Abstract: A high-quality ice cream and process and composition for the production of high-quality ice cream on the basis of fats, a quantity from about 4 to about 10 percent by weight of milk solid non-fat, a quantity from about 4 to about 10 percentages by weight of lactose, sugars, stabilizers, emulsifying agents, lactase, optionally aromas and/or coloring matters, and water, by which process the ingredients, except the fats, are mixed and kept at a temperature of from about 30.degree. to about 50.degree. C. for a period from about 1 to about 3 hours, whereafter the fats are added, and the mixture is pasteurized, homogenized, cooled, optionally ripened, and frozen, with addition of aromas and/or coloring matters as desired.