Ice cream made from horse milk may be good for your gut, and scientists say its also delicious

Ice cream made from horse milk may be good for your gut, and scientists say its also delicious READ MORE: Average Brit goes ONE MONTH without eating single piece of fruit By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:40 BST, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 8 August 2024 e-mail View comments For generations people in Central Asia have sworn by the supposed health benefits of horse milk. Now researchers in Poland believe it should even be used in ice cream. For the sweet treat not only tastes delicious but could be good for your gut.

Developing four separate ice creams, they found those that included the fermented horse milk were good probiotic treatments, helping to stop harmful bacteria from taking hold in the gut. When digested, these proteins have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects. Developing four separate ice creams, they found those that included the fermented horse milk were good probiotic treatments, helping to stop harmful bacteria from taking hold in the gut In the study, the scientists from West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin developed four types of ice cream using horse milk.

The first contained yoghurt bacteria, with the second, yoghurt bacteria and the probiotic inulin. A third included the bacteria lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus and the fourth, the bacteria lactiplantibacillus. Mare's milk was first pasteurised at 65 degrees celsius for half an hour — a similar temperature to cow's milk — before 60 samples of the i.