7/2/2026 at 2:20:06 AM
They were bought out by a unilever subsidiary. Most of their ingredients were replaced with cheaper, less healthy, less flavorful additives. It's funny to say the ice cream got less healthy, but it's true.by sawyers
7/2/2026 at 6:17:20 AM
They are fighting to get it back:https://time.com/7344796/ben-jerrys-ice-cream-magnum-unileve...
Also the shareholders overrode Ben and Jerry against their objections to sell. They didn’t want to. Of course they probably shouldn’t have gone public in the first place but if they hadn’t you never would have heard of them. Unless you grew up in Vermont. Like me. It was kinda weird seeing a beloved business become huge. Like watching Phish go from a local band to something giant.
by supertroop
7/2/2026 at 2:48:17 AM
Re: healthy ice cream, I do enjoy Blue Bell's Natural Vanilla Bean.> Milk, cream, sugar, skim milk, contains 1% or less of: vanilla extract, guar gum, carob bean gum, ground vanilla beans.
Still has a crapload of sugar and fat in it, eat in considerable moderation but at least it contains only relatively innocuous ingredients.
by soulofmischief
7/2/2026 at 3:11:48 AM
I dislike the texture of various gums and food science additives in my ice cream, I'm there to eat sugar and fat. If you have to enhance those you're doing it wrong. I suspect my digestive system dislikes them as well feeding the wrong species of gut bacteria or triggering some kind of imbalance or another.by colechristensen
7/2/2026 at 10:33:39 AM
I generally agree, buy it's a small amount compared to just about any other store bought ice cream flavor I've found, and way less ingredients than general. It tastes and feels different.by soulofmischief
7/2/2026 at 5:08:38 AM
Is it true? I looked into your claim here and it doesn't seem substantiated at all.by wilg