A man left what appears to be a frozen cream sandwich and a cone outside overnight. When TikTok creator Clarke Payne showed it the next morning, he claimed it had not melted or attracted bugs. “That should have done something else,” he said, questioning why the frozen treat appeared unchanged. In the clip, Payne holds up the product and says, “It has not melted. No bugs have touched this.” The on-screen text reads, “Nestle cream sits out all night. NO BUGS NO MELT.” He says he conducted a similar experiment two years ago and points out that the ice cream has no visible mold or dirt. He then urges viewers to stop eating it and giving it to their children. “I would highly suggest, though, to stop eating this, man, and stop feeding this to your kids,” he says. Payne also says he and his wife lost 100 pounds after giving up the food, though he doesn’t explain what they cut from their diet or how long the weight loss took. Why hasn’t it melted? Ice cream does not necessarily turn into a puddle as soon as it starts to thaw. According to a University of Guelph e-book by H. Douglas Goff, melting involves changes to both the ice crystals and the dessert’s structure. As the ice melts, the fat-and-air structure helps determine how quickly the product loses its shape. Ingredients and storage conditions can also affect the process. So a product can retain its shape even as it begins to thaw. How quickly that happens depends on its ingredients and the conditions it’s kept in. However, this does not explain why ants or other bugs did not touch the products. Payne has a longer test in the works. In a separate video, he says, “I’m gonna leave these outside for six months.” He sets three ice cream bars in the bushes, where the sun will reach them daily. “I guarantee you no bugs are gonna touch it,” he says. That is a prediction, since the test has not produced results yet. He also says an earlier item stayed out for about a year and a half. None of those earlier tests can be checked from the clips. He wants to compare a Great Value bar with another brand he thinks may be Klondike to see whether there is any noticeable difference. Great Value has also drawn attention over the unusual appearance of another product, after a shopper reported finding a thick, stringy substance inside a carton of the brand’s chicken broth. “So we’re gonna see if it’s better like they try to say it is,” Payne says. Commenters tied the clip to a wider worry about packaged food. One asked, “Then why does it melt in my hands?” Another wrote, “Bread doesn’t mold anymore.” A third said, “Read the label, if it says ‘frozen dessert’ instead of ‘ice cream’, don’t buy it.” These are personal views, and the clip does not test any of them. Payne ends the first video with a promise of more. He says “we’re gonna be doing some really cool food experiments,” and asks people to follow him.