heavy cream

neesiems · 08-05-2008, 02:31 PM

does anyone else have a hard time finding Heavy cream?? All I can find is heavy whipping cream. sooooo CAN I use heavy whipping cream in my recipes???

tomswife · 08-05-2008, 02:32 PM

Yup, same thing :-)

Nigel · 08-05-2008, 02:32 PM

Yes, you can use that, it works the same.

neesiems · 08-05-2008, 02:36 PM

THANKS!!!!!

SashimiMark · 08-05-2008, 02:44 PM

My local BJ's has been out of Heavy Cream for over a week now. I stoped at Price Chopper to grab some. It's SO much more expensive there. At BJ's it's $3.09 for a quart. At PC it's $3.27 for a pint.

Then I noticed in the very next case was Whipping Cream. Same brand, same ingredients listed (why the heck do they put vegetable oil in this stuff?), same nutritional information. But it was only $2.79. What gives?

myanv · 08-05-2008, 02:45 PM

wow its like 4.59 here and that is at super walmart

SashimiMark · 08-05-2008, 02:49 PM

The brand I buy that is sold at both my local BJ's and Price Chopper is from a local dairy.

lilly29 · 08-05-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SashimiMark

Then I noticed in the very next case was Whipping Cream. Same brand, same ingredients listed (why the heck do they put vegetable oil in this stuff?), same nutritional information. But it was only $2.79. What gives?

Heavy cream and heavy whipping cream (same thing) should NOT have oil in them. It should have one ingredient: cream!

wishnot · 08-05-2008, 02:52 PM

yeah I've never seen heavy cream/whipping cream with oil in it!

KOO · 08-05-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by myanv

wow its like 4.59 here and that is at super walmart

I thought my Walmart was bad. It is like 3.25 for the quart. I can go to a local grocery now and buy it cheaper.

SashimiMark · 08-05-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by wishnot

yeah I've never seen heavy cream/whipping cream with oil in it!

Every single brand of heavy cream being sold at Price Chopper here in Worcester lists vegetable oil/mono and diglycerides in its ingredients.

KOO · 08-05-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SashimiMark

Every single brand of heavy cream being sold at Price Chopper here in Worcester lists vegetable oil/mono and diglycerides in its ingredients.

Yes mine says something like that also.

SashimiMark · 08-05-2008, 03:07 PM

These are trans fats, no?

MissBeth · 08-05-2008, 03:21 PM

Oil in the cream!

Oh my gosh - just a reminder how important it is that we always read the labels. DON'T buy the stuff with oil in it, it isn't really cream! My recipes include plenty of oil, but I want it to be how much I put in, not what some manufacturer wants to sneak in.

Cream...yum!

Mommie22boys · 08-05-2008, 03:29 PM

Trans fats are those oils that start with "hydrogenated, " or, "partially hydrogenated."

Yuck!

LW3707 · 08-05-2008, 03:49 PM

Mine only lists cream as the ingredient. I use heavy whipping cream. I just paid a little over $4.00 (pre tax) for 1 pint of generic/store brand.

I was thinking of buying it in bulk at Costco to save some $$$. Does anyone know how long heavy cream usually last? Does it go bad quickly like milk?

LightlyStarched · 08-05-2008, 03:52 PM

If you have a Fresh & Easy (tesco) their cream is *just* cream.

Trader Joe's cream is also not messed with.

You can buy half gallons of Manufacturer's Cream at Smart and Final (I think also Cash and Carry?). From what I can tell, it is just cream also. And very reasonably priced.

Can you tell I am a cream aficionado?

KOO · 08-05-2008, 08:27 PM

My cream that I have right now if the Walmart brand. Does anyone know is this a no no. Could it be my cream that has kept me stalled forever????!!!!

LightlyStarched · 08-05-2008, 08:50 PM

Koo, just read the ingredients. Good cream is just "Cream". Bad cream has skim milk (wth?) and all sorts of thickeners.

KrisA · 08-05-2008, 08:57 PM

WTH! I never thought to read the ingredients in heavy cream. Mine reads Heavy ceam, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80 and carrageenan. Contains milk ingredients! WTH! I guess we really really have to read every durn label! Got quite a shock yesterday at the store when I read the ingredients of 100% Beef Hebrew National Hot Dogs and discovered they contained soy!

What is this world coming to??

k

KOO · 08-05-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LightlyStarched

Koo, just read the ingredients. Good cream is just "Cream". Bad cream has skim milk (wth?) and all sorts of thickeners.

I am in such shock, maybe just replacing my cream with some "real" cream will get my scale moving.

KrisA · 08-05-2008, 09:07 PM

Koo: I wondering if I can find heavy cream that's just heavy cream!

k

jacksmixedtape · 08-05-2008, 09:15 PM

Even the Organic Valley heavy cream sold around here (Organic Valley) has carrageenan in it. It's really thick and good, though. Almost chunky.

