I noticed a while back that I had to be careful to check the ingredients even on things that seem like you can’t mess with them. Like cream. Lots of “heavy whipping cream” has added stabilizers and other stuff added so that it will whip up better. Not that it’s hard to whip real cream, but nothing is so perfect that someone won’t try to “improve” it.
Sorry, going off on a tangent there. My point was, that’s why I found myself checking the ingredients on a container of Heluva Good sour cream. You know they’ve got to have a sense of humor to stick with that name. I wonder how long they’ve had those next three lines after the ingredients?
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Yay! Made right here in upstate New York. But I never noticed that label. I wonder if it’s on their cheese too? I’ll have to go check the fridge . . .
LOL that is one funny label. I have never seen that brand, but I’ll look for it next time.
Did you seethis story about faces in the brocolli and the follow-up? I’m still not entirely convinced that it’s not a hoax. If it’s true it’s another wonderful example of whimsy in packaging.
I can’t find a picture, but I seem to recall that some Dagoba Organic Chocolate bars list “love” as one of the ingredients.
Kristin, they actually make it in several states. I thought it was local, too.
Ben, they’re only in the Northeast and Atlantic Coast states.
Altissima, that’s creepy. Funny as hell, but creepy.
I feel the same way about ingredients in my cream (or sour cream, for that matter)! If I’m buying sour cream, I want it to *be* an ingredient (even if it’s just an ingredient on top of my baked potatoes), not to *have* ingredients. I stick to Daisy brand, because they’re the only manufacturer in my local stores that lists just one ingredient on their packaging: cream. I don’t know if they’re a national brand or not, but I thought I’d mention it here. It took some looking (and yes, I’m sure that everyone else in the dairy section thought I was crazy that day), but totally worth it to me.