Heavy Whipping Cream brands
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I sent a FB message to Knudsen asking them if they have any heavy cream products without additives, and that I would be switching brands for now until they sell a heavy cream where the only ingredient is heavy cream.6
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JessiokaFroka wrote: »I sent a FB message to Knudsen asking them if they have any heavy cream products without additives, and that I would be switching brands for now until they sell a heavy cream where the only ingredient is heavy cream.
Good for you! Keep us posted, eh?
I've written to companies quite a few times, often simply to request more info on product content, but seldom have I gotten anything resembling a thoughtful reply.
But still.... consumers' voices need to be heard above the din.
So let's resolve to squeak on!4 -
@JessiokaFroka did you ever hear back?0
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Here's Cornucopia's guide to avoiding dairy products with carageenan:
https://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/
And here's its ranking of dairies:
https://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
Note the dismal rating for Horizon....
Maple Hill and Organic Valley fare much better.0 -
My daughter lives in central California and there are a lot of feed lots there with dairy cows all owed by Land of Lakes. Those poor cows live their entire lives on huge piles of manure. They wouldn't know what to do with a blade of green grass if they saw one, and I am fairly sure that they never have seen anything green on their side of the fence. Since driving by these humongous dairy farms I now refuse to buy anything that is made by land of lakes. I'm sorry, by those mild factories are disgraceful. I grew up on a dairy farm, and I know how cows should be treated and that is not it. I quite literally quit drinking milk because of those dairies.4
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My daughter lives in central California and there are a lot of feed lots there with dairy cows all owed by Land of Lakes. Those poor cows live their entire lives on huge piles of manure. They wouldn't know what to do with a blade of green grass if they saw one, and I am fairly sure that they never have seen anything green on their side of the fence. Since driving by these humongous dairy farms I now refuse to buy anything that is made by land of lakes. I'm sorry, by those mild factories are disgraceful. I grew up on a dairy farm, and I know how cows should be treated and that is not it. I quite literally quit drinking milk because of those dairies.
I'm with you completely. Plus LOL, as it were, adds carageenan to many of its products. (You also have to watch "cage-free" eggs, which, similarly, may be laid by hens who never see the light of day....)
My strategy is to shop at co-ops and small independent grocers who carry some local products, and wander by the cold clearance section a couple times a week.2 -
Here's Cornucopia's guide to avoiding dairy products with carageenan:
https://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/
And here's its ranking of dairies:
https://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
Note the dismal rating for Horizon....
Maple Hill and Organic Valley fare much better.
Trader Joe's cream is listed on the "contains carageenan" side, which is true for their regular cream. Their organic cream doesn't have it. It costs a bit more, but may well be worth it to avoid the carageenan.0 -
MyriiStorm wrote: »Here's Cornucopia's guide to avoiding dairy products with carageenan:
https://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/
And here's its ranking of dairies:
https://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
Note the dismal rating for Horizon....
Maple Hill and Organic Valley fare much better.
Trader Joe's cream is listed on the "contains carageenan" side, which is true for their regular cream. Their organic cream doesn't have it. It costs a bit more, but may well be worth it to avoid the carageenan.
Thanks for the tip.
I know some companies made noises about not using carageenan any more, and the organic standards board recently voted to disallow it in organic food, so we should be seeing changes.
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »DianaElena76 wrote: »KnitOrMiss wrote: »
Thank you. I think I'll be buying the expensive kind from now on..... no idea it triggered inflammation. Could this be part of the reason I haven't lost in months?
