Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Emma Thackery wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Default User" > wrote:
> >
> >> The official answer when Breyers started
> >> (they, along with B&J are owned by Unilever) was that it was to
> prevent >> the problem of ice crystals due to refreezing.
> >
> > I've eaten plenty of Breyer's without either wheat or ice crystals.
> > Blue Bunny and many other wheatless* brands don't have ice crystals
> > either.
>
> Wasn't that (preventing ice) about guar gum or something? I don't
> think it's about the wheat.

Right. Breyers started adding a gum thickener sometime back (while
insisting that it still adheres to the Purity Pledge). The specific
ingredient is "natural tara gum".




Brian

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