice cream section. We had to search high and low to find a container bearing the name ice cream. The companies that sell frozen desserts can include pictures of ice cream, hints and clues that the product's interior is made of ice cream-the only thing they can't do is right out print it on their labeling.
For those of you who do not know, ice cream can only be named ice cream if it has milk, an emulsifier (in our case, eggs, in sad cases-lecithin, etc.), and sugar. Oh yeah, and it has to have at least 10% butterfat in it. Not only is including 10% butterfat expensive (and better), but since a lot of ice cream brands don't even use many real ingredients anyway-it's easier to make due with what they can, and revert to the now common brand of frozen dessert.
For those of you watching your weight, I would many times over advise you to consume real ice cream over fake frozen desserts. So go ahead, don't be shy! Eat our ice cream and feel good about yourself.