{"id":1673158,"date":"2021-06-26T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1673158"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T21:50:42","slug":"reason-you-can-never-find-grape-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/reason-you-can-never-find-grape-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Real Reason You Can Never Find Grape Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"When you think about common fruit flavors, grape is probably one of the first to come to mind. But as common as it is in candy and Popsicles, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find it in ice cream. Weird, right?\r\n

So Why Isn't Grape Ice Cream a Thing?<\/h2>\r\nThere\u2019s actually a very legitimate reason people rarely sell grape ice cream, but it has nothing to do with the bizarre rumor<\/a> that the FDA banned it for making dogs sick.\r\n\r\nBasically, grapes have high water content, which is why eating them is an easy way to stay hydrated. But it also means when you freeze them to make ice cream, they\u2019ll turn into icy chunks. That\u2019s all fine and dandy for an ice pop recipe, but not what anyone wants from a scoop of smooth ice cream. Plus, leaving the skins on would ruin the texture, but peeling grapes takes away most of their flavor, according to Why Do Pirates Love Parrots?: An Imponderables Book<\/em><\/a>.\r\n\r\nDon't miss these 20 other food facts that will change how you eat<\/a>.\r\n

Why Big Companies Haven't Mastered This Flavor<\/h2>\r\nGetting around the ice problem is easy enough at home or a small local shop<\/a>, where small batches of pureed grapes can mix into the creamy ice cream base.\r\n\r\nGoing large-scale for a mass market, though, is when things get tricky. For instance, the Ben & Jerry\u2019s founders used to make flavors like melon or cantaloupe, says Ben & Jerry\u2019s PR representative Sean Greenwood. \u201cBut then, they were doing it on a two-gallon batch,\u201d he tells Thrillist<\/a><\/em>. \u201cTo try to do that on a massive scale is much more challenging.\"\r\n\r\nWe know what you\u2019re thinking: Cherry Garcia is one of the most popular flavors ever from Ben & Jerry\u2019s.\u00a0Grapes and cherries are both about 81 percent water<\/a>. Wouldn\u2019t those ice-cold cherries pose the same problem?\r\n\r\nThe short answer is yes. But the fact that people go crazy for cherry means it\u2019s worth the effort. \"Most people don't even associate grape with ice cream,\u201d Greenwood tells Thrillist<\/em>. \u201cPeople grew up on cherry and vanilla\u2014so now, they love cherry-based ice cream. Grape has not broken through the creme-de-glace ceiling, if you will.\u201d\r\n\r\nIf big-name brands did make grape ice cream\u2014even using grape flavor instead of the fruit itself, like in some sherbets<\/a>\u2014they probably wouldn\u2019t sell enough pints to make it worthwhile. These are the other\u00a0differences between ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, and gelato<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Ben & Jerry\u2019s actually did try to make grape ice cream once. But it got mixed reviews<\/a> from taste-testing guests at the company\u2019s Flavor Lab, so the brand never bothered moving forward with it. Maybe someone should tell that to the people obsessed with these 18 weird food combinations<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[h\/t Thrillist<\/a>] <\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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