Will have to check CostCo's heavy cream!

SweetAsSplenda · 08-05-2008, 09:24 PM

Wow, the heavy cream I have ever bought is just cream. I had no idea they added stuff to some of it

KOO · 08-05-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by KrisA

Koo: I wondering if I can find heavy cream that's just heavy cream!

k

I will be looking for sure. If anyone has brand names for us that don't have additives in it please let us know.

Unfortunately no Trader Joes here.

okapi · 08-05-2008, 09:37 PM

None of the Trader Joe's stores in the Chicago area (at least that I have found...and I've looked at MANY) carry the cream that is in the little bottles with the pink caps, which is supposed to be just cream and nothing else. We only get the kind with the additives. Not only that, but at the store closest to me they only carry the smallest size of carton.
Booooooooo....

Katie

junkfoodmonkey · 08-06-2008, 03:03 AM

Every time I read a thread with you Americans talking about cream I'm so happy I live in Britain. That reminds me, I need to buy some double cream on the way home tonight (48% butterfat.) Or maybe I'll get some clotted cream (55% butterfat!) All of these definitely only have "cream" as the ingredients.

::end cream gloat::

junkfoodmonkey · 08-06-2008, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SashimiMark

These are trans fats, no?

I wouldn't have thought so, if it's liquid, I thought transfats were solid? Liquid oils chemically altered to make them solid at room temperature.

Diana · 08-06-2008, 04:01 AM

Same thing... and look for the Just cream for ingredience

miss sparky · 08-06-2008, 04:12 AM

Unfortunately Ireland is rubbish fr cream...which is where I am now. The cream is all single (runny) cream and quite a few have stuff added.

oh to be in England........

08-05-2008, 02:31 PM	#1
neesiems Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: mississippi Posts: 151 Gallery: neesiems Stats: 246/189/160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: july 27, 2008...again	heavy cream does anyone else have a hard time finding Heavy cream?? All I can find is heavy whipping cream. sooooo CAN I use heavy whipping cream in my recipes???

08-05-2008, 02:32 PM	#2
tomswife Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Elgin, Oregon Posts: 621 Gallery: tomswife Stats: 245/194/120 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June 2007	Yup, same thing :-)

08-05-2008, 02:32 PM	#3
Nigel MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,195 Gallery: Nigel	Yes, you can use that, it works the same.

08-05-2008, 02:36 PM	#4
neesiems Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: mississippi Posts: 151 Gallery: neesiems Stats: 246/189/160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: july 27, 2008...again	THANKS!!!!!

08-05-2008, 02:44 PM	#5
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 1,830 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: 355/275/185 WOE: Low Carb/Carb Cycling Start Date: January 2008	My local BJ's has been out of Heavy Cream for over a week now. I stoped at Price Chopper to grab some. It's SO much more expensive there. At BJ's it's $3.09 for a quart. At PC it's $3.27 for a pint. Then I noticed in the very next case was Whipping Cream. Same brand, same ingredients listed (why the heck do they put vegetable oil in this stuff?), same nutritional information. But it was only $2.79. What gives?

08-05-2008, 02:45 PM	#6
myanv Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 166 Gallery: myanv Stats: 255/209/140 WOE: South beach/Low GL Start Date: January 2008	wow its like 4.59 here and that is at super walmart

08-05-2008, 02:49 PM	#7
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 1,830 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: 355/275/185 WOE: Low Carb/Carb Cycling Start Date: January 2008	The brand I buy that is sold at both my local BJ's and Price Chopper is from a local dairy.

08-05-2008, 02:52 PM	#9
wishnot Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 290 Gallery: wishnot Stats: 250/187/150 WOE: Unprocessed Whole Foods	yeah I've never seen heavy cream/whipping cream with oil in it!

08-05-2008, 03:07 PM	#13
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 1,830 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: 355/275/185 WOE: Low Carb/Carb Cycling Start Date: January 2008	These are trans fats, no?

08-05-2008, 03:21 PM	#14
MissBeth Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 192 Gallery: MissBeth Stats: (308)288/231/150 [320 in '95] WOE: Atkins Start Date: Jan. 19, 2008	Oil in the cream! Oh my gosh - just a reminder how important it is that we always read the labels. DON'T buy the stuff with oil in it, it isn't really cream! My recipes include plenty of oil, but I want it to be how much I put in, not what some manufacturer wants to sneak in. Cream...yum!

08-05-2008, 03:29 PM	#15
Mommie22boys MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western NY Posts: 1,230 Gallery: Mommie22boys Stats: 208/163.2/128 WOE: Atkins '72. . .pass the eggs! Start Date: 6/7/07 @ 193	Trans fats are those oils that start with "hydrogenated, " or, "partially hydrogenated." Yuck!

