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Anonymous wrote:Grew up with Breyer's ice cream. It isn't ice cream if it isn't Breyers. Don't enjoy Ben & Jerry's.

Today's Breyers isn't the Breyers you grew up with. Remember back when their selling point was "our only ingredients are milk, cream, sugar, and eggs?" Well, look at what they have become. Most of their products can't even legally call themselves "ice cream." They have to say "frozen dairy dessert" because it doesn't have the required milkfat percentage.

Also, I do remember that ad campaign - late 80's or early 90's? I remember commercials with a little kid reading the ingredient list of competitors and stumbling over all the weird manufactured ingredients, then reading the Breyer's ingredients. Was sorta ahead of their time back then, before the healthy/natural eating trend nowadays. It's sad that they didn't hold onto that heritage and brand identity; it would actually be successful now, but they went the wrong direction with their manufacturing.

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Anonymous wrote:Grew up with Breyer's ice cream. It isn't ice cream if it isn't Breyers. Don't enjoy Ben & Jerry's.

Today's Breyers isn't the Breyers you grew up with. Remember back when their selling point was "our only ingredients are milk, cream, sugar, and eggs?" Well, look at what they have become. Most of their products can't even legally call themselves "ice cream." They have to say "frozen dairy dessert" because it doesn't have the required milkfat percentage.

to be fair, it's not Ice Cream- it's frozen dairy desert (Ice Cream has legal meaning that Breyer's does't meet)

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Anonymous wrote:Grew up with Breyer's ice cream. It isn't ice cream if it isn't Breyers. Don't enjoy Ben & Jerry's.

Today's Breyers isn't the Breyers you grew up with. Remember back when their selling point was "our only ingredients are milk, cream, sugar, and eggs?" Well, look at what they have become. Most of their products can't even legally call themselves "ice cream." They have to say "frozen dairy dessert" because it doesn't have the required milkfat percentage.

That explains the change in the fudge ripple I used to enjoy... The best crisp flavor. Now it's like lard fluff. Was so disappointing when I picked it up recently, hoping for a nostalgic taste.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when Breyers vanilla had a commercial touting the fact that it had only 4 ingredients -- milk, cream, sugar and vanilla. Their natural line still does, but the rest of their flavors are packed with extenders and preservatives that makes the texture gummy.

If you're going to eat ice cream, eat the best. B&J

Breyers used to be so good I cry about it sometimes. The way it tastes today is horrible. I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy. Honestly, homemade is the way to go these days. Every ice cream has stabilizers in it that ruin the texture.

Even all natural Breyers vanilla has tara gum, which affects the consistency, imo.

Anonymous wrote:I remember when Breyers vanilla had a commercial touting the fact that it had only 4 ingredients -- milk, cream, sugar and vanilla. Their natural line still does, but the rest of their flavors are packed with extenders and preservatives that makes the texture gummy.

If you're going to eat ice cream, eat the best. B&J

Breyers used to be so good I cry about it sometimes. The way it tastes today is horrible. I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy. Honestly, homemade is the way to go these days. Every ice cream has stabilizers in it that ruin the texture.

Anonymous wrote:Grew up with Breyer's ice cream. It isn't ice cream if it isn't Breyers. Don't enjoy Ben & Jerry's.

Today's Breyers isn't the Breyers you grew up with. Remember back when their selling point was "our only ingredients are milk, cream, sugar, and eggs?" Well, look at what they have become. Most of their products can't even legally call themselves "ice cream." They have to say "frozen dairy dessert" because it doesn't have the required milkfat percentage.

Grew up with Breyer's ice cream. It isn't ice cream if it isn't Breyers. Don't enjoy Ben & Jerry's.

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Anonymous wrote:Ben and Jerry's and Talenti. I would only ever buy the brands discussed here if it were for a group of more than 6 people.

Snob alert. I’m from Wisconsin and I’ve had the best ice cream there is, and Breyers and Turkey Hill are pretty good. Ben & Jerry’s not so much.

I just moved to Milwaukee- what is the best ice cream? Not custard but Ice cream. I grew up eating the breyers with 4 ingredients, the original and it was so good. In Dc we used to just walk to jennis or delcezza and get scoops but i want to enjoy the local stuff while we are here. my kids have already become huge cheese snobs since we've moved here

would love some ice cream recs, we go out to green bay and door county pretty regularly so I have had the local cherry ice cream and it was really good.

On the cheese front, Widmer Brick Cheese. Your welcome!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ben and Jerry's and Talenti. I would only ever buy the brands discussed here if it were for a group of more than 6 people.

Snob alert. I’m from Wisconsin and I’ve had the best ice cream there is, and Breyers and Turkey Hill are pretty good. Ben & Jerry’s not so much.

I just moved to Milwaukee- what is the best ice cream? Not custard but Ice cream. I grew up eating the breyers with 4 ingredients, the original and it was so good. In Dc we used to just walk to jennis or delcezza and get scoops but i want to enjoy the local stuff while we are here. my kids have already become huge cheese snobs since we've moved here

would love some ice cream recs, we go out to green bay and door county pretty regularly so I have had the local cherry ice cream and it was really good.

Purple Door in Milwaukee is amazing. I think they even sell it in the grocery stores there. Also, Babcock Hall ice cream from the UW-Madison dairy is awesome. You can order it for home delivery. And really, who needs ice cream when there is Kopp’s frozen custard. It is seriously better than sex.

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Anonymous wrote:Ben and Jerry's and Talenti. I would only ever buy the brands discussed here if it were for a group of more than 6 people.

Snob alert. I’m from Wisconsin and I’ve had the best ice cream there is, and Breyers and Turkey Hill are pretty good. Ben & Jerry’s not so much.

I just moved to Milwaukee- what is the best ice cream? Not custard but Ice cream. I grew up eating the breyers with 4 ingredients, the original and it was so good. In Dc we used to just walk to jennis or delcezza and get scoops but i want to enjoy the local stuff while we are here. my kids have already become huge cheese snobs since we've moved here

would love some ice cream recs, we go out to green bay and door county pretty regularly so I have had the local cherry ice cream and it was really good.

Anonymous wrote:Alden's

Alden's chocolate chocolate chip is so good. I grew up in NE, but my parents are from Philadelphia. They always got Breyers, which I thought had a thin mouthfeel and was too melty (I guess that's the crispness the pp mentioned ). I liked Hood. Now i just get what's on sale, as long as it's not that "slow churned" fake ice cream (I'm looking at you Edy's).

Did Breyer's change their recipe? There is a mouth feel of crispness to a good ice cream that Breyer's used to have, but doesn't seem to anymore. Their fudge twirl used to be my absolute favorite ice cream years ago with that crisp taste of an all natural ice cream. Had it again recipe and it has that meh, sorta lardish feel on the tongue of a cheaper ice cream.

Had the Turkey Hill all natural ice cream recently (the chocolate chocolate chip one) and agree it was fantastic - has that crisp all natural ice cream mouth feel.

Alden's

Tliamook, then Friendlys, then Turkey Hill.

Haagen Daaz or Ben & Jerry's if you only want a small scoop. Not for teens.

Edy's and Breyers are way down the list. Only good if you smother them in hot caramel.

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Anonymous wrote:You need to discipline your kids better. Ben and Jerrys

What’s with all the people saying this is a discipline issue? So weird and rigid. They were never rude about it.

You're teaching your kids to tolerate disrespectful humor. Won't serve them well in life.

Hahaha it will if they frequent DCUM.