W/o/w multiple emulsions: A novel trend in functional ice cream preparations?

Food Chem X. 2022 Sep 21:16:100451. doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2022.100451. eCollection 2022 Dec 30.

Abstract

Ice cream is a popular product worldwide. Unfortunatelly, it contains a significant amount of fat. In this review, promising strategies for the use of w/o/w multiple emulsion structures in creams are assessed. W/o/w multiple emulsions (MEs) enable reduction the fat without losing the creamy taste and mouthfeel and also encapsulation of sensitive compounds. The encouraging application and formation of MEs in ice cream mixtures is supported by the use of natural food ingredients, such as fiber, which helps to stabilize the whole system and improves nutritional value. The future trends may be focused on the target stabilizations using Pickering paticles (PPs). The possible advantages, manufacture, evaluation methods, and predicted future prospects of MEs in ice creams are discussed.

Keywords: Encapsulation; Functional ice cream; Manufacture of functional ice cream; Mes, multiple emulsions; Multiple emulsions; PEs, pickering emulsions; PPs, pickering particles; Pickering emulsions; w/o/w, water-in-oil-in water.

Publication types

  • Review