On Thu 17 Jul 2008 08:45:25a, Christine Dabney told us...

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:15:30 +0000 (UTC),
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>>Jean B. > wrote:
>>
>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>[ Fat-free half & half ]
>>
>
>>>What is in it?
>>
>>Usually corn starch, carageenan, guar gum and/or xanthan gum
>>along with nonfat milk. Starch-thickened milk, in other words,
>>processed with an agglomulator machine so that it stays in suspension
>>for weeks without separating.
>>
>>If you dislike processed foods this is not the product
>>for you. It is however nutritionally harmless.
>>
>>Steve
>
> I just read Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food, and this type of
> stuff is exactly what he talks about avoiding, in the search for real
> food.
> Makes you think....
>
> Christine
>

What it makes me think is that I cannot afford to consume the amount of fat
or calories in half and half cream. If I want the consistency and flavor
that is very close to real stuff, I will continue to use the fat free half
and half.

If I believed everything I read about what I should consume, I would
certainly starve to death.

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Wayne Boatwright
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