'Melt-proof' ice-creams are here!

London: Ice-cream lovers, rejoice! There’s a new ice-cream  in town with a melt-free twist.

Gastronaut Ice Cream, created by a food expert, comes in a bar and can  be enjoyed at room temperature, the Mirror reported. It may be very different from its frozen counterpart as it can be crumbled  in your hands, but once you begin eating it, the organic snack transforms  into the “exact same sweet and creamy ice cream” you have known all  your life.

To melt-proof an ice-cream, first they freeze-dry it and then dehydrate it,  with nothing added to it except a pinch of salt. Freeze-drying involves first freezing a food substance and then creating a  powerful vacuum before adding heat which draws out the frozen liquid  from the food as vapour. The Gastronaut range comes in 3 mouth-watering flavours - Mexican  Chocolate Chip, Cookies and Cream and Mint Chocolate Chip.

Owner Rob Collignon said: "This is the only premium organic freeze-dried  ice cream on the planet. I've always liked freeze-dried ice cream - they sell  it in space museums and camping stores. I've eaten it my whole life but it  doesn't taste that good because they start with the cheapest ice cream  imaginable.”

He noted, “As I've aged, my tastes have changed, I now prefer organic  foods with no preservatives or food colouring,” adding: "Besides being  healthier, they're also more tasty. So I figured applying my current tastes  to the product I loved as a kid would have good results."

The 34-year-old from Brooklyn worked on his product for three and a half  years before bringing it onto the market.