@DianaElena76 - I wish I even had that option. Of my 4 locals stores, there is not a single option without the additive...even the organic here has it. *sigh* #countdowntomoving
Same here. Well, I don't really know because I haven't looked, but I'm certain they are all the same. There are 2 grocery stores in my town (next town is around 25-30 miles and has the same 2 stores + a Wal-Mart). I'm pretty sure they have Blue Bunny, A&E, and store brand (which is actually made by one of those name-brand dairies mentioned, but they put the store brand label on it). Anyway, I'll have to make a note to verify next time I shop. I only have 1 T. (if that) left (that is how much I normally put in my morning 5 cups of coffee), so it is time to shop anyway.0 -
I had never heard of it before reading this post - thankfully my cream (store brand - non organic cheap stuff) does not contain it. It can be sneaky though not always listed clearly
... In Australia, foods containing carrageenan will contain one of the following labels: ‘vegetable gum (407)’, ‘carrageenan gum’, or ‘vegetable gum (carrageenan)’. In the United States, food containing carrageenan will say ‘carrageenan’ on the label and in Europe it will say ‘E407’ or ‘E407a’. 1 -
Just had some "Kroger" heavy whipping cream!1
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<Blimp>Here's Cornucopia's guide to avoiding dairy products with carageenan:
https://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/
And here's its ranking of dairies:
https://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
Note the dismal rating for Horizon....
Maple Hill and Organic Valley fare much better.0 -
For some reason my taste for massive amounts of calories from fats as dropped off. I dropped from 6 down to 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and now use half and half vs HWC but the much lower price for half and half was a real factor plus it comes in half gallon containers with a screw cap pour spout. I can only get half and half at McDonalds.
My weight is slowly dropping due to cutting my fat intake by mouth and burning some of my old body fat. I still holding carbs just under 50 grams most days.
I think the Walmart HWC may have contained carrageenan but their Half and Half does to mention it on the label. I realized reading the 5 year old link below that I actually use my cream to lower the temperature of my coffee hence why I can get so many calories from just my creamer choice.
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »
Thanks for the link to the article! Very informative! I was not aware of this! On the lookout now.1 -
I have been using half n half because of the cheaper price and the ingredients are just milk and cream. My grocery outlet has Humboldt organic half n half in the quart size for $2. My question is HWC is that a better option for putting in my black tea? I add like 6 TBSP a day. Everyone seems to be on the HWC bandwagon, what is the reason? Thanks, looking forward to being schooled...2
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@dawnz75 at first I thought HF stood super High Fat then I learned in my case if I was going to get rid of my belly fat stored over the past 25 years I needed to burn it and count those calories as part of the Fat in my micro. While I like to drink HWC straight it stills count as calories.
Not sure why but when I cut back on my FAT % it was easier to keep my ketone level higher.
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My Hy-Vee brand had it, of course!
After reading this, switched to Andersen Erickson brand! Thanks!1 -
I have been using half n half because of the cheaper price and the ingredients are just milk and cream. My grocery outlet has Humboldt organic half n half in the quart size for $2. My question is HWC is that a better option for putting in my black tea? I add like 6 TBSP a day. Everyone seems to be on the HWC bandwagon, what is the reason? Thanks, looking forward to being schooled...
I use half n half because calories still matter and I have belly fat to lose. One day, I'll be more in a weight maintenance mode and hwc might be a better fit for me then. Something to look forward to I guess.
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I have been using half n half because of the cheaper price and the ingredients are just milk and cream. My grocery outlet has Humboldt organic half n half in the quart size for $2. My question is HWC is that a better option for putting in my black tea? I add like 6 TBSP a day. Everyone seems to be on the HWC bandwagon, what is the reason? Thanks, looking forward to being schooled...
@dawnz75 - I used cream, because the actual milk part of half and half triggered cravings for me... It's mostly a carb thing, as far as I know, limiting carbs, increasing fats... But it's a very individual choice. My personal opinion is, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
That being said, listing cream on the ingredients is a way to hide things. Because if you go look at Humboldt Organic Cream, see if there are any extra ingredients on that list... Because you assume cream, the ingredient. They could mean "cream" the recipe. Of course, with it being organic, and a decent brand, I'd think you're more likely safe...0 -
Here's Cornucopia's guide to avoiding dairy products with carageenan:
https://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/
And here's its ranking of dairies:
https://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
Note the dismal rating for Horizon....
Maple Hill and Organic Valley fare much better.
FYI, Cornucopia.org's handy scorecard of organic dairies was updated in May 2017 -
https://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
Here's a chart of corporate affiliations in the organics business:
https://www.cornucopia.org/who-owns-organic/0 -
Thanks for that (Cornucopia listing). Didn't even know a thing like that existed.
