How Ice Cream Works

The U.S. ice cream industry sells more than a billion gallons of ice cream each year, dispensing cones, gallons, pints, sundaes and other desserts through grocery stores and ice cream shops. In fact, eight percent of all the milk produced in the United States ends up in a frozen dairy product [ref].

Although ice cream can be easy to make at home, it is actually a very complex substance. In… » Full Story on HowStuffWorks