We All Scream for Healthy Ice Cream

Friday, 04 March 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Researchers at the University of Missouri are tackling a life-altering undertaking says the Kansas City Star: how to make ice cream good for you. Instead of taking the delicious stuff—the fat and sugar—out, the scientists have adopted the opposite approach. They’ve added four components — antioxidants, dietary fiber, probiotics and prebiotics—to their “multifunctional ice cream,” a name the Star rightly points out “makes it clear these are food scientists, not marketing wizards.” The process of what, why and how they added each ingredient is really interesting—each choice was guided by a desire not to lose ice cream’s distinctive charm. A commercial version could be ready as soon as this summer.