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Major Nikon

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7. You can make your own. It's quite easy to do.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 04:41 AM

Dec 2013

Carrageenan is used as a thickening agent in yogurt because unlike almost all other thickening agents it works at low temperatures, which means you don't kill the cultures. I just strain my yogurt to get it as thick as I want, but naturally this reduces volume which increases the cost to commercial producers.

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(Article)Groceries become a guy thing [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2013 OP

I love yogurt and hard cider. Aristus Dec 2013 #1

Load 'o crap for me, too... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #2

I use Women's shampoo and conditioner. Gore1FL Dec 2013 #3

I conform to the stereotype. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #4

This article is just strange to me. Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #5

I just want Yogurt without carrageenan. I don't give a fuck about the packaging. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #6

You can make your own. It's quite easy to do. Major Nikon Dec 2013 #7

No shit. Maybe I should start with something simple, before trying to remake an entire man Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #8