Burning Question: What’s the difference between ice cream and gelato?
Published: 06/28/2010
The difference between ice cream and gelato comes down to the amount of fat
and air. Ice cream tends to have more of both.
Ice cream legally has a minimum of 10 percent fat, gelato (plural gelati) is
made with a greater proportion of whole milk to cream, so it contains closer to
five to seven percent fat.
Gelato is churned at a slower speed than ice cream, which makes it denser
because not as much air is whipped into the mixture. (Gelato contains about 25
to 30 percent air, while ice cream can contain as much as 50 percent air).
Finally, while ice cream is typically served frozen, gelato is typically
stored and served at a slightly warmer temperature.
One thing ice cream and gelato have in common, they’re both deliciously
good.
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