Comments on: Breyers Natural Ice Cream and Tara Gum: Unilever’s Response

By: Sanity please

Sanity please — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:32:15 +0000

At first Gloria just seems like your garden variety CHICKEN LITTLE
but click on her name and you find she is out to make a buck herself on “Natural stuff” I generally find it amusing but sad that so many people are such idiots about ingredients that are unfamiliar to them.
I remember one years ago that claimed that an emulsifier used in some ice creams was actually anti freeze! Good God people GET A LIFE!

By: kali

kali — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:27:47 +0000

My brother was a Breyers addict. (I must admit getting up in the middle of the night for a second serving, myself. ) Several years ago
my brother contacted the makers of Breyers and asked what did they do to their ice cream. They were surprised that he had noticed any difference. If you have a Harris Teeter grocery chain near you, their name brand natural ice cream is a good replacement for the OLD Breyers.

By: Joanne Keyes

Joanne Keyes — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:28:13 +0000

I am curious about taragum because as much as I enjoy ice cream ,I am usually satisfied with a cup serving.Not so with the Breyers Chocolate Crackle.I can eat the whole 1/2 gallon at one sitting,although I haven’t allowed myself to do so,but wondered what possibly “addictive ingredient” might be lurking within and if anyone else has had this experience.It is just too delicious !

By: I Scream, You Scream. Leave it at That. « Julie Luongo

I Scream, You Scream. Leave it at That. « Julie Luongo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:04:42 +0000

[...] pretty sure tara gum was added after these commercials were made. Someone at A Daily Scoop Ice Cream Reviews wrote about tara gum pretty thoroughly, if you’re interested in knowing why your favorite all-natural ice cream tastes different [...]

By: eddiemd

eddiemd — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:15:38 +0000

Tara gum is a genetically modified fish protein (GMO). Unilever is all about cost cutting. Unilever does not care about the product or what the customer really wants. It’s all about the profit.

By: All Natural «

All Natural « — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:05:39 +0000

[...] bought Breyers in 1993 (and Ben & Jerry’s in 2000). Unilever’s explanation for the inclusion of “Tara gum” is that their customers told them that Breyer’s [...]

By: Fred Glynn

Fred Glynn — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:41:23 +0000

I couldn’t find anything about tara gum in Harold McGee’s “On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen.”

What I do notice is that Breyer’s ice cream with tara gum in it is more sticky than I remember it being before they started adding it.

I suspect that it enables them to get a higher yield and that they’re listening more to their biz-school boys–for whom ROI is king–than to their customers–for whom taste is what it’s all about.

I hope others will ask them to reconsider. After all, tara gum is not natural–it does not occur in nature–but is, instead, a processed food.

By: Ice Cream Junky

Ice Cream Junky — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:24:05 +0000

Okay I just went through that Gloria lady’s post—- I thought this was an ice cream Web site!!! I was kind of with you about the synthetic sugars, and then you start rambling about vaccines?? I don’t think you’re in the right forum man!! Now, if the Breyer’s folks ever come across these more pointed critiques of their new crap ingredients, they are going to write the comments off as the pontifications of a bunch of health-food nuts!

By: Ice Cream Junky

Ice Cream Junky — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:07:21 +0000

Breyer’s new formula is clearly inferior. I used to salivate at the prospect of consuming their ice cream, and now it taste like processed garbage like all ice cream filled with whey and tara gum. Haagen Daaz is the only really common brand left that DOESN’T put garbage in their product. And you can taste the difference. Eat a scoop of new Breyer’s coffee ice cream, then compare it to Haagen Daaz coffee. I used to deem them equally tasty, with their own uniquely desirable palette of flavors. Now Breyer’s taste TERRIBLE!!! What a shame. One of the most stalwart and delectable brands ruined by cost-cutting. And they thought the discerning ice cream aficionados wouldn’t notice!!!! The public will, in time, turn away from their new product. It’s pricier than the really cheapo brands, so there’s no reason to buy it if its filled with the same trash.

ICE CREAM CONNOISSEUR SIGNING OUT

By: GLORIA

GLORIA — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:34:30 +0000

It is not greed it is stupidity – but if we don’t buy it then they won’t be able to sell it – make sure you stick to your guns and we can take back out super markets!! Share what you know and then no one will buy the crap they sell since the 80’s.
That includes- aspartame- in most gums BTW and addictive! Gives headaches! Sucralose Splenda- real crap too. Strokes, brain tumors, seizures and joint pain from them. Use agave and stevia.
( poor diabetics were the biggest target of this tragic change from saccharine- rumor about it causing cancer is a lie!! Big BUsiness wanted their paws on the fake sugar market- diets were a big trend!)
Stay away from Gardasil!!! Evil and will leave you a victim of rheumatiod arthritis ( homebound!) Polysorbate 80- evil!! Triple Vaccines like MMR- triple the dose of timersol ( lethal) and aluminum or mercury- lethal. BE CAREFUL! READ your LABELS!

By: Food Allergy Sufferer

Food Allergy Sufferer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:42:17 +0000

I suffer from digestive issues and food allergies and have to spend three hours in a grocery store figuring out what I can eat. When I first discovered Breyers “All Natural” ice cream I was overjoyed! But now, with the Tara Gum, I get digestive issues and have had to search for yet another ice cream. I think I’ll buy an ice cream maker and make my own. I don’t think the recipe it comes with will tell me to use Tara Gum when I make it.

By: Food Diary Pro

Food Diary Pro — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:04:30 +0000

I have suffered with a severe digestive illness for 12 years. Thus I have kept a daily diary of everything I eat–and I mean everything–to learn how to avoid problem foods and foods that will cause immediate problems. I want to tell everyone that the one of the WORST food ingredients you can eat is GUAR GUM. Unfortunately it is in a lot of foods. But it’s additives like Guar Gum that are causing colon cancers and digestive illnesses. I recommend everyone AVOID GUAR GUM like the plague!

And I too was shocked to see Breyers add Tara Gum. I cannot eat any of those so-called “natural additives” (which sounds like an oxymoron). Tara Gum is junk too.

Want to stay healthy?? Start eating at home, non-boxed, non pre-prepared foods. Everything in the store is causing digestive illness and cancers eventually.

By: Food Diary Pro

Food Diary Pro — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:58:05 +0000

People, I just want share will everyone to STAY AWAY FROM GUAR GUM!

By: DEEGEE

DEEGEE — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:17:23 +0000

I agree that Unilever completely destroyed the Breyers ice cream franchise and completely ruined the flavor….tragic! When I sent a complaint to Unilever to express my dissatisfaction with what they did to Breyers, they dismissed it and offered a replacement certificate for a free container of ice cream. They obviously don’t read their complaints and care very little out their customers comments. Joke!

By: I white

I white — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:53:09 +0000

Why did you change Bryers? It was the only ice cream I could enjoy without side affects. It leaves me with digestion problems and what I thought was sugar crashes but understood when I read the label. Something new had been added. My husband mentioned that he did’nt like the taste of the chocolate and vanilla combo . Said it just did’nt taste the same. He read the label too.
It there anyone that can be trusted to keep their reputation. I don’t trust the name Bryer’s anymore I White