Columbian researchers Dr. Robin Zuluaga Gallego and Jorge A. Velásquez Cock teamed with scientists from the University of Guelph in Canada to see what would happen when they added tiny cellulose fibers from the banana plants into an ice cream recipe. When bananas are harvested, the remaining plant matter is disposed of as waste. The research team used the microscopic fibers — thousands of times smaller than the width of human hair — from the banana plant stems, or rachis, to slow the melting in ice cream, as well as replace some of the fats used to make the frozen delicacy.
The study found that when mixed with the banana fibers, ice cream melted far slower than the dessert normally does. Even better, the shelf life of the product was longer and the ice cream’s creaminess and texture wasn’t worsened. Velásquez Cock believes their discovery may even lead to a lower-fat ice cream product as the fibers could potentially replace fats used in conventional products.
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No! If you don’t want ice cream dripping down your hand and onto to your pants, eat it in air conditioning. Is nothing sacred anymore? Get a few napkins. SMH
This is more proof that there is a living God. Holy week, none the less. Coincidence?! He will provide! Joel Osteen has just opened up a banana plant in Georgia. 🙂
Jorge Cock.
Melts slower.
I got nothin’.
Thanks, that crap is already here and it’s called Cold Stone.
Ice cream that doesn’t melt is like coffee that never cools down, or a whore who wants a beer summit at the White House.
It causes cancer.
Big deal. Viagra’s been keeping things harder longer for years now.
🙂
“Better Living Through Chemistry”
So, ice cream now has, a woodie?
Meh. It’s a good use of banana plant fibers.
I’d be more interested in having scientists to stop putting aloe vera in every fucking thing. Can they work on that, please??? Thanks.
Bamanna from Heaven!
Low fat generally means higher sugar and carb count. Now if they used the resistant starches from green bananas that might be a game changer. Fiber count please. Diaherra anyone? Oh, I forgot bananas are supposed to be an antidote for Diaherra.
“Low fat generally means higher sugar and carb count” Yup. What she said.
And sometimes, a buttload of salt, too.
Two things. Green ice cream? I like the fat content in ice cream. Why mess with something that is already good?
Ice cream belongs in a large bowl with a large spoon. Hard pack. Not soft.
Everyone loves bananas because they have appeal.
In WWII the Brits wanted to make an aircraft carrier from Pykrete, a mix of ice and sawdust. The ice’s melt rate was slowed significantly by adding sawdust.
Of course, it tasted like crap so the plan was dropped.
Just give me soft serve in a cup and shut up.
Ethylene glycol ice cream, yummy try the lime flavored!
Vietvet, Viagra works great to keep flower stems stiffer and last longer. Of course 7-Up will do the same thing because of the carbonation and sugar in it and it’s cheaper. I once asked a florist why she had so many 2 liter bottles of 7-Up and that’s what she told me.