ABSTRACT
Current demand revealed consumers want healthier ice creams. Fat mimetics are
already used in manufacture oflow-fat and fat-free ice creams. However, the use of fat
mimetics affected flavor and texture characteristics of ice cream, which results in
decreased overall acceptability by consumers. The initial objective of this study was to
investigate the release behavior of five strawberry flavor compounds in ice creams with
Simplesse
®
, Litesse
®
and Litesse
®
/ Simplesse
®
mixes using descriptive analysis. The
subsequent objective was to reformulate an artificial strawberry flavor added to lower-fat
ice creams with a special fat mimetic and todetermine the consumer acceptance of the
reformulated low-fat ice creams for developing “better-for-you” ice creams.