While many people won’t ordinarily pay a second thought to the ingredients in their food, a new viral video has proved to be an eye-opener.
The video in question comes courtesy of a TikTok user called Oliver, known by the username @olliebubs09, who has demonstrated how little a Nestlé Drumstick cone melts after being left out of the freezer for hours.
Video shows that Drumstick frozen dessert doesn’t melt
Oliver has posted two videos showing the transformation of a Nestlé Drumstick, the first highlighting how the frozen treat didn’t melt after an hour at room temperature and the second, which has picked up more than 21 million views, shows what becomes of the dessert after almost 24 hours.
In the first video, Oliver places a Drumstick cone on a plate in his kitchen at 6:59pm and returns a little over an hour later at 8:08pm to examine the results.
“It’s actually still solid,” he says as he picks up the cone, its topping not moving.
Oliver then gently shakes the cone and while a little of the chocolate coating starts to dislodge, the dessert largely retains its shape.
“Let’s open it and see what’s on the inside,” he says as he cuts through the top of the dessert with a knife.
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“It’s soft,” he says before holding the in-tact dessert up to the camera, its contents retaining the appearance of solid ice cream.
“After an hour, the ice cream does not melt,” Oliver says. “I can guarantee you, I will not be eating the rest of these.”
The following day, Oliver posted a follow-up video to examine the state of the Drumstick after 22 hours of being out of the freezer.
Instead of melting into a milky or creamy puddle, the dessert has become a foamy consistency, with a puddle of yellowy, oily liquid surrounding it.
“What you’re looking at here is the aftermath of a Drumstick ice cream cone that has been sitting out for 22 hours now,” Oliver says. “I will never eat these again, sorry Drumstick.”
The reason why the ‘ice cream’ didn’t fully melt
Oliver’s video is not the first time that frozen treats have been identified for melting.
In 2014, Consumer Reports highlighted a viral news story that examined how certain brands of ice cream sandwiches, notably Walmart’s, didn’t melt as you would expect them to.
The ice cream sandwiches were tested by Consumer Reports’ expert sensory panel who found that the sandwiches included different types of gum in their recipes.
Their report noted that gum is used in certain food products to help “thicken, stabilize, add texture to food, and yes, help prevent ice cream from melting.”
In response to the news story, Walmart told HuffPost: “Our ice cream sandwiches make use of very simple, commonly-used food techniques that help slow the melting process.
“This technique includes adding thickener to the cream, creating a honeycomb-like structure which helps to slow the melting process. When the product starts to melt, and liquid evaporates, you are left with what appears as foam.”
It should also be pointed out that Nestlé’s Drumsticks aren’t officially labeled as ‘ice cream’ on the box. Instead, they are a ‘frozen dairy dessert.’
As Agro and Food Processing explains, “Ice cream is made from milk fats, while a frozen dessert is made from vegetable oil fats.”
Taking a look at the Drumstick’s ingredients, we can see that they include three types of gum (Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Cellulose Gum) as well as three types of oil (Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil).
This would explain how the Drumstick in Oliver’s video keeps its shape longer and doesn’t traditionally melt when out of the freezer as well as the oily liquid that separates from the rest of the mixture.
