Running head: ICE CREAM

Ice Cream Lab Report

By June Saxton

6/11/2013

Sweetness Intensity Sample #1 Sample #2 Sample #3

Most sweet X

Moderately sweet X

Least sweet X

QUESTIONS

1. What effect did temperature have on the perceived sweetness of the ice

cream? As the temperature rises in food the sweetness increases (Heller,

2005). My taster thought that the warmest sample was sickeningly sweet

and could only take a small taste.

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2. Where is the sweetness sensation found on the tongue? The tip of the

tongue is most sensitive to sweetness (Mann, 2011).

3. What other sensory characteristic of ice cream is affected by sugar? Not

only does sugar add sweetness, but the texture and body of ice cream is also

affected by the sugar content. Sugar also lowers the freezing point of the mix

(Ice Cream Nation, 2013). When I have eaten low sugar ice cream the texture

was different than the full sugar variety.

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References

Conforti, F. D. (2008). Food selection and preparation, a laboratory manual. (2nd ed.).

Blackwell Pub.

Heller, L. (2005, December 19). Food temperature affects taste,reveal scientists. Retrieved from

http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Food-temperature-affects-taste-reveal-

scientists

Ice Cream Nation. (2013). The science of ice cream. Retrieved from

http://www.icecreamnation.org/science-of-ice-cream/

Mann , M. (2011, July 21). Taste and smell. Retrieved from

http://michaeldmann.net/mann10.html

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