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »dmariet116 wrote: »If just concerned about carb content, Land o Lakes has 0 carbs.
@dmariet116 - ALL HWC have 6.4 grams of carbs per cup, or I think it comes out to 0.42 carbs per TBSP. It's up to the manufacturer whether they round up or down or whatever. But the carbs are there regardless of what the label says. That's how most folks get away with saying "zero carbs," whether it is or not. By making the serving size small enough, anything can be reduced to almost "zero" carbs...
I can't get over how it is legal/ok in the USA to state something is "free" of energy or macros. Do things like Coke zero etc also state that? Everything seems well labled here. I cringe when I see people eating these No Cal items, like I've seen a something-farms (Waldo??? Walden?) strawberry jam, peanut butter and other things online. I am sure if you ate the entire thing, it would have some energy in it. Some lady on a facegroup groupat half a jar of some salad dressing they make and everyone was all "LOL it's fine! It has no calories!"
We don't have 'heavy whipping cream', we just have cream. It's 35g-36 of fat per 100ml, and 3-3.3g of carbs per same amount. Doesn't seem to matter what brand. The ingredients all state "Pasteurised cream (from milk) and that's it. never heard of carageenan? Is it a thickening agent?0 -
getfitchelle wrote: »KnitOrMiss wrote: »dmariet116 wrote: »If just concerned about carb content, Land o Lakes has 0 carbs.
@dmariet116 - ALL HWC have 6.4 grams of carbs per cup, or I think it comes out to 0.42 carbs per TBSP. It's up to the manufacturer whether they round up or down or whatever. But the carbs are there regardless of what the label says. That's how most folks get away with saying "zero carbs," whether it is or not. By making the serving size small enough, anything can be reduced to almost "zero" carbs...
I can't get over how it is legal/ok in the USA to state something is "free" of energy or macros. Do things like Coke zero etc also state that? Everything seems well labled here. I cringe when I see people eating these No Cal items, like I've seen a something-farms (Waldo??? Walden?) strawberry jam, peanut butter and other things online. I am sure if you ate the entire thing, it would have some energy in it. Some lady on a facegroup groupat half a jar of some salad dressing they make and everyone was all "LOL it's fine! It has no calories!"
We don't have 'heavy whipping cream', we just have cream. It's 35g-36 of fat per 100ml, and 3-3.3g of carbs per same amount. Doesn't seem to matter what brand. The ingredients all state "Pasteurised cream (from milk) and that's it. never heard of carageenan? Is it a thickening agent?
It is more of an emulsifier. It keeps the cream from separating out, because modern Americans are delicate little flowers who are convinced that natural separation of cream to the top means that their product is spoiled. To convince folks that their products aren't spoiled, manufacturers added ingredients that would prevent the separation that freaked folks out. Modern folks are so removed from farm and natural life that they've no idea what the "real" stuff looks like...without having been dressed up... @getfitchelle5 -
I've taken to using whipping cream these days. HWC was getting too hard to find without a bunch of other things in it. I haven't looked through all the brands, but the whipping cream I found at the co-op seems free of additives.2
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I buy only the very best. M&S West Country Extra Thick Double Cream.
Realy heavy, delicious and free of anything that is not dairy-related.4 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »I buy only the very best. M&S West Country Extra Thick Double Cream.
Realy heavy, delicious and free of anything that is not dairy-related.
Ooooh yummy, I don't have the extra thick very often - usually get the double cream from ALDI - but I also love the clotted cream you can get
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@GaleHawkins if you only need cream to cool your coffee... you can brew up a pot and put it in the ice cube tray in the freezer. When you brew a regular hot coffee add one (or more if needed) coffee cubes. Voila!
Or, you could just let your coffee sit in its mug for a few extra minutes to cool 2 -
@canadjineh I don't like the taste of black coffee . I do like the taste of cream however. Other than my first cup I get my coffee at McDonald's hence the half and half and ice usage. 1
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I get whatever is on sale, I currently have the really big one from Costco and I'm not going to be able to get through it unless I make mountains of Alfredo.
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