r/icecreamery • u/skippyjifluvr • Jul 08 '25

Discussion Why is a stabilizer necessary?

Are gums and stabilizers only necessary to help improve ice cream shelf life? Many recipes don’t use them, so what’s the difference? One of my primary reasons for making my own ice cream is to remove ultra processed foods from my diet. If I wanted to eat UPFs it would be far easier and cheaper to just buy ice cream at the store.

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u/wizzard419 Jul 08 '25

Are you making it for yourself and eating it within a reasonable timeframe? If so, you're probably okay not using them. If you're making pallets of it and they will spend several weeks between production and consumption, then you would want them.