McDonald’s ice cream, specifically their soft-serve vanilla, typically uses ingredients like milk, sugar, cream, corn syrup, natural flavors, and stabilizers like guar gum, cellulose gum, and carrageenan. They also use ingredients like mono- and diglycerides, which are emulsifiers, and sodium citrate. Additionally, they use ingredients like dextrose, sodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, and vitamin A palmitate.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
- Dairy: Milk, cream, and nonfat milk solids are primary dairy ingredients.
- Sweeteners: Sugar, corn syrup, and dextrose are used for sweetness.
- Flavor: Artificial vanilla flavor and natural flavor are used to enhance the taste.
- Stabilizers: Guar gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, and sodium phosphate are used to maintain the texture and prevent melting.
- Emulsifiers: Mono- and diglycerides, sodium citrate, and disodium phosphate are added to help the ice cream blend and maintain its consistency.
- Other: Vitamin A palmitate is added for nutritional value.
