Meaning of mellorine | Babel Free

Definitions

A lower-cost imitation of ice cream, using fats other than butterfat.

uncountable

Examples

“"Mellorine" is providing a new and promising market for beef fats. It is a frozen desert, closely resembling ice cream.”

“Mellorine is a recent American term for "ice cream" which is made not from butter fat but from vegetable oils, because the term "ice cream" in the United States is only permitted for foods containing butter fat as the sole source of fat […]”

“The author advocates creation of a mellorine association to work with the National Cotton Council and the American Soybean Association in working to develop legislation favorable to mellorine and to block restrictive legislation.”

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