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The cream must have a minimum fat content of 28% to produce whipped cream with a dispenser. The recipe for the cream to be whipped typically calls for heavy cream and sugar, along with any desired flavorings or colorings. In a sealed container, this cream is pressurized with nitrous oxide, which dissolves into the cream as per its lipophilicity.
Using nitrous oxide for recreational use is called "boffning" as slang. It is not illegal, and whipped cream chargers with nitrous oxide can be purchased as kitchen supply. [40] [41] Most retailers have a voluntary age restriction of 18 years for purchase. At festivals or bigger events, sales have been stopped, referring to "environmental ...
Nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide are also used as propellants to deliver foodstuffs (for example, whipped cream and cooking spray). Medicinal aerosols such as asthma inhalers use hydrofluoroalkanes (HFA): either HFA 134a (1,1,1,2,-tetrafluoroethane) or HFA 227 (1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane) or combinations of the two.
Atlanta-based company Galaxy Gas sells whipped cream dispensers, nitrous oxide tanks and whipped cream chargers intended for chefs, barista and other professionals to use for culinary creations ...
A Galaxy Gas spokesperson responded that the appearance and incorporation of flavor is due to marketing towards an adult demographic who use it to produce whipped cream based personal lubricants. [9] Galaxy Gas, among other brands, sell canisters containing a mass of nitrous oxide well above 500 grams, with typical chargers containing 8 grams.
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In December 2016, there was a shortage of aerosol whipped cream in the United States, with canned whipped cream use at its peak during the Christmas and holiday season, due to an explosion at the Air Liquide nitrous oxide facility in Florida in late August. The company prioritized the remaining supply of nitrous oxide to medical customers ...
Nitrous oxide recently made headlines when it was mistakenly reported that a New York law prohibits selling whipped cream — which is aerosolized by the gas — to anyone under 21 years old in an ...