Julie Webgirl

Just when you thought that buying straight single ingredients was safe...

Organic whipping cream:

Ingredients SHOULD be just one ingredient. Cream, right?

EHHHHH

They all have "gellan gum" now, whatever the fuck that is. (I'll report back on my findings)

If you can, buy local. Your grocery store should carry at least one.

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Show threadJulie WebgirlDec 8

Ground pork:

Again, there should be nothing else but pork. Otherwise it's "sausage", yeah?

EHHHHH

They all have "natural flavorings". The only one I found with just pork was at Whole Foods. (Maybe Trader Joe's, I'll report back later.)

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Show threadJulie WebgirlDec 9

Reporting back on the ground pork from Trader Joe's:

INGREDIENTS: pork

It was $5 for a 1 pound package, cheaper than the only other choice at Whole Foods. So cheaper, slightly more convenient, and not Amazon owned.

So we have a winner.

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Show threadAllpointsDec 8
@juliewebgirl it's like trying to find plain yogurt these days. The ingredients should be milk and bacteria, full stop.
Show threadJulie WebgirlDec 8

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Right!!

I made yogurt for a short period with my instant pot. Was fun! And it was good. I've been wanting to try it again with coconut milk since I can't have dairy since Covid and they're so damn expensive but... Coconut milk is so damn expensive to start with.

Show threadAllpointsDec 8

@juliewebgirl interesting. I hadn't realized that alternative milks might respond the same way.

I've considered making my own yogurt. Well, it's trivially simple to do I don't use it often enough that I've bothered to make the effort.

Show threadJulie WebgirlDec 8

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Super easy! Just buy a small yogurt you like and add a tablespoon or whatever to milk and set the settings and the beep tells you when it's done.

Different alternative milks have different protein levels. I know that's important when I make vegan butter. Ripple (plenty of additives *sigh*) but uses pea protein so it reacts right and makes the best butter. I have plans on skipping the premade and have a bag of split yellow beans ready to milk lol fun fact: yellow split peas are...

Show threadJulie WebgirlDec 8
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... impossible to find in the grocery stores. I had to go to a co-op and buy bulk. I just can't help thinking that's not coincidence. But that's how my brain works 🤷‍♀️
Show threadAllpointsDec 8
@juliewebgirl interesting. I learned something new today. Thanks.
Show threadJulie WebgirlDec 8

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Gellan gum is a thickening agent (no surprises there) discovered by Merck 🙄 that is used in some vegan foods

Ok that's all well & good but I ask you..

Why are you putting it in CREAM??

Is it just barely past "milk" that you're adding thickeners to to pass it off as "whipping cream"?

Because if this additive were to make the product better, you better believe they'd be marketing the shit out of it.

Keep vigilant on what they're changing in our food

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Show threaddragonfrogDec 8

@juliewebgirl Whipping cream here is mostly 35% fat with some thickener added. Rarely you find the single-ingredient kind which is I think 38 or 39% fat.

So adding the thickener only gets the dairies something under 10% more sellable cream.