I ordered some pizza and icecream this evening but the ice cream had shards of ice throughout it. I think that meant the ice cream has defrosted and has then been re-frozen. i also think re-frozen ice cream can cause salmonella poisoning.
Am I right?
By the way I have called the restaurant and they are providing a replacement, but i just wanted to know.
2007-02-13 07:18:09 · 12 answers · asked by Chimera's Song 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
To I hate you: wow then you must have eaten GALLONS of it huh?
2007-02-13 08:28:02 · update #1
The shards of ice cream is freezer burn not from defrosting. Ice cream that has defrosted and refrozen feels sticky and gummy. Not good. Also, no it can not cause salmonella poisoning because it doesn't have the right ingredients in it to get that bacteria. It can get other bacteria though.
2007-02-13 07:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by puggylover 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salmonella In Ice Cream
2017-01-13 16:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by elks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it thawed and refroze, the ice cream would be very hard. Shards of ice does not sound like a symptom of refreezing to me. But you aren't going to have salmonella magically spawning in ice cream that did not already have the organism in it. They pasteurize the milk and egg products before making it into ice cream. So there won't be any salmonella in there, even if you melt it completely.
Are the ice shards mixed into the ice cream? Or did they just form on top? If it formed on top, that is simply water vapor solidifying on the surface of the ice cream. No big deal. If there are shards of frozen water inside the ice cream, something was a little off in the making of the ice cream such that they failed to properly mix and freeze the ice cream.
All in all, there is not any danger to you. The ice cream just might not taste as good as it should.
2007-02-13 07:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by yodadoe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ice in the ice cream won't cause salmonella, unless the water that made the ice was in contact with the bacteria before being frozen.
If there was no bacteria in the ice-cream, then re-freezing will not cause salmonella.
If the bacteria is in the ice-cream when being made, then freezing will not kill the bacteria, only heat kills the salmonella bacteria.
2007-02-13 07:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by NHMike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The good news is that it can`t cause salmonella however pending on the source of the icecream you can get some pretty nasty stuff in the ice. It is like going abroad you are advised not to drink the water. Everyone still has ice in their bottled drinks and forgets that it was originally made with the water they were advised not to drink.
2007-02-13 08:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by simonsd25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could only cause salmonella if it had come into contact with something else that carries salmonella, such as chicken. the simple act of defrosting and then refreezing the ice cream would not cause the growth of salmonella. though, it would make for some extremely bad ice cream
2007-02-13 07:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can get salmonella from ice cream even without the shrads of ice, depends how it's been handled in the restaurant. The re-freezing doesn't matter.
2007-02-13 07:24:52 · answer #7 · answered by Cold Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how the ice cream was made. Some hand-made ice creams are made with raw egg. They are more of a custard ice cream. Most commercially made ice creams have no eggs.
2007-02-13 07:21:20 · answer #8 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means it as been frozen far to much and formed the crystals inside it and no you wont get any kind of bug from it. The crystals are just water. I have eaten lots like that and never suffered.
2007-02-13 09:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
salmonella is from fish and poultry not ice cream
2007-02-13 07:20:59 · answer #10 · answered by chkn_fur 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