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Ina · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:23 am Post subject:

The SA standards are tighter still than the EU standards, so if they are the accrediting body, they automatically fulfill the EU standards. Does it list the additives on the packet? And where did you buy it - I keep looking out for it, but it doesn't seem to be around anywhere! (Not that I get into "normal" shops a lot...)
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Thrawnquine · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:55 am Post subject:

I have the empty container beside me (the things I do for research!) and the ingredients are listed as:- Fresh milk, fresh cream (17%), sugar*, skimmed milk powder*, egg yolk**, corn syrup* stabilisers (carrageen, locust bean gum and guar gum).
* Organically produced; **Produced to EU organic standards; contains no artificial flavours, colour or preservatives. Mackies website is www.mackies.co.uk. I bought it in Tesco's, Ellon.

Ina · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:21 am Post subject:

I dare say the corn syrup is produced according to US organic standards; so it would be interesting to find out what they have in that! Apart from that, I can't see anything wrong with the ingredients. Stabiliser are necessary in mass production.

If I get the time I'll e-mail Mackie's. I'd also like to know where else - apart from T's they sell it! I bought their organic strawberry ice cream at the local Spar in Peterculter once; years ago. They never stocked it again, although I kept asking for it. Lots of these little shops are simply not interested in selling what their customers want!
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Julie · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:48 am Post subject:

You need to look at it from their perspective too though. If nobody else buys it they are going to be left with a lot of product that will eventually go out of date. Your best bet is - like it or not - the larger retailers who have the higher turnover and can afford to stock it.
Glad to see that Mackies have cleaned up their act anyway. I don't think these products are as good as they could be for the money they charge or they wouldn't need to add stabilisers. I wonder what the gum from a locust bean looks like as it gloops out of a container - possibly like the contents of a spittoon :?
There now....do you still want to eat it with that mental picture in your head

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Ina · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:58 am Post subject:

Ratchet · Mini-Neepster Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 42

Just a little note about Mackies: I'm not sure that they produce their own organic milk any more but I do know that they take organic milk from Glagowforest at Kinnellar. I don't think it's a problem as its still local. I'm sure that they've cleaned up their act but in the past their H & S record wasn't that great.
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Ina · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject:

I didn't think they ever did produce their own! When I was working at Glasgoforest, they picked up our milk on certain days for the ice cream...
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growingafamily · newbie Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Fife

I'm fed up of going some where claiming to have "home-made" then it not being, they should say "not really home-made but we did have to put water in it a stir it a bit"
We get the green & blacks vanilla and sometimes chocolate if we're buying (but TBH still not as good as hubby's cherry choc chic from foraged cherries)
I know this may be not what some people would like but Tesco have both these and G&B white choc & rapberry on offer for £1.95 a tub so have stocked up a bit !!

wildgarlic · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject:

Please share your hubby's cherry choc chip recipe in the North Eats section - I'd love to try making ice cream this year.
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