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What is whipped cream?
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Recently we talked about how butter is made from cream, but how is whipped cream made from cream? What is whipping? How does whip cream get foamy and stay foamy? What's happening at the molecular level? Let's find out.
References from this episode
The development of structure in whipped cream https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=foodmicrostructure
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118881194.ch13#:~:text=A%20foam%20is%20a%20dispersion,the%20stability%20of%20the%20foam.
Development of a model whipped cream: Effects of emulsion droplet…
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