What's the difference between regular ice cream and sherbet?

Question

Just curious :-)

Yes, I do mean "sherbet"---not "sorbet". There is a type of ice-cream dessert called "sherbet". :-)

Answer 1

sherbet has hardly any fat most are fat free and it's lower in calories. It's usually made with fruit juices. It also must contain 1% or 2% milk in the US (it's a law). I can never taste the milk in it.For for info look at my source. Look at the cartons for comparing,I have before.

Sherbet (often pronounced sherbert in American English) is a frozen dessert made from iced sweetened fruit juice or puree. Sherbets usually have more ingredients, such as milk, egg whites, or gelatin, than sorbets, which are generally made from iced fruit puree and other ingredients. Sherbet in the United States must have a milkfat content between 1% and 2%, and a slightly higher sweetener content than ice cream; else, it must be sold as ice cream if the fat content is higher or sweetener content lower, ice milk if milk or sweetener content is lower, or as sorbet if no milk is present at all. American sherbets have a minimum density of 6 lb/gal (720 g/L) and are flavored either with fruit or other ingredients.

This frozen dessert is thought to have been developed by the Chinese, then later taught to Arab traders who in turn spread it to Europe. The term is derived from the Turkish word şerbat, which is also the source of the word sorbet. Both sherbet and sorbet typically can be used interchangeably in recipes, although sherbet both freezes and melts more slowly due to the presence of milk.

Sorbet can be made into sherbet if a beaten egg white and lowfat milk are added to the mixture after it is partially frozen. Sherbet is also similar to gelato, and the two terms are often used interchangeably in the United States.

Sherbet is often sold alongside ice cream as a lower fat alternative.

In northern Indiana, a Griffi Six is a mixed drink made from vodka and partially defrosted raspberry sherbet. Part of the fun of mixing the drink is heating the sherbet enough to mix in the vodka, but not so much that it melts completely, or becomes warm.

Answer 2

Ice-cream vs Sherbet Ice cream is a popular semi-frozen dairy product, often eaten as dessert, and popularly known as ‘the great American dessert’. It is primarily made of milk, cream, sugar and some flavoring, as the major ingredients for its most basic form. However, with time, many recipes have been formulated that include other ingredients, like eggs, fruits and colorings. The term ice-cream has varying shades of meanings, depending on the country; or at times, the names may just be referring to the various styles it can be presented, for instance, frozen yoghurt, sorbet, sherbet, frozen custard, and gelato. Sherbet is very similar to sorbet, but unlike sorbet, it contains a very miniature amount of milk (about 1.2%), while sorbet doesn’t contain any milk or other dairy products. Outside the US, sherbet and sorbet varieties are essentially the same thing, but within US consumption, sherbet contains some kind of dairy product in small quantities, for example, cream, milk-fat or butterfat; typically, the milk-fat content does not exceed 3 percent. Ice-cream is categorized into the following sub-types, namely: Premium, regular, economy, light and reduced-fat ice-cream. Premium ice-cream contains 11to 15 percent butterfat, which means it’s more dense, and has a higher calorie count as well. It is especially popular for its ‘gourmet’ flavoring. While the economy type contains exactly 10 percent butterfat, the regular type contains between 10 and 11 percent butterfat. The flavorings used are standard, and this type is typically used for milkshakes. Light ice-cream contains 50 percent less butterfat than regular ice-cream, while reduced-fat is stipulated to have 25 percent less fat than regular ice-cream. Sherbet is a fruit-based ‘ice-cream’, made by mixing fruit puree and flavorings with either 2 percent, or less, butterfat. Generally, ice-cream and sherbet are made by a similar process, and are only differentiated by the ingredients that go into either product. Sherbet is made by mixing fruit juice, fruits, some flavorings, a stabilizer like vegetable gum, and a little cream. The mixture is heated at very high temperature (very briefly) to enhance the flavors and quality of the final dessert. To make the contents have a uniform texture, the mixture is homogenized and then cooled, and kept for a few hours so that it can ‘age’. The mixture is then frozen, first with agitation until partially frozen, and then without agitation to harden the final product. Summary: Ice-cream contains almost 50 percent milk or cream, while sherbet contains a maximum of 2% cream or milk. Ice-cream is based on a dairy product, like milk, cream or butterfat, while sherbet is based on fruit puree. Ice-cream is categorized into five styles based on its butterfat content, while sherbet has only one style of categorization.

Answer 3

Ice cream is milk based, while sherbet is based on like fruit and water maybe. That's the general idea I think.

Answer 4

Sherbet has more ice while regular ice cream has more milk

Answer 5

Sherbet is more like a sorbet as it contains no dairy (milk, cream etc.)

Answer 6

I think that Ice cream is creamier and sherbet is like fruity... good question though......

Answer 7

Ice cream contains dairy or, say, milk cream; sherbert does not. And the sherbert theme centers wholly on fruits.

Answer 8

ice cream is made with milk, sherbet is made with water

Answer 9

Regular ice cream is good, while sorbet, (not sherbet) is kind of gross.

Answer 10

sherbet is non dairy and low fat and usually fruit flavored