Re Fake Ingredients
On 8/24/2015 1:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 9:38:52 AM UTC-4, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 06:06:31 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 4:35:36 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:59:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 1:59:50 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It might not necessarily be more expensive, due to economies of
>>>>>>>>> scale.
>>>>>>>>> I haven't looked recently, but it seems to me that there are more
>>>>>>>>> cans of whipped cream than cartons of heavy cream at the grocery
>>>>>>>>> store.
>>>>>>>>> Or my memory could be faulty.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's true. I have only bought heavy cream a few times in my life. You
>>>>>>>> really have to hunt that down. And the canned stuff comes in different
>>>>>>>> flavors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Every grocery store I have ever been to has heavy cream. The trick
>>>>>>> is finding it not ultra-pasteurized or loaded with stabilizers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And the canned stuff has way more sugar than I would add if I whipped
>>>>>>> my own. It tastes like candy, not cream.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course they have it but they don't have very many cartons of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The stores where I shop have cases of it - almost as many cartons as
>>>>> the 10% coffee cream.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know what coffee cream is. Never bought it and never looked for it.
>>>
>>> Perhaps half and half, which has 12.5% milk fat. I guess if they
>>> label it "coffee cream" (which probably has no USDA/FDA identity) they
>>> can skimp on the fat.
>>>
>>> Whipping cream has at least 36% milk fat.
>>
>> In Canada, half and half is 10% cream, and it's labeled half and half,
>> not coffee cream. I used the wrong terminology. I'm just used to
>> calling it coffee cream.
>>
>> We also have 18% "table cream" and 5% "light" cream.
>
> Oddly, our light cream has mo 18-30%
>
> Here's our full breakdown, courtesy of Wikipedia:
>
> Half and half (10.5-18% fat)
> Light cream (18-30% fat)
> Light whipping cream (30-36% fat)
> Heavy cream (36% fat or more)
>
> Not all grades are defined by all jurisdictions, and the exact fat content
> ranges vary. The above figures are based on the Code of Federal Regulations,
> Title 21, Part 131
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream#United_States>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Mmmm hmmm...
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