"Whipped Cream Shortage": What Should Foodies Expect About This

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Whipped cream is such an important ingredient in making desserts. This cream makes our favorite cappuccino extra delicious and creamier. There are rumors these past few days that whipped cream supply in the market is decreasing.

In a report posted by The Atlantic, In August, a gas tanker erupted not far from a nylon factory located in Cantonment, Florida. And this winter, just time in for the yuletide season, the entire country is enduring a sudden shortage of Reddi-wip. These two incidents are really associated, and their connection reveals the difficult mechanics of producing sweet whipped dairy topping to your favorite holiday pie.

Reddi-wip's essential ingredient is not sweet nor dairy but a gas: nitrous oxide, better recognized as laughing gas. Dentists use this type of gas to sedate their patients. Teenagers use it for whippets. And race-car engines use it for an extra accelaration, when nitrous oxide explosively decomposes into nitrogen and oxygen.

On a different report posted by Fortune, American sweet tooths may be sad this holiday season as a ready-made whipped cream shortage could leave such favorites as apple pie or a mug of hot chocolate without a little extra on top."The timing is really unfavorable,"  as stated by Stephanie McVaugh, Vice President of Delaware-based Natural Dairy Products Corporation, the maker of Natural by Nature whipped cream.

Demand is usually escalating in November as the holiday season comes, she said, but their company produced its first run of whipped cream only last week after having none for a several months.So the consumers can still add whipped cream on their Christmas desserts.

Other reports stated that the abundant suppply of whipped cream will only last until February next year. So whipped cream manufacturers are persuading the consumers to purchase enough quantity of the cream while supplies last.