8 curiosities you did not know about ice-creams
It doesn’t matter that cold weather is already with us. Real ice cream lovers enjoy taking one whatever season of the year. We love its taste, its texture, its colour… We think that we know everything about them, but there is surely something we are missing ;). Meet with Ice Tech some curiosities about ice creams that will surely leave you speechless.
Oriental Origin.
Yes, yes, you are reading well. We all thought that ice creams originated in Italy and we were wrong. Its origin is in China, although it is true that Romans were the ones who introduced them as we know them now. The idea came from the snow, adding bases of fruit and honey.
Ice lollies are not just frozen water.
Ice lollies should contain at least a 12% of total dry extract. In the case of ice creams and butter sweets and the other four categories in which ice creams can be classified, the percentages are also regulated.
Ice creams are not sweets.
It is a food that is more important than what we can imagine. It is a medium energy food that contains vitamin B2. In fact, having a dairy product base everyday provides proteins of good nutritional quality for children.
Does not cause cavities.
Goodbye to the myth we all knew. As it is for short time on our mouths and encourages the production of saliva, it will only produce cavities if taken too much.
Oh là là!
The first ice cream shop opened in Paris in the 1660. The owner was of Italian origin. Of course!
New Zealand, the greediest country.
When talking about ice cream lover countries, New Zealand takes the cake. It has an average consumption of 26.3 litres per capita.
Goodbye bad mood!
It contains tryptophan, an amino acid that calms and reduces aggressiveness, increasing the production of serotonin (the so-called well-being hormone). They have analized this statement at the University of Maryland and they also know under what state of mind you should eat a great and delicious Ice Tech ice-cream.
The ideal temperature of an ice cream is -15ºC.
This is because if it is very cold our taste buds will not appreciate the taste of the ice cream.
Ice cream, ice cream and more ice cream. Do you dare to have an Ice Tech ice cream?