Smoothie Separation Lab Report
1) Our final smoothie product was not separated. We accomplished this by the addition of the Milk Juice smoothie stabilizer at around 3/4 of a teaspoon. We added that to about 2/3 of a cup of water that we were heating up on the stove and stirred until the stabilizer dissolved. Once it dissolved we removed the pot from the stove and put into the freezer to cool. While the water mixture was cooling, we made a simple syrup. Our simple syrup was made with roughly equal parts sugar and water. We dissolved the sugar in the water over a burner and then removed it from the burner. We allowed the simple syrup to cool at room temperature until the water mixture was cold enough to work with. Once the water/stabilizer mixture was ready we added it to a blender and pulsed it to ensure there was no sediment. Then we added 1 cup of milk the blender and pulsed until they combined. Next, we blended in 5 ½ teaspoons of our berry concentrate and 4 teaspoons of our simple syrup. Our smoothie was then complete and ready to be added to the final container. …show more content…
Our first attempt separated which prompted us to add the stabilizer to the water while it was still on the hot burner. This allowed the stabilizer to properly dissolve. After sampling our first attempt, we thought it tasted too sweet. Which lead to us decreasing the amount of sugar we used from eight teaspoons to four teaspoons. We also decided to create a simple syrup instead of just adding the dry sugar in. We thought that it would help improve the overall homogeneity of our smoothie. Overall, we were pretty satisfied with our final milk juice smoothie.
2) Do to the lack of separation, the smoothie technically was perfect. However, I would’ve liked to play around with the flavor combinations and sugar content more. But that is more of a personal or “superficial”
1) Our final smoothie product was not separated. We accomplished this by the addition of the Milk Juice smoothie stabilizer at around 3/4 of a teaspoon. We added that to about 2/3 of a cup of water that we were heating up on the stove and stirred until the stabilizer dissolved. Once it dissolved we removed the pot from the stove and put into the freezer to cool. While the water mixture was cooling, we made a simple syrup. Our simple syrup was made with roughly equal parts sugar and water. We dissolved the sugar in the water over a burner and then removed it from the burner. We allowed the simple syrup to cool at room temperature until the water mixture was cold enough to work with. Once the water/stabilizer mixture was ready we added it to a blender and pulsed it to ensure there was no sediment. Then we added 1 cup of milk the blender and pulsed until they combined. Next, we blended in 5 ½ teaspoons of our berry concentrate and 4 teaspoons of our simple syrup. Our smoothie was then complete and ready to be added to the final container. …show more content…
Our first attempt separated which prompted us to add the stabilizer to the water while it was still on the hot burner. This allowed the stabilizer to properly dissolve. After sampling our first attempt, we thought it tasted too sweet. Which lead to us decreasing the amount of sugar we used from eight teaspoons to four teaspoons. We also decided to create a simple syrup instead of just adding the dry sugar in. We thought that it would help improve the overall homogeneity of our smoothie. Overall, we were pretty satisfied with our final milk juice smoothie.
2) Do to the lack of separation, the smoothie technically was perfect. However, I would’ve liked to play around with the flavor combinations and sugar content more. But that is more of a personal or “superficial”