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Hot lights melt real ice cream, so food stylists often fake it with instant mashed potatoes, colored and shaped into scoops. Other stand-ins use powdered sugar with corn syrup, or lard. When an actor actually eats it on camera, it is often the real thing. Part of our 'How Movies Fake It' series about film tricks that fool your brain.

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Sources:
- NPR, The Salt (2016-03-23): A photo series exposes yucky, kooky food-styling tricks. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/23/471304102/ceci-nest-pas-ice-cream-actually-its-lard-and-food-coloring
- Elizabeth Grove (Edible Effects), food stylist: How movies and television recreate ice cream for filming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMIJmU3vk0

AI / SYNTHETIC CONTENT DISCLOSURE: Altered or synthetic content = Yes. The voiceover is an AI text-to-speech voice (edge-tts en-US-AndrewNeural) and all visuals are original animation generated with code. No movie footage, stills, logos or music. Sound effects are generated in code.

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