Squirty cream

[emmagleb]

Why is one of the ingredients 'nitrous oxide'?? Quite worrying! Any idea what its for? Thanks in advance

[nickmo]

Gas to expel the 'cream' Without it , nothing would come out when you press the button. This gas is responsible for binding to the milk fats when you prepare the whipped cream with a whisk - 80% of the atmosphere is nitrogen - and in a propellant canister, the nitrous oxide acts to make the cream 'thick' .

If you have a restaurant style dispenser which uses replacable cartridges, if you have the CO2 cartridges - like for sodastreams - these don't make whipped cream as the fats are not able to form solids in the cream as the gas is no use, and you end up with carbonated cream instead.

Actually its 'laughing gas', so if you wanted to have some fun . . . . .

[SaxyJag]

So now we know why people keep squirty cream in the bedroom - and why it makes them laugh so much ;-)

[Sphinx_Svens]

like they said ... it's just the propellant to force the 'cream' (use that term loosely) out of the can.

[Goodsoulette]

I have a canister at thome to make whipped creams and mine uses nitrous oxide, I also sweeten the crem with vanilla essence to. It does force it out of the can but it also whips it as well.
You would only 2/3s fill the can with cream before fastening the head on and charging it cause it expands.

[SteveD]

From Wikipedia:

"Aerosol propellant
(Nitrous Oxide) is licensed for use as a food additive, specifically as an aerosol spray propellant. Its most common uses in this context are in aerosol whipped cream canisters and as an inert gas used to displace staleness-inducing oxygen when filling packages of potato chips and other similar snack foods.

The gas is extremely soluble in fatty compounds. In aerosol whipped cream, it is dissolved in the fatty cream until it leaves the can, when it becomes gaseous and thus creates foam."

[juggler]

gas