Ice is a crystal formed by the orderly arrangement of water molecules, which is almost a complete crystal. Water molecules are connected by hydrogen bonds to form a rigid structure with very low density, which is powerful in unity. Ice cubes are just frozen with water, and the texture is hard, so they taste bad.
In contrast, ice cream is not a big ice crystal, but contains various delicious "impurities" such as milk, cream, sugar and so on. Hard frozen food made by mixing, heating sterilization, homogenization, mild freezing and injection molding freezing has small ice crystals and many tiny bubbles. In addition, it has no ordered microstructure of single crystal, so ice cream is naturally much softer than ice cubes.
The difference between ice cream and sorbet:
1, production process difference
Sorbet is mainly made of milk, sugar and water. Ice cream is mainly made of drinking water, milk, milk powder, cream and sugar. In the process of melting, you can obviously feel that the sorbet has a sense of volume expansion, while the ice cream does not. Then there is ice cream, which is usually packed in cups and bowls, and ice cream is usually packed in sticks (of course, a small part is boxed). In addition, the national standard requires that the fat and protein content of sorbet is higher than that of ice cream.
2. Difference of milk fat content
The biggest difference between sorbet and ice cream is the fat content of milk. Generally speaking, ice cream contains more water, which brings the taste of crispy sand. Ice cream-or cream-in dairy products is one of the most important ingredients, which can provide a smooth taste. When the fat content of milk is less than 8%, it is called ice cream, and if there is little or no fat in milk, it is called popsicle. The cream content of ice cream with good taste must be not low, and the top standard ice cream will have as much as 16%~20%.
3. Shape difference
Ice cream is a bar-shaped ice cube, and ice cream has various shapes.
4, taste differences
The sorbet tastes like a big piece of ice and is very hard. Most ice creams are soft and can be chewed better.