ben and jerry's, stop using corn syrup
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- freshdude0
please sign the petition
- appalled0
even breyters started adding it as a cost cutting method (read profit scheme) from their once awesome milk cream sugar vanilla list
- corn syrup is dirty cheap. that's why they like it. not cause it's better etc.akrokdesign
- formula0
whats wrong with corn syrup. please quantify the dangers or whatever the reasons you hate corn syrup are here in this thread please.
- how about a "bad formula"akrokdesign
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- appalled0
Aside from being nothing but empty sugars, high fructose corn syrup has been linked to gastrointestinal problems as well. It's not as though corn syrup will harm you much more than any other empty sugar, but a person consuming large amounts of corn syrup is replacing calories that could have been from nutritious fruits and vegetables with a nothing less substitute.
HFCS is banned in UK and about to be in Europe.
- *drinks more mtn dewappalled
- mtn dew has like more suger then water. lol.akrokdesign
- not possible, i know. just making a point. yeaaaaah.akrokdesign
- detritus0
"HFCS is banned in UK"
I was surprised when I read this, as we're rarely all that far from the States in terms of food legislation (obvious Euro intervention aside) and, indeed, I don't think I can find mention of this claim anywhere other than in a couple of Green Food Blogs (rarely, sadly, a source of legitimate claims) or Wikipedia (samesame).
You can't buy it on the shelves here, but I don't think it's actually 'banned'. Probably more a lack of popularity amongst consumers when competing against vast numbers of existing industrial food products from our long history of sweet making.
Not defending the shit, mind - I hate the drive of mass food producers to the bottom. my particular bugbear is the swapping of large percentages of natural sugar for artifical sweeteners, then slapping the obligatory "Now contains less sugar!" banner over the front, like it's a benefit for me the consumer, rather then their bottom line.
- 'natural sugar' = 'naturally-derived sugars', sorry.detritus
- no sugar added. now we talking.akrokdesign
- plenty of alcohol, though. lol.akrokdesign
- alcolol.detritus
- drgz0
Whats ben and jerry and whats corn syrup
- akrokdesign0
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- don't lick your monitor. it's unhealthy and you might cut your self.akrokdesign
- appalled0
- that black boarder will keep it safe for non-american do get to it.akrokdesign
- CyBrain0
If you really are concerned about your nutrition you'll put your energy towards finding real food to eat. Ice cream in any form is just not going to cut it.
- lukus_W0
The point for me, is that Ben and Jerry's has always made a big deal about how right-on they are, and how they use good ingredients and are ex-hippies. So this is a bit hypocritical.
- dibec0
absurd. corn syrup is in almost everything. it's cheap and easily mass produced. to convert to "real" sugars is just not economical. it's like asking the whole world to stop using oil. once again it's not economical and will not happen.
hippies and conservationist should continue to smoke their pot and run around naked banging their drums. As stated above most of these agendas are very hypocritical and lobbyist money wasting bs. If you are into this type of bs movement there are plenty of products out there that will meet your needs. Ben & Jerrys is dank because of the corn syrup.
DON'T FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN. COMMIES.
/end rant.
- That point of view is maybe as biased as the opposite though.lukus_W
- instrmntl0
Wait, it was closed after 94 signatures? I do agree with the below though:
Many loyal consumers of Ben & Jerry's ice cream have conscientiously purchased these products to the exclusion of others because of opposition to the use of rGBH, rBST, and antibiotics in dairy products. Even more importantly, we support Ben & Jerry's in the fight against Monsanto's bullying tactics to restrict labeling of their products. It is inconsistent with the politically aware policies of Ben & Jerry's that corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup is being used in their products, and we ask that Ben & Jerry's replace these ingredients with healthier, more agriculturally sustainable alternatives.
- acescence0
hfcs is artificially cheap because of government corn subsidies.
- Miguex0
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Isn't it that ice cream, by definition, is made with heavy cream & saturated fat to begin with? wouldn't that completely diminish the potential health problems caused by corn syrup?I mean, is incredibly high in sugar and fat, right?
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Wouldn't it be the equivalent of asking to sing a petition to remove butter from the KFC Double Down™ 1228 (cal) Sandwich?
- Douglas0
They're just another big company running a business. I guarantee there are some local places around you who keep it reel. You can't throw a stone in NY without hitting 4 or 5 within a few blocks who use grass fed organic dairy and organic sugar. Support those folks.
- <<instrmntl
- doesn't stop all the additional health issues related to HFCS in people who don't make proactive choicesDodecahedron
- ...like childrenDodecahedron
- I think that's the parents responsibility. Don't feed your kids poison.Douglas
- And everyone can put whatever they want in their bodies. The label is there for them to read.Douglas
- SoulFly0
That Americone Dream is the best ice-cream flavor I've every tasted in my entire life.
It's like rocky road, but with less chocolate and more cone. Truly amazing.
By the way, I rather have corn syrup, then corn made into Ethanol fuel. Take that HIPPIES!- "than" sorry.SoulFly
- pour some in your car and drive on it. hahha.akrokdesign
- randommail0
If you're worried about the HCFS in one cup of ice-cream being more harmful than its large amounts of saturated fat and high calories (more than a cheeseburger) then you're just dumb.
basically what Miguex said.