Creamy moves to make ice cream a functional food
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Turbo in General
Ice cream and functional food? If you thought that these cannot be combined, I beg you to differ. Because according to researchers from the University of Missouri they have found ways to make ice cream as a functional food.
Add fiber, some antioxidants and good amount of probiotics, and it’s done; food can be converted to functional food. As easy as said, it can be.
Here, it should be noted that foods contain just nutrients, and functional foods will in addition have some health-promoting or disease-preventing properties.
According to a professor of food chemistry from the College of Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Dr. Ingolf Gruen, the approach of adding functional ingredient into any food will be multifunctional.
However, the food scientists believe that the ingredients that can make ice cream a functional food could in fact alter the much favored texture and taste of it, so working with flavors that can take and yet not alter too much is what they are currently studying.
It might well take time for people to accept ice cream (with change in taste and texture) as a functional food, but its definitely in the good direction.
