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Perhaps try a different brand. The one I usually get lists milk, cream, whey, salt, carob powder, citric acid, and culture. So fermented milk products plus a
by metafunctor 5y ago
Perhaps try a different brand. The one I usually get lists milk, cream, whey, salt, carob powder, citric acid, and culture. So fermented milk products plus a bit of things to make it more stable.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThe "standard national (American) brand" is Philadelphia, and their ingredients are: > pasteurized milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, whey, salt, carob bean gum, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin A palmitate, cheese culture. https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/brands/philadelphia/product/00021000612192/philadelphia-plain-cream-cheese-spread-48-oz-tub https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/brands/philadelphia/product/... We can summarize this as "a bunch of milk products, salt, vitamin A, an antifungal, and carob bean gum". It seems pretty inoffensive. There is one (1) bean gum in there, but at this point I'd ask whether "carob bean gum" is different from "carob powder". For example, quoting from wikipedia: > Locust bean gum [another name for carob bean gum] occurs as a white to yellow-white powder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_bean_gum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_bean_gum It appears to be the powdered endosperm of carob beans. If this is bad, wait till you hear about chocolate. Or refried beans.
- Symbiote 5y agoPhiladelphia sold in the EU+UK: > Full Fat Soft Cheese, Salt, Stabiliser (Locust Bean Gum), Acid (Citric acid). Which is similar, except without the mould inhibitor (only allowed on hard cheeses here) or vitamin A.