4 reasons why you’ll never want to eat soft serve again
Yes: the sun was shining beautifully again today, and it’s going to keep doing so for the rest of the week. And that means: time for ice cream! And if you’re planning to get yourself a soft serve somewhere, you might want to stop reading…
Because I’m about to give you four reasons why you don’t want to do that (anymore). So you’ve been warned: read at your own risk…
After this, you won’t want to eat soft serve anymore
1. The machines can be full of bacteria
It’s extremely important to keep soft-serve machines properly clean, but whether that actually always happens… That’s naturally difficult for consumers to assess. But it can be really filthy – a McDonald’s employee was once fired after sharing photos of the dirty machines on X.
2. Keeping them clean is an enormous amount of work
That may also have something to do with the point above — because keeping these machines really clean is simply a seriously demanding job. If I’m to believe people’s experiences, that’s because the machine consists of a great many parts, some of which can be removed, while others can’t (and are therefore more difficult to keep clean). And, well… BIZARRE. This is the reason why McDonald’s soft-serve machines are always broken.
3. The ice cream becomes contaminated with bacteria very quickly
That’s because of the temperature at which the ice cream is stored: to keep it bacteria-free, there’s only a very small margin when it comes to temperature. And if the temperature falls outside that range, it creates the perfect environment for bacteria to spread.
4. And those bacteria can make you (very) ill
Food poisoning from soft serve is more common than you might think. Years ago, there was an outbreak in Ohio; more than 120 people became ill after a machine was contaminated with staphylococcus. And to make matters even worse, this also applies to milkshake machines: they often contain the same kinds of bacteria that can make people ill.
What’s the best thing you can do? Well, make your own ice cream. Then you’re responsible for the cleaning yourself, and honestly: it’s often really delicious too. Try this Japanese ice cream, you’re guaranteed success! By the way, you can also make creamy ice cream without an ice-cream maker – this ice cream is made with just one ingredient!
Also read:
- This is the most expensive ice cream in the world
- Eating ice cream makes you smarter
- The tastiest ice creams in Amsterdam
Source: Delish.com
