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51. I buy fat-free half-and-half all the time

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 02:44 PM

Sep 2014

They use dry nonfat milk powder in it to make it seem "creamier," in the same way that nonfat frozen yogurt uses it. Unfortunately, they also add corn syrup, carrageenan for thickening and assorted chemicals, so it's probably just as fattening and unhealthy as the real thing. I'm fooling myself into thinking I'm buying a healthier alternative.

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Name a health-altered version of a traditional food product that's just not worth it. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 OP

vegan cheese. ret5hd Sep 2014 #1

No way. I am a vegetarian, but I must have the real thing in dairy products. n/t RebelOne Sep 2014 #23

Fat-free cheese. The ones I've tasted mights as well have been plastic. Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #2

Especially cream cheese. I wouldn't buy either of these... gvstn Sep 2014 #12

Really. Chan790 Sep 2014 #14

I'll tell you one thing that is BETTER than the regular variety ailsagirl Sep 2014 #55

I totally agree! If you're going to eat cheese, then just eat cheese... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2014 #53

If you have access to Utz potato chips, you should try them. malthaussen Sep 2014 #3

I'm pretty sure Utz is a northeastern thing KamaAina Sep 2014 #19

Turns out they do go down into northern FL KamaAina Sep 2014 #20

Their pretzels are excellent. F4lconF16 Sep 2014 #21

Utz chips have more saturated fat than other chips. kwassa Sep 2014 #38

Why not just eat potatoes? nt valerief Sep 2014 #4

Potatoes are a funny thing for me. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #5

Why not try a baked potahto instead? nt valerief Sep 2014 #11

Let's just call the whole thing off. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #13

You can't end it like this. We need the music. valerief Sep 2014 #16

Just about any pipi_k Sep 2014 #6

Lard Paulie Sep 2014 #7

turkey bacon cyberswede Sep 2014 #8

Turkey Anything RobinA Sep 2014 #46

I do not like turkey bacon at all. if I am going to eat bacon give me the real thing nt yellowdogintexas Sep 2014 #65

Clam chowder WhiteAndNerdy Sep 2014 #9

All their low-fat soups taste horrible. surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #22

salt free pretzels nt LiberalElite Sep 2014 #10

Low-carb tortillas. Chan790 Sep 2014 #15

Oh, that is an exquisitely disgusting... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #31

Fake butter products like "Country Crock." That should be called "Country Crock of Shit" Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #17

The "good" fake butters cost as much as butter. A Simple Game Sep 2014 #24

Yep, I never ever bought into the margarine/fake butter scam. Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #27

To me, Country Crock evokes images of a small wooden shack with a moon cut into the door. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2014 #63

Baked potato chips* aren't really chips. KamaAina Sep 2014 #18

Skim milk. rug Sep 2014 #25

dietetic "no real sugar" syrup steve2470 Sep 2014 #26

Vegan hotdogs antiquie Sep 2014 #28

...or as I prefer to call them "gelatinous non-gelatin extruded fake-meat-and-smoke-flavored tubes." Chan790 Sep 2014 #34

But, but they bought them just for me -- antiquie Sep 2014 #37

Trader Joe's fake Italian sausage is delicious kwassa Sep 2014 #39

Thanks, how's the texture? antiquie Sep 2014 #41

excellent! kwassa Sep 2014 #45

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Low Fat Mayonnaise sharp_stick Sep 2014 #30

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I like the one with the OLIVE OIL green lid (different color). MADem Sep 2014 #52

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My husband is addicted to a salad dressing I make. DebJ Sep 2014 #56

tofurkey eShirl Sep 2014 #33

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Snackwells. Anyting by Snackwells. I think that's that they're called. magical thyme Sep 2014 #36

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absolutely, I think of all the chemicals I am getting in these supposedly healthy yellowdogintexas Sep 2014 #66

Fat free mayo , and creamy type salad dressings azurnoir Sep 2014 #43

Vegan Twinkie. MissB Sep 2014 #48

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Usually, it's for on the cheap complimentary coffees. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #59

I've seen it a lot at travel plazas tabbycat31 Sep 2014 #62

My coffee creamer of choice is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #61

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