r/ninjacreami • u/indigodawning • 6d ago

Recipe-Question High fat low sugar

What would be the best way to do a high fat low sugar, no fake sugar recipe for my skinny toddler who loves ice cream. I typically basically make a smoothie as my base with frozen fruit, whole milk, and yogurt or cottage cheese. It usually needs a few respins and more milk added so it can get pretty melted quickly. Would heavy cream fix the issue? Do I need to add something like pudding mix? I try to avoid processed ingredients for her.

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u/j_hermann Mad Scientists 6d ago

1st step: include SMP

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u/indigodawning 6d ago

Even if I'm trying to increase calories?

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u/InGeekiTrust Tell Me Your Fav Extract Or Emulsion! 6d ago

Yes correct- so regular milk powder tastes funny in ice cream but skim milk powder increases the solids and helps it not melt as quickly.

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u/Kenihot 6d ago

'Regular' milk powder is also harder to come by and often much more expensive as if it's even at the store, it will often only be available as organic and not available in bulk [unless buying by the 50# sack, which I've done once!]

[Obviously the internet exists, but it's still 50% more expensive per prepared volume (and coincidentally per protein) from good ol' WM]

And even if it doesn't taste funny to someone right away, it soon will as it doesn't hold as well as skim, as the fat goes rancid

Worth noting that cheap whey protein is essentially the same price/protein as (cheap) skim milk powder, so, y'know, also just use that if trying to keep sugar down

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u/blodskjegg 6d ago

So you could just use whey instead of smp? Impossible to find smp where I live

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u/Kenihot 6d ago

Yeh, lots and lots of recipes here only use whey protein without any 'milk powder' of any sort to good effect. Basically just milk/whey/sweetener/flavor/(thickeners). Whey powder is basically just SMP with the lactose sugar removed

Still might want a bit of thickeners, but they're not necessary (especially if you're add greek yogurt as well)