08-05-2008, 03:49 PM	#16
LW3707 Guest Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 126 Gallery: LW3707 Stats: 322.6/312.1/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: RC 7/8, Induction 7/13/08	Mine only lists cream as the ingredient. I use heavy whipping cream. I just paid a little over $4.00 (pre tax) for 1 pint of generic/store brand. I was thinking of buying it in bulk at Costco to save some $$$. Does anyone know how long heavy cream usually last? Does it go bad quickly like milk?

08-05-2008, 03:52 PM	#17
LightlyStarched MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,085 Gallery: LightlyStarched Stats: 245/229/140 5'4" WOE: IF Start Date: 2/22/04, started IF 8/10/08	If you have a Fresh & Easy (tesco) their cream is just cream. Trader Joe's cream is also not messed with. You can buy half gallons of Manufacturer's Cream at Smart and Final (I think also Cash and Carry?). From what I can tell, it is just cream also. And very reasonably priced. Can you tell I am a cream aficionado?

08-05-2008, 08:27 PM	#18
KOO Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 9,862 Gallery: KOO Stats: Starting 183..Now 155..First goal 140...TBD	My cream that I have right now if the Walmart brand. Does anyone know is this a no no. Could it be my cream that has kept me stalled forever????!!!!

08-05-2008, 08:50 PM	#19
LightlyStarched MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,085 Gallery: LightlyStarched Stats: 245/229/140 5'4" WOE: IF Start Date: 2/22/04, started IF 8/10/08	Koo, just read the ingredients. Good cream is just "Cream". Bad cream has skim milk (wth?) and all sorts of thickeners.

08-05-2008, 08:57 PM	#20
KrisA MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Posts: 1,232 Gallery: KrisA Stats: 160/143.2/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 2/21/08	WTH! I never thought to read the ingredients in heavy cream. Mine reads Heavy ceam, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80 and carrageenan. Contains milk ingredients! WTH! I guess we really really have to read every durn label! Got quite a shock yesterday at the store when I read the ingredients of 100% Beef Hebrew National Hot Dogs and discovered they contained soy! What is this world coming to?? k

08-05-2008, 09:07 PM	#22
KrisA MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Posts: 1,232 Gallery: KrisA Stats: 160/143.2/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 2/21/08	Koo: I wondering if I can find heavy cream that's just heavy cream! k

08-05-2008, 09:15 PM	#23
jacksmixedtape MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: going to school in NC Posts: 2,202 Gallery: jacksmixedtape Stats: 160/140ish, 5'11" WOE: gluten-free whole foods Start Date: May 2007	Even the Organic Valley heavy cream sold around here (Organic Valley) has carrageenan in it. It's really thick and good, though. Almost chunky. Will have to check CostCo's heavy cream!

08-05-2008, 09:24 PM	#24
SweetAsSplenda Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 982 Gallery: SweetAsSplenda Stats: Size 12/0-1/0 WOE: Healthy low carb Start Date: March 2, 2007	Wow, the heavy cream I have ever bought is just cream. I had no idea they added stuff to some of it

08-05-2008, 09:37 PM	#26
okapi Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 273 Gallery: okapi Stats: Sizes: tight 22/18-20/ ?? <14 WOE: Atkins-OWL Start Date: April 9, 2008	None of the Trader Joe's stores in the Chicago area (at least that I have found...and I've looked at MANY) carry the cream that is in the little bottles with the pink caps, which is supposed to be just cream and nothing else. We only get the kind with the additives. Not only that, but at the store closest to me they only carry the smallest size of carton. Booooooooo.... Katie

08-06-2008, 03:03 AM	#27
junkfoodmonkey MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,688 Blog Entries: 42 Gallery: junkfoodmonkey Stats: 183/156/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Reinduction: 01/01/08	Every time I read a thread with you Americans talking about cream I'm so happy I live in Britain. That reminds me, I need to buy some double cream on the way home tonight (48% butterfat.) Or maybe I'll get some clotted cream (55% butterfat!) All of these definitely only have "cream" as the ingredients. ::end cream gloat::

08-06-2008, 04:01 AM	#29
Diana Allergic to Carbs- I break out in Fat! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Anderson, Indiana Posts: 34,960 Gallery: Diana Stats: 176.5/138.8/134 (5'3") WOE: The Original Atkins Start Date: 8/11/03 Restart 4/08	Same thing... and look for the Just cream for ingredience

08-06-2008, 04:12 AM	#30
miss sparky Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 619 Gallery: miss sparky Stats: 204/180/160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 10 March 2007	Unfortunately Ireland is rubbish fr cream...which is where I am now. The cream is all single (runny) cream and quite a few have stuff added. oh to be in England........