The world's favorite cold dessert was born in France during the reign of Napoleon. Since then, the indefatigable love of ice cream does not pass among people around the world.
How to make modern ice cream
A modern treat is made from whole milk, sugar, cream and butter. The taste and calorie content of ice cream sundae varies depending on the taste ingredients added to it. Today, there is even ice cream, which is made on the basis of soy products. The taste of ice cream can also change from watering added on top (jams, sauces, creams).
There are two types of ice cream: hardened and soft (depending on the production method). These varieties differ in shelf life and consistency. Hard grades of ice cream, as a rule, are greatly frozen, packaged in briquettes and stored for a long time in the freezer. Soft varieties are stored for a couple of days, differ in creamy consistency, are sold by weight.
Calorie content, composition and choice of ice cream
Among the variety of ice cream that manufacturers offer, you need to find a quality product. It is important that the composition contains exclusively natural ingredients. Natural ice cream, the calorie content of which is more than two hundred calories, a nutritious and fatty product. In the classic version of a cold dessert, 13% fat. But there are varieties of ice cream, where the mass fraction of fat is 20%. If you follow a diet, then remember that the calorie content of ice cream in a cup will be much greater. When ordering ice cream in a cafe, just choose balls of cold treats without a high-calorie crispy shell.
When choosing ice cream, you should pay attention to the packaging and composition. Buying ice cream with damaged packaging is not recommended. If the product is not visible through the packaging, feel it. Ice cream should not be wrinkled, damaged, or soft. The composition should not be any preservatives, dyes, fats of vegetable or synthesized origin.
The benefits of ice cream
Since this type of cold dessert consists of whole milk, it contains a fairly large amount of calcium, phosphorus and potassium. These substances have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system, nervous system, skin, hair and nails. Ice cream, whose caloric value is higher, will be an order of magnitude more useful than the one in which there is a small amount of natural fats.
In milk, respectively, and in the ice cream contains a large amount of B vitamins. As you know, it is they that help us to relax, relieve insomnia, and positively affect the nervous system.
Cheating for naughty kids
It’s hard to get many kids to drink whole cow’s milk. Moms go to various tricks, sometimes unsuccessful. And there is a solution - ice cream. The calorie content of the product does not harm the figure of a constantly growing child and will have a lot of benefits.
One briquette of ice cream contains a daily norm of protein, more than twenty amino acids, vitamins of groups B, A, C. Moreover, scientists say that it is better to eat ice cream in its original (cold) form, rather than heating the treat in the microwave to a liquid hot state. “Sick the neck”, “catch a cold” - parents come up with excuses for excitement. However, if you eat cold ice cream calmly, without biting off huge chunks that freeze your tongue, there will be no harm from such a dessert.
Of course, not everyone can afford to enjoy a treat they have loved since childhood. Sundae, the calorie content of which frightens obese patients, in fact, you need to eat carefully. Many should refrain from using this product in large quantities. Also, ice cream, which contains egg white and natural milk, is contraindicated in people with allergic reactions to these products. Doctors do not recommend eating ice cream to people who suffer from atherosclerosis, diabetes or caries.