The highest received scores for softness and taste were for ice creams with guar and xanthan gum blends in ratio 50:50. Xanthan gum also performed a good stabilizing effect. Both hydrocolloids act as cryoprotectants due to their ability to control water diffusion from and to the ice crystals by steric hindrance and water holding (Regand & Goff, 2002; 2003).