why in hell does "whipping cream" have skim milk in it??

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15. Controversial Ingredient To Be Removed From Silk Beverages

WhiteWave Foods says it will remove an ingredient from Horizon milks and Silk beverages in response to customer feedback.

Carrageenan, a seaweed extract that is used as a thickener and emulsifier, will be phased out from Horizon and Silk products over time, said Sara Loveday, a company spokeswoman.

The ingredient has been the subject of criticism in some circles, with natural-food advocates pointing to animal studies that suggest it causes gastrointestinal inflammation and other problems.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/19/carrageenan-silk-beverages-whitewave-horizon-milk_n_5692501.html


Review of harmful gastrointestinal effects of carrageenan in animal experiments.
J K Tobacman

In this article I review the association between exposure to carrageenan and the occurrence of colonic ulcerations and gastrointestinal neoplasms in animal models. Although the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 1982 identified sufficient evidence for the carcinogenicity of degraded carrageenan in animals to regard it as posing a carcinogenic risk to humans, carrageenan is still used widely as a thickener, stabilizer, and texturizer in a variety of processed foods prevalent in the Western diet.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1242073/