After the friselle wet in sea water and then eaten, there is a dangerous new trend who is depopulating on social networks: #Snowicecream. Snow ice cream. The phenomenon is not new in the panorama of social trends but insistently re -proposes itself with each winter, or rather when – in various parts of the world – the snow becomes the protagonist. However, the apparently curious and fun trend hides pitfalls for health and experts launch the alarm.
How the trend works
For about a month on Tiktok the hashtag has been viral #Snowicecreamwhich provides for the realization of ice cream homemade with the use of snow as the main ingredient. Creators or simple users make videos while collecting fresh snow from their gardens, from the windshield of their cars or simply from the window sill and then move to the kitchen and prepare home made ice cream. The Reels, in most cases videoprovide for the use of additional ingredients such as syrups, sugar and fruit as well as the snow collected outside. On Tiktok there are thousands of contents published with this hashtag, a video that, in some cases, have exceeded millions of views. The example of how viral phenomenon on the web is given by the video shared by The Daily Nelly, an American Creator who, with his recipe, has exceeded 48 million views.
How dangerous it is to eat snow
If on the one hand the trend has become a phenomenon From millions of views on the other he raised many criticisms precisely for his danger. In the comments to the video of The daily nellyin fact, many have expressed doubts and perplexity on the use of fresh snow: “But isn’t it full of bacteria? Is it sure to eat it? “. The right answer did not provide the influencer who, like thousands of other users, had fun cooking the snow, but a group of experts who spoke of the dangers that run by eating the snow. “Eating fresh snow can represent a health risk. The snow that presents itself white and Candida, could give the impression of being clean, but can contain different particles of pollution, bacteria and other impurities, such as microplastics, especially in the city or near the streets“said Rolando Bolognino, a nutritionist biologist in FQ recently.
The risks to health
Although it appears perfect, the snow can hide bacteria, viruses and dirt: “Most of the pathogens (bacteria and viruses) do not survive at low temperatures but there are some that take place and also resist two months in the ice. Among these theEscherichia coli.
This bacterium, responsible for infections such as gastroenteritis, was also detected in the Nevai in the high mountains. The cause of his presence are the stools of the animals, but also the wastewater (ie the domestic discharges) “. On the contrary, only if the snow boiled can be drunk, but in that case ice cream.