Egg alternatives may replace egg as a functional ingredient in French vanilla ice cream due to their functional and dietary benefits. These egg alternative ingredients include modified corn starch (MCS), whey protein concentrate (WPC) and soy protein isolate (SPI). The objective of this study was to compare the physical and sensory properties of several commercially available egg alternatives i...

In April 2000, we investigated an outbreak of gastroenteritis amongst attendees of a local community dinner in a Perth suburb. Of the 98 people interviewed (response rate 98%), 53 reported gastrointestinal symptoms (attack rate 54%). Faecal cultures from 11 cases, 2 food preparers, 1 waitress and leftover mock ice-cream dessert grew Salmonella Typhimurium PT135. Of the 3 food handlers, one was ...

to obtain an optimum formulation for stabilizers–emulsifier in ice cream, different combinations of three stabilizers, i.e. basil seed gum, guar gum, and carboxymethyl cellulose, at two concentrations of 0.15 or 0.35% with or without e471 emulsifier were studied using a simplex-centroid mixture design. the regression models for physical properties and texture smoothness of samples were also est...