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Why gelatin is added to ice cream?

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding Ice Cream Composition**: Ice cream is primarily made of water, fat, air, and sugar. When these components are mixed, they form a type of mixture known as an emulsion. 2. **Defining Emulsions**: An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible liquids where one liquid contains a dispersion of the other. In the case of ice cream, it is a water-in-oil emulsion, where water droplets are dispersed in fat. 3. **Role of Gelatin**: Gelatin is a natural protein derived from collagen. It acts as an emulsifier, which means it helps to stabilize the emulsion by reducing the surface tension between the water and fat phases. ...
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