Powdered compositions for the manufacture of soft ice-cream and of milk product drinks.

摘要

The invention provides a powdered composition that upon mixing with milk or water will produce a tart dairy drink or upon mixing with milk in a soft ice cream machine forms a soft ice cream without the presence of gelatine therein, the composition comprising about 1 to about 15% of an edible acid, about 0 to about 6% of a pretreated starch, about 0 to 10% of a dried cultured milk powder, about 0.3 - 90% sweeteners, about 0 to 7% colors and flavors, about 0 to 50% milk powder and a mixture of at least two gums selected from guar gum, carob gum and xanthan gum, each of said individual gums being present in said mixture in an amount from about 0.3 to 4% and the total amount of said mixture of gums being from about 2.3% to 8% by wt of the powdered composition.