How long does ice cream last in the freezer?!
Answers:
It depends a lot on the temperature of the freezer. The colder the better. Commercial ice cream maker have their freeze at about -20F. The best your home freezer can do is about zero. Also important is the freeze/thaw that your freezer goes through. If the fluctuations are large (5 degrees or more) the ice cream will get a condition known as icy which means that it has large ice crystals.
Considering all of the above, you can keep ice cream in top quality for 3 months. After that it will still be edible but not as good.
PhD Food Chemistry and Nutrition
It depends a lot on the temperature of the freezer. The colder the better. Commercial ice cream maker have their freeze at about -20F. The best your home freezer can do is about zero. Also important is the freeze/thaw that your freezer goes through. If the fluctuations are large (5 degrees or more) the ice cream will get a condition known as icy which means that it has large ice crystals.
Considering all of the above, you can keep ice cream in top quality for 3 months. After that it will still be edible but not as good.
PhD Food Chemistry and Nutrition
In my house? Until the kids find it!!!!!
