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Ice Cream consists of a mixture of dairy ingredients such as milk and nonfat milk, and ingredients for sweetening and flavoring, such as fruits, nuts and chocolate chips. Functional ingredients, such as stabilizers and emulsifiers, are often included in the product to promote proper texture and enhance the eating experience. By federal law, ice cream must contain at least 10% milkfat, before the addition of bulky ingredients, and must weigh a minimum of 4.5 pounds to the gallon.
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1) "Ice cream" is the food prepared by freezing, while stirring, a pasteurized mix composed of one or more of the optional dairy ingredients specified in subdivision (2) of this section, sweetened with one or more of the optional sweetening ingredients specified in subdivision (3) of this section, flavored with one or more of the optional flavoring ingredients specified in subdivision (4) of this section; one or more of the optional egg ingredients specified in subdivision (5) may be used; one or more of the optional stabilizing ingredients specified in subdivision (6) may be used; one or more of the optional acidity standardizing ingredients specified in subdivision (7) may be used subject to the conditions set forth in subdivisions (5), (6) and (7), as the case may be. U.S. certified food color may be added. The mix may be seasoned with salt and may be homogenized. Water may be added. The kind and quantity of optional dairy ingredients used, and the content of milk fat and total milk solids are such that the weight of milk fat and total milk solids are not less than ten percent and twenty percent, respectively, of the weight of the finished ice cream. If one or more of the optional flavoring ingredients specified in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of subdivision (4) of this section are used, the weight of milk fat and total milk solids are not to be less than ten percent and twenty percent, respectively, except for such reduction in milk fat and in total milk solids as is due to the addition of one or more of the optional ingredients specified in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of subdivision (4) of this section but in no case shall it contain less than eight percent of milk fat nor less than sixteen percent of total milk solids. Ice cream shall contain not less than one and six-tenths pounds of total food solids per gallon and shall weigh not less than four and one-half pounds per gallon.