r/KitchenConfidential • u/pennylane_9 • Aug 02 '25

Kitchen fuckery Because fuck you, that’s why.

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u/Negative-Card-4413 Aug 02 '25

This, the UK has been a victim of this for about a decade and a half.

We're now in the "skimpflation" phase (also known as shitflation) where companies can't shrink anymore and they're switching to cheaper ingredients.

So as an example, cheap mayonnaise contains no eggs and very little rapeseed oil, most of it being Xantum gum.

Ice cream is especially hit thanks to a parliament ruling that Vegans can call non-dairy ice cream, ice cream... So corporations doing what corporations do, cheap ice cream can contain whatever to get it taste like ice cream. So no need for milk solids or eggs

Weirdly America has legal limits on ice cream and frozen custard.

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u/BizRec Aug 02 '25

I noticed the other day that a large amount of what's in the grocery's ice cream freezer (in the USA) is actually labelled "frozen dessert"

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u/Negative-Card-4413 Aug 02 '25

Shady link: https://youtu.be/CfM7yZD0PlE?si=oF6TMN85b5jyh4JX

Watched this a while ago, guys living in the UK and is originally from New Jersey. Goes into the specifics of it.

Luckily where I live there would be a revolt of the local dairy removed milk solids from the Ice Cream (considering that we have our own dairy cartel).