An ice cream cone under a stream of boiling water. That was all @fletch1066 recorded on TikTok, but the result left everyone speechless: instead of melting instantly, the ice cream stayed rigid and took almost a full minute to disappear.
A group of people watched the scene, reflected in the metal of the faucet, and one of them blurted out the question that sums up the collective bewilderment: “What are they putting in this ice cream that we give to our children? Is it petrified?” The video, with more than 1.2 million views, later jumped to X, where the account @WallStreetApes shared it and added another 1.9 million views.
According to sources specializing in the science of ice cream, ingredients such as emulsifiers, stabilizers, gums, vegetable oils, and maltodextrins may be responsible for that resistance to heat. Many users in the comments agreed that the product no longer resembles traditional ice cream. The recommendation that came up most often: if you want to know what you are really eating, make it yourself at home.
@fletch1066 What are they feeding our kids these days? Wouldn’t ever melt 🤣 Definitely not ice cream #icecream ♬ original sound – Jane Fletch66