A physicist’s guide to ice cream

Ice cream has a simple ingredient list – just cream and sugar, but as anyone who’s tried to make it knows, this frozen dessert can easily become a sticky, icy mess. Food scientist Douglas Goff explains how lessons from materials science can teach us how to make the perfect scoop.

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Physics World
Published
2025-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/38/04/19
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Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
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A physicist’s guide to ice cream

H. Douglas Goff, Hamish Johnston
Physics World
Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
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A physicist’s guide to ice cream

H. Douglas Goff, Hamish Johnston
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Abstract

Ice cream has a simple ingredient list – just cream and sugar, but as anyone who’s tried to make it knows, this frozen dessert can easily become a sticky, icy mess. Food scientist Douglas Goff explains how lessons from materials science can teach us how to make the perfect scoop.

Physics WorldVol. 38(4)
Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK), University of Guelph (CA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 94%
Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
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