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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by yellowapple on Saturday December 24, 2016 @08:56PM (#13252475)
"Neither Kraft, which makes Cool Whip, nor Saputo, which sells whipped cream under the Land O’Lakes label, responded to questions about whether they too would see shortages."

Would Cool Whip be affected by this? Cool Whip ain't typically distributed in a spray can, last I checked; does it still use nitrous oxide as a preservative?

Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by mikestew on Saturday December 24, 2016 @09:30PM (#13252576)
I doubt that frozen corn-syrup-in-a-tub would suffer from a lack of NO2.
Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by quesera on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:24AM (#13253091)
Pedantry: NO₂ is nitrogen dioxide; nitrous oxide is N₂O.

And yeah, Cool Whip is barely a dairy product, and doesn't require propellant. So no N₂O involved.