So I see this drug company commerical for acid-reflux treatment, and it hits me.

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42. Thank you. I do check very carefully. Plus, Half and Half is not the same as heavy cream.

I try to avoid not only carageenan, but every additive I can possible avoid.

The organic light cream at my supermarket is indeed carrageenan-free. However, there are times I need heavy cream for certain recipes. At those times, I melt and cool butter to the point at which it is still liquid, but does not curdle the milk, and add it to organic milk or organic light cream until I think I have a ballpark approximation of heavy cream. I have never tried to make whipped cream that way, though.

I need home delivery, and that means I am limited to one supermarket. However, it does have a decent variety of products, including a lot of reasonably priced organic products.

One of the benefits of ordering online is the ability to check ingredients on everything I order--and google every ingredient that I do not recognize right away. Then, I store the items that are acceptable to me on a product list, so I don't have to repeat that process.

On the few occasions when ingredient info is not given, I just don't order that item.

Thank you for the info, though.