Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus <=-
when the nuts they put in it are almonds.... That's usually
called pistachio nut ice cream, rather than pistachio ice
cream (which does have pistachio nuts in it)....
If it has no pistachio at all, I've no idea.
Maybe it's called pistachio because it's green.
Quoting Jim Weller to Michael Loo on 11-18-18 21:42 <=-
Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus <=-
So how do they get away with calling it pistachio ice cream
when the nuts they put in it are almonds.... That's usually
called pistachio nut ice cream, rather than pistachio ice
cream (which does have pistachio nuts in it)....
If it has no pistachio at all, I've no idea.
Maybe it's called pistachio because it's green.
This thread got me wondering what is sold in Canada and what
ingredients are allowed to be used. It turns out that pistachio ice
cream here can contain pistachio nuts and/or natural and/or
artificial flavouring,
Baskin Robbins Canada labels their ice cream Pistachio Almond and
the fine print says "Pistachio flavoured ice cream with roasted
almonds". The ingredient list reads: Cream, Nonfat Milk, Roasted
Almonds (Almonds, Safflower Oil or Canola Oil), Sugar, Corn Syrup,
Whey Powder, Natural and Artificial Flavour (Derived from Barley), Stabiliser/Emulsifier Blend (Mono and Diglycerides, Cellulose Gum,
Guar Gum, Carrageenan), Artificial Colour (Blue 1), Beta Carotene
for Colour. So, no actual pistachios.
Loblaw's Black Label pistachio ice cream on the other hand does have
nuts so no disclaimers are required. It contains just cream, milk,
sugar, skim milk powder, frozen egg yolk, pistachio paste
(pistachio, palm oil shortening), colour, salt.
While perusing labels I got a hankering for some ice cream even
though it's -24 out with blowing snow and so I picked up a carton
of Breyers chocolate mint as it was on sale for $3.99 when every-
thing else was $6.99, forgetting momentarily that I was boycotting
them for their drop in quality after their last change of ownership.
It was pretty nasty so I checked the label. First of all they had downsized the 2 liter carton again from 1.75 l to 1.66 l. Then I
realized that I had actually purchased a "frozen dairy dessert". The damned stuff isn't even legally ice cream!
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