Are you thinking about developing keto ice cream recipes?

In 2020, “keto” was the most Googled food-related topic in the world with 25.4 million searches. Keto has overtaken previously popular diets such as the Atkins Diet and intermittent fasting. The ketogenic diet market is predicted to reach a global value of $15.6 billion USD by 2027.

As the keto diet continues to grow in popularity, this presents a great opportunity for brands to get in-front of big label stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets to bring their low-carb, high-protein snacks to the masses. Brands that already produce, or are thinking of producing, keto-friendly snacks should also look into explicit labeling opportunities to help consumers quickly and easily identify keto products on the shelf. This would be a great differentiator in the current market.

The Ketogenic Diet

The ketogenic diet is high fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrate. Its main health benefits include weight loss, less hunger, blood sugar control and lower triglycerides.

Ketogenic diet makes the body produce ketones,

which are used as an alternative fuel when blood sugar levels are low. Ketones are produced in the liver from fat, making the ketogenic diet a popular approach to weight loss. On the ketogenic diet, the net carb is the amount of carbs in a food minu

s the fiber and sugar alcohol. Fiber and sugar alcohol are subtracted because the body does not fully absorb them.

The keto net carb diet limits daily carbohydrate consumption to 20-50 grams to induce ketosis. Ketosis is a state where the body changes from using glucose as its primary energy source to using ketones created from fat metabolism. Generally, popular ketogenic resources suggest an average of 70-80% fat from total daily calories, 5-10% carbohydrate, and 10-20% protein.

One of the most important takeaways about the ketogenic diet is that only net carbs are counted when calculating your daily consumption.

Keto Ice Cream

The main difference between keto and traditional ice cream is that keto ice cream is low in carbohydrates (especially sugars). Sugar alcohols are used to add sweetening and anti-freezing power in keto ice cream. These are zero/low-calorie sweeteners like erythritol, xylitol, maltitol and sorbitol. Stevia and monkfruit are usually used to sweeten the final product (they do not add anti-freezing power). These alternative sweeteners don’t spike blood sugar, which would then kick people out of ketosis.

Sugar Alcohol	Sweetening Power	Anti Freezing Power	M.D.D. (grams)	Net Carbs (10 grams)	Calories(gram)	G.I.
Sorbitol	60	60	60	3,25	2,6	4
Xylitol	100	224	50	3	2,4	7
Erythritol	70	280	125	0	0	0
Maltitol	90	80	50	5,3	2,1	35

G.I.: Glycemic Index | M.D.D.: Maximum daily dose

Developing a Keto Ice Cream Recipe

Not all keto ice creams are equally created. In general, customers want a product that has fewer than 10 grams of net carbs per serving (60 grams of ice cream). That’s to keep them in ketosis so they can continue burning fat on the diet.

So when we develop a keto ice cream, we must consider the following values (per serving):

- Net Carbs (total carbs – fibers – sugar alcohols)

- Total Calories

- Composition of Calories per macro (protein, fat, carbohydrate)

We also must consider a 10-20% fat, 2-5% protein, and less than 10% net carbs.

Brand / Macros	Rebel	Halo Top	Enlightened	Arctic Zero(dairy-free)	So Delicious (dairy-free)
Net Carbs	5g	25g	6g	20g	12g
Fat	50g	30g	60g	10g	35g
Sweeteners and Fibers	ErythritolMonk FruitChicory Root	ErythritolSteviaMaltitolCorn Fiber	ErythritolMonk FruitCorn Fiber	SugarMonk FruitCorn Fiber	ErythritolMonk FruitChicory Root
Total Sugar	0g	4g	0g	20g	4g

Net carbs range is 2-10% and fat range is 7-20%.

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