Food design studio Bompas & Parr has invented the “world’s first non-melting” ice lolly, inspired by a frozen composite material pioneered during the second world war.
While the ice lolly does eventually melt, unlike a conventional lolly, the invention is capable of staying intact for an hour in 24 degree heat.
According to the London-based studio, the long-lasting lollies were designed with global warming in mind, driven by the increasing desire for frozen treats to keep us cool as temperatures rise.
Bompas & Parr adapted an old recipe for super-strength ice, which was developed by English inventor Geoffrey Pyke during the second world war to help the armed forces. The composite material was made from a combination of sawdust and wood pulp evenly dispersed in water, and then frozen. The resulting substance is remarkably strong.Due to its similarities with concrete it became known as Pykrete – a combination of the inventor’s surname and the material.
By replacing the sawdust and wood pulp with fruit fibres, Bompas & Parr developed their own edible version of Pykrete in the form of ice lollies.
The non-melting lolly will be showcased at an exhibition in King’s Cross, which also includes a futuristic luminescent cave with glow-in-the-dark ice cream and a sub-zero ice chamber.
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