The melting rate of the ice cream samples was evaluated using the Lee and White (1991) method. The sample (120 g) was placed on a grid with 2 mm hole diameter in a funnel that drained into a graduated cylinder. The sample was allowed to melt in a controlled-temperature room at 25.0 1.0 C. The weight of the drainage was determined at 10 min intervals and the percentage of melted ice cream was then calculated as a function of time