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Then They Came For Ben & Jerry's
Townhall.com ^ | 12 Aug 2017 | Brian McNicoll

Posted on 08/11/2017 9:35:01 PM PDT by American Quilter

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream had to figure it would be one of the last firms in America to come under attack from the liberal misinformation complex.

It has created flavors to honor Democrat politicians, contributed to Democrat campaigns and positioned itself well to the left on social and employment issues. It has cultivated an image of the “good capitalist,” which can create jobs, lead in its field and do it all in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.

But when there became a bigger fish to fry, all the loyalty the company thought it had earned suddenly dried up. And now the knives – or at least the ice cream spoons – are out for it.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: benjerrys; cancer; carcinogens; chemicalfood; foodsupply; glysophate; health; herbicide; icecream; roundup; trump
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To: TexasGator

It’s thick because it has cream and is not full of air..tastes great.

all ice cream contains air, that one of the difference between ice cream and simple frozen cream:

http://www.icecreamnation.org/science-of-ice-cream/

Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is creamy partly because of artificial thickeners and stabilizers, has been since day one:

https://www.google.com/search?q=ben+and+jerry%27s+thickeners+stabilizers&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc_a3Di9LVAhUD6YMKHT3hCLIQvwUIIygA&biw=979&bih=334

haagen-daz is the only commercial ice cream that contains no artificial thickeners and stabilizers:

https://www.google.com/search?q=haagen-dazs+thickeners+OR+stabilizers


41 posted on 08/12/2017 9:24:23 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

“all ice cream contains air, that one of the difference between ice cream and simple frozen cream:”

But most contain MORE air then B&J!.

“Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is creamy partly because of artificial thickeners and stabilizers, has been since day one:”

Your link does not reference B&J.


42 posted on 08/12/2017 9:27:48 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: catnipman

“haagen-daz is the only commercial ice cream that contains no artificial thickeners and stabilizers:”

Interesting. Your link provides this in the search!

Real Talk: Stop Bashing Ice Cream Stabilizers

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2014/02/real-talk-no-stabilizers-doesnt-mean-good-ice-cream.html


43 posted on 08/12/2017 9:30:55 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“Today, almost anything a name brand produces can be had in a good generic or store brand. “

Except B&J and Haagen-Dazs ...


44 posted on 08/12/2017 9:32:42 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Deplorable American1776
Unilever is a bunch of liberals...if you want to boycott them, you’ll boycott besides B&J, Breyers, Good Humor, Hellman’s, Sauve, Axe, Lipton and others....

And you should.

Unilever buys companies that made their name being good products and cheapens them.

If Unilever buys something I quit buying it because the quality is going to go straight down the tubes.

45 posted on 08/12/2017 9:36:37 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“If Unilever buys something I quit buying it because the quality is going to go straight down the tubes.”

Not entirely true ...


46 posted on 08/12/2017 9:41:56 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
Yeah, it is.

They will succumb to the siren call of cheaper ingredients and less expensive processes. The time varies based on how tightly the contract was written but it happens as fast as they can.

Like the snake, it is their nature.

47 posted on 08/12/2017 9:49:18 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“If Unilever buys something I quit buying it because the quality is going to go straight down the tubes. “

If and when the quality goes down I may stop buying it.

Till then, I will enjoy my B&J and Magnums!


48 posted on 08/12/2017 10:05:09 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
It has already started to go down the tubes and if you compared the quality to what it was ten years ago you would see it easily.

But enjoy what you like.

49 posted on 08/12/2017 10:10:08 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: American Quilter

In thirteen U.S. states it is easier for food producers to sue their critics for libel. These thirteen states are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is based in Minnesota.

Though the governor of that state is a DFL Democrat, both houses are majority Republican, if just barely so in their senate.

So if their Republican party can persuade the state’s agricultural interests to give them stronger control, and eventually elect a Republican governor, they could also pass an agricultural libel law, which would just nuke the OCA and those troublemakers like it.


50 posted on 08/12/2017 10:16:52 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (HitlerÂ’s Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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To: PIF

Well, what if I self identify as broccoli? Youre an animalist!


51 posted on 08/12/2017 10:22:20 AM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“It has already started to go down the tubes and if you compared the quality to what it was ten years ago you would see it easily.”

LOL! Unilever bought B&J SEVENTEEN years ago!


52 posted on 08/12/2017 10:31:20 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Kaslin

This is the 21st Century. What do mere facts have to do with scientific conclusions?


53 posted on 08/12/2017 10:43:08 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: TexasGator
LOL! I know.

I was in ice cream at the time.

And I know what they began to do then.

But you just keep on eating it.

54 posted on 08/12/2017 10:47:44 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Mr. Lucky

“I was born in a welfare state

Ruled by bureaucracy

Controlled by civil servants

And people dressed in grey

Got no privacy, got no liberty

Cos the twentieth century people

Took it all away from me.............”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD14kdgQEe8


55 posted on 08/12/2017 10:48:15 AM PDT by Zeneta
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To: gnarledmaw

Luckily, I’m not a vegetarian ...


56 posted on 08/12/2017 11:00:33 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“And I know what they began to do then.”

What did they do?


57 posted on 08/12/2017 11:24:35 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Aldi carries some luxury store brand ice cream versions from time to time. Doubtful that either of those folks OEM it.


58 posted on 08/12/2017 12:40:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“Aldi carries some luxury store brand ice cream versions from time to time. “

We get some produce from Aldi but I get my B&J and HD from Publix on 2 for 1 sales.

Usually don’t run out but if I get low, Publix usually has a sale on the above or Klondike or Magnum.

I really do eat too much ice cream.


59 posted on 08/12/2017 12:59:21 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
Use cheaper ingredients.

Just a little.

And then next year a little more.

By ten years ago it was quite noticeable to the ice cream tasters.

But you go ahead eating it.

The commies love your money.

60 posted on 08/12/2017 5:29:54 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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