Ice Cream That Will Never Melt No Matter How It Gets Invented

For all you ice-cream lovers, this is just the invention you were looking for! A food expert has created an ice cream that doesn’t melt.

Gastronaut Ice Cream, which comes in a bar, can be enjoyed at room temperature wherever you take it, meaning record high temperatures would be no problem at all.

The organic snack is very different from its frozen counterpart, as it can be crumbled in your hands.

But once you begin eating it, the product transforms into the ‘exact same sweet and creamy ice-cream you’ve known all your life.’

The recipe takes real ice cream which has been freeze-dried to preserve and dehydrates it, with nothing added to it except a pinch of salt.

Freeze-drying involves first freezing a food substance and then creating a powerful vacuum before adding heat which draws out the frozen liquid from the food as vapour.

The Gastronaut range currently consists of three mouth-watering flavours — Mexican Chocolate Chip, Cookies and Cream and Mint Chocolate Chip.

Rob Collignon, owner of Gastronaut Foods, said, “This is the only premium organic freeze-dried ice cream on the planet.”

The 34-year-old, from Brooklyn, New York, USA, worked on his product for three and a half years before bringing it onto the market. “As I’ve aged, my tastes have changed, I now prefer organic foods with no preservatives or food colouring. Besides being healthier, they’re also more tasty. So I figured applying my current tastes to the product I loved as a kid would have good results,” he said.

The product name ‘Gastronaut Ice Cream’ combines the word gastronomy — the art of cooking and eating fine food — with the original name for freeze-dried ice cream — ‘Astronaut Ice Cream’.

Collignon, who previously worked as a creative director, said, “Before you pop it in your mouth, it’s entirely different from frozen ice cream. It crumbles in your hands and is room temperature. But once you take a bite, it absorbs the moisture and transforms into the exact same sweet and creamy ice cream you've known all your life — but with no brain freeze.”

He added, “Freeze-dried ice cream has traditionally been for astronauts and backpackers, but I’m expanding that to every activity on the planet from living in a van to being in boring meetings. Anybody that appreciates quality food made with quality ingredients would enjoy Gastronaut Ice Cream. When people try it — at first they like it, then they love it, then they become addicted.”

The bar will retail at about £4.50 ($6) and is currently available for about £3.80 per bar ($5) on Kickstarter.

After the Kickstarter campaign, Gastronaut Ice Cream will be available on gastronauticecreamcom and in selected stores in Brooklyn, USA, with hopes of expanding as far as the UK.

Collignon’s legacy is undoubtedly going to be remembered by ice-cream lovers around the globe, and his contribution to the ice-cream industry is immeasurable.