Refreezing Ice Cream

[Merlin5]

Hi guys. I bought a 2 litre tub of Tesco soft scoop vanilla ice cream at 2.30pm today and now, two hours later, it's completely defrosted to cream.

I read its dangerous to refreeze ice cream that's completely defrosted so do I bin it?

 

[JonRGV250]

I’ve re frozen ice cream loads of times and I seem to be still alive.

 

[Tony Edwards]

Who said that?

 

[robfosters]

I like my ice cream like that. Feels creamier

 

[krooton]

If you can't churn as it refreezes you are going to get very icey ice cream sadly

 

[Merlin5]

Who said that?

I googled 'can I refreeze ice cream' and the top result says,

'It is only safe to refreeze ice cream if it is slightly melted and has been kept cold. If it melted outside the freezer, refreezing it and eating it could be unsafe. When ice cream melts, bacteria such as Listeria can grow. Listeria outbreaks can occur in freezers when ice cream that melted is refrozen.28 Jun 2016'

 

[Tony Edwards]

I googled 'can I refreeze ice cream' and the top result says,

'It is only safe to refreeze ice cream if it is slightly melted and has been kept cold. If it melted outside the freezer, refreezing it and eating it could be unsafe. When ice cream melts, bacteria such as Listeria can grow. Listeria outbreaks can occur in freezers when ice cream that melted is refrozen.28 Jun 2016'

Sorry it was a ghost joke.

I’ve re frozen ice cream loads of times and I seem to be still alive.

Who said that?

 

[tom_e]

Safe or not as someone else said it'll have a very unpleasant texture unless you can be bothered to stir it frequently while it freezes.

 

[chroniclard]

Just scoff it all quickly. It wont refreeze well.

 

[GlitterBalls]

Refrozen ice cream has a horrible texture as above. I'd bin it.

 

[arknor]

'It is only safe to refreeze ice cream if it is slightly melted and has been kept cold. If it melted outside the freezer, refreezing it and eating it could be unsafe. When ice cream melts, bacteria such as Listeria can grow. Listeria outbreaks can occur in freezers when ice cream that melted is refrozen.28 Jun 2016'

"could"

A meteorite could fall on your house too

 

[SoliD]

Use it to blend into some great milkshakes

 

[Haze]

If you can't churn as it refreezes you are going to get very icey ice cream sadly

This... You will get crunchy icey ice cream

 

[ZXSpectrum]

When ice cream is initially made it has air injected while its being churned which makes it lighter and less of a liquid so when it freezes it gets its usual texture. When its melted and then refrozen ice crystals are formed and gives it a horrible gritty texture.

 

[wesimmo]

Refreeze it if it only just melted, but then only use it for milk shakes because you can blend the ice back out again.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Add milk to make a milkshake. Blend it and drink it.

 

[Raz]

"could"

A meteorite could fall on your house too

I think food poisoning is ever slightly more likely though

 

[Merlin5]

Thanks for the info guys. However, I decided to bin it last night. For the sake of £1.80, not worth eating bad texture ice crystal ice cream or the possibility of getting ill. Pity though, I hate wasting food like that. I'll get another one today and I'll make sure it's the last thing I buy before driving straight home!

 

[Raymond Lin]

FYI....if you have a Ninja Creami...you could have put it into that container then once frozen, turn it back into ice cream post freezing.

Will cost you £200 though, but still cheaper than a Paco jet.

 

[Glanza]

Russian roulette with the toilet with refreezing ice cream if it's completely melted.