Ice Cream Formulations

This section will describe the formulations associated with most of the frozen dairy products. Note: the formulation describes the components of the product: fat, milk solids-not-fat, sugars, stabilizers and emulsifiers, water, air; whereas a recipe describes the ingredients used to contribute the components: cream, milk, skim milk powder, water, etc. Note that several of the dairy ingredients supply more than one component, so it is the overall formulation that is needed to assess structure, performance, quality, etc.