This looks and sounds amazing; I wish it was available closer to me. My wife would make ice cream at home occasionally; she would add espresso and chop up Baci Perugina to toss in the mix.
Dreyer's now "frozen dairy dessert"
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There's really nothing wrong with carrageenans and gums. A lot of stuff you see on an ingredient list sounds pretty exotic, but it's not. Some ingredients can be controversial though, like polysorbate 80.
They're not, but still beyond the basic ingredients.
I did recently have a Drumstick cone, which has also lost ice cream status, and it did retain a noticeably smooth texture and mouth feel. But, as with a lot of the individual serve products, the standard of ice cream they use has never set a particularly high bar to begin with, though there are exceptions.
I grew up on supermarket ice cream. And some of it came in boxes. But back then the most that one might see that reduced the quality was “ice milk” which is roughly analogous to what’s now “reduced fat ice cream”. I do remember ice cream substitutes. Mocha Mix had something made with soybean oil that was just foul.
Yeah, I remember ice milk, mostly in the orange/vanilla popsicles, which weren't a pairing I liked, so it was even easier to avoid.
Individual serve for us was mostly Eskimo Pies and Drumsticks. Otherwise, Dreyer's was still a reliable brand in those days.
It's Its are still decent, though noticeably smaller than in the past.
Things definitely taste different now, for the worse, and it's not just my taste buds; corporate junk food has gotten worse. Which I suppose can also be positive since it's no longer as appealing.
It’s It has gone up in price. I remember finding a box at Costco during a lunch break at work and bringing it back to the office. It took up some of the freezer but there wasn't that much else. I was worried that people would be poaching it even though I clearly wrote my name on the box. We did get periodic orders of snacks, so often the assumption was that anything in the fridge (That wasn’t marked) was fair game because it was bought by the company for everyone,
I also remember being in Yosemite where I saw a freezer with It’s It. It was less than $1, which was kind of remarkable given the location.
Cottage cheese has become just as bad. I only buy either Daisy brand or one other all-natural brand. The last time I looked a couple of the national brands had 16, SIXTEEN ingredients. It's cottage cheese not a science experiment.
Just had a pint of Blue Bell...and YES it is ICE CREAM......
Not a fan of Daisy, texture issue. I do like Knudsen - it has some stuff in it too though. Regardless, agree. I mean are those chemicals cheaper than milk? No.
https://knudsen.com/products/cottage-cheese/4-cottage-cheese-small-curd-16oz/
Daisy has large curd and small curd options
I’ve tried both. Personal thing really
Have you tried the probiotic cottage cheese at Sprouts? It's really good. Can't remember the name off hand but definitely worth a try.
Wish we could get it in our part of the country. Currently I live in KY
No sprouts here
