Hypercoloring has shifted from t-shirts to desserts with a new invention from researchers in Spain.
The invention comes in the form of a new kind of hypercolor ice cream called Xamaleon, which was created by a team led by Manuel Linares, a Spanish physicist, engineer and ice cream enthusiast, according to Business Standard.
A completely edible spray, which Linares calls the Elixir of Love, is sprayed on the pale blue fruit-salad flavored ice cream, giving it the ability to change colors with each lick. There are different factors that affect the change, such as temperature, oxidation and the acidity of the tongue.
Linares did not reveal the content of the spray, since the item is still waiting to be patented. He said in an interview with Spanish website Cocinatis that he gained inspiration to create the color-changing desert from Charles Francis, a British food inventor who created glow-in-the-dark ice cream, CNET reported.
"I like playing in the lab and I thought I will try to emulate the British Charlie Francis ... and even go a little further and create an ice cream that changed color," he said.
Unfortunately for those in other countries that are interested in Xamaleon, the ice cream is currently only being sold in Linares' IceXperience ice cream shops in the towns of Calella de Mar and Blanes in Spain. However, Linares said he has more plans for the dessert, so there is still hope for international availability. Xamaleon is only one of the ice cream enthusiast's projects, which include a blacklight ice cream and an ice cream that changes color from white to pink.
