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Testing fish oil in ice cream

In this activity, students add fish oil to ice cream and carry out sensory testing to identify the effect on taste and smell.

Adding fish oil to ice cream

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Ice cream has been successfully enriched with the microencapsulated fish oil emulsion. Amit Taneja from Riddet Institute explains why they wanted to add it to ice cream.

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Purpose

This activity will allow students to appreciate that adding fish oil to foods affects their taste and shelf life. This provides a lead in to help them understand factors that may have influenced the development of microencapsulation technology. The activity also introduces the principles of sensory testing.

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Fish oil, omega-3, sensory testing, taste testing.

Student activity - Testing fish oil in ice cream

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Published: 29 July 2009
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