What’s the worst memory of you eating ice cream? Mine was merrily enjoying it until it melted away and became a milkshake destroying my favourite pair of clothes along with the car seats which further led to a lot of scolding from my parents; courtesy to the weather of my country.
With so much fun and enjoyment, there is a problem in eating ice cream and that is it melts so fast that one has not finished it yet and it ruins all the mood of a person. What if I tell you that now you can enjoy ice cream as much as you like without the hassle of melting and also you can now take it to your home without being destroying your favourite clothes and expensive car polish.
The idea of non-melting ice cream was first thought in Japan by Tomihisa Ota, a professor. There was an earthquake in Japan in 2011 after which the ground was not good for the fruits to be grown and deformed strawberries were grown and no one was buying them due to their shape. Instead of dumping, they said that something can be made from it as strawberries have polyphenol in them so they make pastry but the problem came when the pastries hardened up every time they add this natural chemical. This is the moment that Ota got an idea of non-melting ice cream and this invention came into being. However, with this great invention, this product has not yet been in the market not only in Japan but not all over the world.
This type of ice cream can only be made by polyphenol chemical which is only present in the berries like strawberries and blackberries blueberries and raspberries. It can only be extracted from the foods mentioned before. There is potential in a country like Pakistan where hundreds of fruits are grown and with so much quantity produced much of it is also wasted. If this invention started to be sold in the markets of Pakistan where the weather is hot most of the year with a temperature of about around 30C it will be a great revolution in the industry of ice cream and can give great competition to already existing manufacturers.
MEEKAL ABDULLAH
LAHORE
