The Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

Re:The Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard by soulofmischief on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @10:48PM (#48755873)

Re: healthy ice cream, I do enjoy Blue Bell's Natural Vanilla Bean.

> Milk, cream, sugar, skim milk, contains 1% or less of: vanilla extract, guar gum, carob bean gum, ground vanilla beans.

Still has a crapload of sugar and fat in it, eat in considerable moderation but at least it contains only relatively innocuous ingredients.

https://www.bluebell.com/product/natural-vanilla-bean/

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Re:The Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard by colechristensen on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:11PM (#48756040)

I dislike the texture of various gums and food science additives in my ice cream, I'm there to eat sugar and fat. If you have to enhance those you're doing it wrong. I suspect my digestive system dislikes them as well feeding the wrong species of gut bacteria or triggering some kind of imbalance or another.

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Re:The Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard by soulofmischief on Thursday July 02, 2026 @06:33AM (#48759242)

I generally agree, buy it's a small amount compared to just about any other store bought ice cream flavor I've found, and way less ingredients than general. It tastes and feels different.

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