Sad News

[DustyRusty]

SAD NEWS DEPT: Breyer’s, America’s favorite ice cream, is no longer ice cream. It now legally has to be called Frozen Dessert, as it is 50% air and has only a tiny percentage of actual milk or cream. The replacement ingredient is, of course, corn syrup, wood cellulose, and ethylene glycol for ‘smoothness’ which is also why it doesn't melt.
Don’t believe this label, what they mean is that the TINY amount of milk/cream is graded A. Outright lie.
When Ünilever bought it, after removing the expensive stuff like real sugar and cream, said that they were making a smoother, lighter texture than real ice cream. Ya. AIR.
Why Breyers frozen dessert products and McDonald's soft serves do not melt.
Among the other emulsifiers and stabilizers, both of them use cellulose gum, another word for a derivative from woodpulp. Yes, you're eating wood cellulose, which is indigestible and partly why both Bryers and McDonald's frozen desserts can induce diarrhea.
Cellulose gum is another name for the cellulose derivative Carboxymethyl cellulose - Wikipedia (CMC), which is made from wood pulp

 

[Matt Ellerbee]

I love me some frozen 2x4’s on a hot day!

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Surely not ethylene glycol.

 

[Henro]

Surely not ethylene glycol.

But certainly we can believe anything posted on the internet!

 

[imnukensc]

The OP's post is misleading in that it would have you believe Breyers no longer makes ice cream. A little Googling and you'll find Breyers still makes ice cream in addition to the "frozen dairy dessert." Read the package, make your choice.

 

[fried1765]

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SAD NEWS DEPT: Breyer’s, America’s favorite ice cream, is no longer ice cream. It now legally has to be called Frozen Dessert, as it is 50% air and has only a tiny percentage of actual milk or cream. The replacement ingredient is, of course, corn syrup, wood cellulose, and ethylene glycol for ‘smoothness’ which is also why it doesn't melt.
Don’t believe this label, what they mean is that the TINY amount of milk/cream is graded A. Outright lie.
When Ünilever bought it, after removing the expensive stuff like real sugar and cream, said that they were making a smoother, lighter texture than real ice cream. Ya. AIR.
Why Breyers frozen dessert products and McDonald's soft serves do not melt.
Among the other emulsifiers and stabilizers, both of them use cellulose gum, another word for a derivative from woodpulp. Yes, you're eating wood cellulose, which is indigestible and partly why both Bryers and McDonald's frozen desserts can induce diarrhea.
Cellulose gum is another name for the cellulose derivative Carboxymethyl cellulose - Wikipedia (CMC), which is made from wood pulp

I note that the words "Ice Cream" are missing from the labeling on that package of "Frozen Desert".
They are deceptively packaging that product to LOOK LIKE ice cream.

 

[Bmyers]

I wanted to know the difference and this is what is stated on their website:

What is a Frozen Dairy Dessert?
Frozen Dairy Dessert products are made with many of the same high-quality ingredients that are commonly found in Ice Cream – like fresh milk, cream and sugar – and offer a great taste and even smoother texture. According to the FDA, in order for a product to be labeled ice cream, it needs to meet two key requirements:

• Not less than 10% dairy fat
• A percentage of overrun that results in a finished product weighing more than 4.5 pounds per gallon

 

[Donystoy]

Surely not ethylene glycol.

I think they meant propylene glycol as ethylene glycol is poisonous. I picked up a gallon of it at TSC in Orlando area and found it in the animal feed section. I needed it for my radiant heating in my shop. It is also used in heating systems such as snow melting where a leak can go into the environment. Nontoxic.

 

[GeoHorn]

Not the first misleading post.

 

[Magicman]

You should be buying Blue Bell anyway.

I can furnish my own 2X4's.

 

[Geezer3d]

I never cared for Breyers anyway. It always seemed like it had too much air in it and never felt cold enough.

 

[fenderbender]

Dairy Queen is the same way. It can't be called ice cream either. Had a boxer bulldog that would not eat either one. I guess he could smell the difference.

 

[NorthwoodsLife]

Ah well, the fan favorite Ben and Jerry's - hippie ice cream phase lasted for a couple decades... It has fizzled out and died. I thought at first that it was a "go woke and go broke" issue. But the internet says that it's a simple UK corporate decision to be done with ice cream hippies.

Premium ice cream brands are hurting too. I don't eat Dove bars, but my wife does. And she says that the bars get smaller in size every year.

Yeah, just the ice cream bars, not me. .

Thanks for the heads up @DustyRusty, I'm not into eating wood.

But I had a girlfriend once back in college... Amazing....

Never mind.

 

[NCL4701]

You could make it yourself. Used to do that every weekend in the summer when I was a kid and again when our kid was in the house. Haven’t done it in a while. It’s so simple even a kitchen klutz such as myself can pull it off. Using a base recipe you can add variety by adding fruit or other flavorings as you see fit.

Ice Cream Base

An old-fashioned cooked custard ice cream base, made with just egg yolks, cream, half-and-half, and sugar, makes the richest, smoothest, creamiest homemade ice cream. Add any flavor you like.

www.allrecipes.com

Apparently you can still get the traditional rock salt and ice bucket or something a bit fancier (and maybe easier to set up and break down?).

 

[Fordtech86]

You could make it yourself.

 

[fried1765]

You could make it yourself. Used to do that every weekend in the summer when I was a kid and again when our kid was in the house. Haven’t done it in a while. It’s so simple even a kitchen klutz such as myself can pull it off. Using a base recipe you can add variety by adding fruit or other flavorings as you see fit.

Ice Cream Base

An old-fashioned cooked custard ice cream base, made with just egg yolks, cream, half-and-half, and sugar, makes the richest, smoothest, creamiest homemade ice cream. Add any flavor you like.

www.allrecipes.com

Apparently you can still get the traditional rock salt and ice bucket or something a bit fancier (and maybe easier to set up and break down?).

When I was in (small) grade school,...one day,.... when we had snow on the ground, (to pack as ice) the principal would have the 8th grade boys churn ice cream, for us all to to enjoy after our school lunch.
It was always a very exciting day.

 

[fried1765]

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A wacko, demented, nut case!

 

[Fordtech86]

A wacko, demented, nut case!

I don’t know, NCL seems like a pretty good dude

 

[jyoutz]

You should be buying Blue Bell anyway.

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I can furnish my own 2X4's.

Read the Blue bell label. Artificial vanilla and other flavorings. That’s why I buy Breyers or Tillamook. Real vanilla, Dutch chocolate, and other flavors.

 

[fried1765]

I don’t know, NCL seems like a pretty good dude

Greta Thunberg.........= ...Swedish wacko, beyond crazy!