{"id":928,"date":"2022-04-20T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=928"},"modified":"2022-04-20T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:12:18","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-melting-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/the-mystery-of-the-melting-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of the Melting Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do all ice creams and frozen desserts melt? Our Scientists conducted a myth-busting experiment to determine whether the following internet rumour was true: “Breyer’s Frozen Dessert does not melt. I left the ice cream out for over 70 hours without any melting or change. What is in this product that keeps it from melting?” (taken from a YouTube video with over 600,000 views).<\/p>\n

Our class tested 4 frozen sweet treats including: a popsicle, rainbow sherbet, Breyer’s frozen dessert, and Chapman’s ice cream. We left the frozen desserts out for 5 hours, checking in every so often to see any changes. Our results are below:<\/p>\n

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Above left: rainbow shebert after 4 hours<\/p>\n

Above right: Chapman’s vanilla ice cream after 4 hours<\/p>\n

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Above left: the Breyer’s frozen dessert (the focus of the internet rumour) after 4 hours.<\/p>\n

Above right: the grape popsicle after 4 hours<\/p>\n

What do you notice in our results? We found that all of the desserts had noticeable changes, however the Breyer’s frozen dessert maintained the shape\/size. We think this might be due to the high concentration of gum products (ex: guar gum) and lower percentage of milk\/dairy fats in this frozen dessert.<\/p>\n

Feel free to watch the time-lapse video below of different frozen treats melting!<\/p>\n