[Tired of Taxes]

I used carob powder in baking for many years when my children were little.

I had no idea locust bean and carob bean were the same thing. “Locust bean gum” is listed as an ingredient in food products such as ice cream.

[Jamestown1630]

It’s probably for a similar reason that they also use seaweeds in ice cream:

http://www.molecularrecipes.com/hydrocolloid-guide/locust-bean-gum-lbg/