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Ice milk is a low-fat frozen dairy product, which is much cheaper than ice cream. The texture of low-fat products is one of the most important issues in the marketing of these products. There has been a lot of research on the use of surfactants in ice cream formulations, which shows the ability of these compounds to increase consistency and agitation and aeration, improve melting resistance, create a softer and creamier texture, and increase the overrun. The present study investigated the effect of adding Chubak root extract powder to ice milk on the quality of this product. Ice milk mixture was produced with different concentrations of Chubak extract powder (0, 0.015, 0.030 and 0.045 g/kg) and the changes in physicochemical and sensory properties of ice milk were investigated. The results showed that increasing the concentration of the extract in ice milk increased the consistency coefficient, overrun, melting resistance, creaminess and overall acceptance, while the values of flow behavior index, hardness, adhesiveness, roughness and coldness decreased. These results can be related to increased water absorption, improved agitation, increased fat instability and smaller ice crystals. Sensory evaluation showed that ice milk containing 0.045 g/kg Chubak root extract powder had the highest overall acceptance and gained more scores. It can be concluded that the use of Chubak root extract powder in the preparation of ice milk can improve the functional characteristics of the product so that it can achieve a higher position in the group of frozen dairy products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Whipped cream is one of the most popular dairy products with a complex structure of foam emulsion. Production of low fat whipped cream with fat substitutes is recommended with regard to the high fat content in whipped cream and side effects of fat on the public health. Based on, the effects of whey protein concentrate, carboxymethyl cellulose, xanthan gum and mix of them were investigated on the properties of low fat whipped cream. For this purpose, different amounts of them were determined by the surface response design and then they were added to the cream with 20% fat. Then, apparent viscosity, cream firmness, particle size distribution, foam stability, overrun tests, sensory evaluation, color characteristics (L *, a *, b *) were done on the samples. The results showed that fat substitutes in low fat whipped cream compared to the control sample were increased the apparent viscosity, overrun, firmness, foam stability and change in particle size (p<0/05). However, the stabilizers had no alone statistically effects on the color factors. Also, whey protein concentrate in compared with other treatments had the highest overrun and lowest particle size, xanthan gum had the lowest water leakage and carbohydrates, especially xanthan, had the highest viscosity and firmness (p<0/05). Based on the sensory evaluation data, optimal sample that contain 0.35 whey protein concentrate and 0.15 xanthan and carboxymethyl cellulose had statistically more desirable than control and other treatments in texture and overall acceptance. At the end, we pointed out that these additives could be a good alternative to reduce the percentage of fat in whipped cream due to they improve the physical, rheological and sensory properties of whipped cream without significant effects on the most of external parameters such as color and sensory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]