TEMPO.CO, London - A UK-based ice cream company Lick Me I'm Delicious has developed a first-ever ice cream that glows in the dark when licked. The ice cream is created using a protein that gives the jellyfish its bioluminescence.
"We're using a specific form of this protein which reacts with calcium at a neutral PH, causing the protein to glow when it comes into contact with calcium," said Harry Francis, the ice cream company owner earlier this week as written on its website. The protein will react to the neutral pH of the tongue.
Remarkably, the ice cream also lights up when licked. The tongue warms up protein in the ice cream, increasing pH and emits light.
It is not yet informed what the ice cream tastes like, but Francis is known for his unusual custom flavors, cheddar cheese and roast beef among them. "I have tried the ice cream and I have no glows on my body," he said.
Anyone who wants to taste the one with jellyfish protein has to prepare $225 for one scoop. However there is a cheaper knock-off version that Francis has developed using quinine, which glows under black light. That one tastes like gin and tonic.
LIVESCIENCE | GABRIEL TITIYOGA
