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gossip, and good deals that are fit to print! Nestlé Uses
Avalanche Research to Study Ice Cream Nestlé may be known for
chocolate, but the company is getting serious about ice cream.
So serious, in fact, that a team of scientists was hired to use
research about avalanches to improve Nestlé's ice cream.
According to Nestle.com, the company hopes that new technology
originally used to study avalanches can help solve the biggest,
and possibly the only, ice cream-related mystery. What is this
mystery that needs solving? Ultimately, the Nestlé company would
like to figure out how to get rid of those pesky little ice
crystals that form when ice cream is left in the freezer for too
long. It's an age-old problem that has had ice cream makers
stumped and customers frustrated for years. In the past, it was
impossible to study this phenomenon because opening an ice cream
carton ruined the sample. Therefore, scientists couldn't
determine how the ice crystals form