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Hugh's Chicken Run (Merged Discussion)
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One cheap chicken won't do much to you, that I can see. It's the long term consumption that makes the difference.
People having been eating cheap chickens for decades, nobody has even hinted that they may be harmful.
As for feeding them junk food and being 1/3 fat, chickens have a lot less fat than most other animals we eat. The fat in a chicken usually runs of into the roasting pan, but not for lamb, beef, pork etc.0 -
I usually manage to avoid products made from eggs which are not free-range but in the past few weeks I have bought Gu puddings and Haagen Daz ice-cream as both were on offer. Both contain eggs but neither of them list the eggs on their ingredients list as being free-range, so I assume that they are not?
When you are paying for a premium product which is also marketed as such you would think they would bother paying the extra few pence to use free range eggs. As I said, both were on offer but normally Haagen Daz is what, around £4 for a half-litre and GU is almost £3 for 2 little puddings! Some of the Gu puddings also listed vanillin as one of the ingredients (artificial vanilla flavouring) - again on a premium product why not use the real thing, the cost difference is minimal.
I will be contacting both to confirm but will only be buying organic or M&S ice-cream from now on and no more Gu puds (probably better for my waistline to go without anyway).
From Gu website:- Q: Does Gü üse free-range eggs?
A: At the moment our Choc Melting Middle Puds, Chocolate Trifle and Black Forest Trifle all contain free-range eggs. We’re continüally looking to improve the taste, texture and quality of our products which includes üsing free-range eggs. This is an area of development for us, and we'll keep ü posted on it.
Haagen Daz UK website is pretty useless."The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
-- Author Unknown --0 - Q: Does Gü üse free-range eggs?
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competitionscafe wrote: »Haagen Daz UK website is pretty useless.
I was wondering about this too. Haagen Dazs is the only product I buy containing eggs that aren't explicitly free-range. I emailled them yesterday to ask about their eggs. No reply yet but if I get one I'll post it here0 -
Well, I got a letter from Haagen Dazs today. It says:Thank you for contacting us about our Haagen-Dazs ice cream products, and please accept our apologies for our delay in responding to you.
Haagen-Dazs uses only fresh egg yolk, which acts as a natural emulsifier, helping the texture and body of the ice cream and also providing a delicate flavour to our ice cream products. Haagaen-Dazs fresh egg yolks are from indoor farming hens.
We are constantly striving to meet consumer needs and appreciate your concerns over the matter. Your comments have been forwarded to the relevant department for consideration.
Thank you for your interest in our Company. We hope that the information we have been able to provide has been helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further assistance.
So no, Haagen Dazs isn't made with free range eggs. Shame on them for trying to put a nice spin on battery eggs when it's supposed to be a 'premium' brand! Guess I need to find different ice cream now0 -
Thanks for taking the trouble to write to them - confirms what I thought.
Having bought Haagen Daz the other week it also reminded me of the other reason I have not bought it for ages- it's far too sickly sweet! (For me anyway).
IF you like that style of ice-cream then I did read online that Ben & Jerrys use free-range eggs but their packaging does not say so so still need to confirm this.
Alternatively I can recommend Cream of Galloway - all organic as well and UK (Scottish) produced. Hill Station is another good premium brand and I really like Green & Black's vanilla. Rocombe is another good organic brand. All M&S ice-cream is made with free-range eggs and as well as the Haagen Daz style flavours they also do a very good Fairtrade organic plain chocolate ice-cream and a vanilla too. Waitrose 'Seriously creamy' range also uses free-range eggs and is on offer at 2 for £5 at the moment - the stem ginger and the Columbian coffee ones are very good, so is the white chocolate although a bit too sweet for me."The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
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Thanks for all the suggestions, I don't have a Waitrose near me but I like the idea of all the others. I usually buy vanilla (I too don't like sickly sweet) so of all those brands would I best trying the Green & Blacks first?0
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Hi, yes I buy vanilla quite often and Green & Black's is my favourite vanilla ice-cream and it's widely available. I often get asked what brand the ice-cream is when serving it to visitors. Worth stocking up when it is on offer. So try that first to see what you think (you can get it in little single serving tubs too).
If you can find Rocombe vanilla then that is also excellent - when I worked in a restaurant many years ago they wanted to change the ice-cream on their menu (from Haagen Daz) and they chose Rocombe after doing some taste tests and Rocombe came out the best.
More recently, the Times also did a taste test - they didn't like the Green & Blacks at all (just shows everyones palate is different) but their favourite was Rocombe.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article680904.ece"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
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i buy thorntons fudge cubes for ds as a treat as made with FR egg !!
Also Co-op mayonaise0 -
Thanks for all the suggestions, I don't have a Waitrose near me but I like the idea of all the others. I usually buy vanilla (I too don't like sickly sweet) so of all those brands would I best trying the Green & Blacks first?
Apparently Sainsburys have Green & Black's ice-cream on offer (Half price:£1.99) until 09 December:
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?Store=4&Product=123"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
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Sainsburys taste the difference products only use free range eggs, so this should include a few types of ice cream.0
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