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Sun Aug 3, 2014, 12:09 PM Aug 2014

Walmart's Great Value Ice Cream Sandwiches DON'T MELT. [View all]




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....It is “real ice cream”; it just has more cream, Walmart spokesman Danit Marquardt explained to Newsday.
"Ice cream melts based on the ingredients including cream,” Marquardt said. “Ice cream with more cream will generally melt at a slower rate, which is the case with our Great Value ice cream sandwiches.”
Walmart’s ice cream sandwiches contain the ingredients corn syrup, guar gum, carob bean gum and cellulose gum, which act as stabilizers to help the ice cream keep its shape, according to a study by the Department of Food Science and Technology at Ohio State University.
“If it melts, it’s a problem and people complain. If it doesn't melt, it’s also a problem and people complain. You can't win with some people,” one YouTube user commented on Collins’ video

http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/walmart-s-great-value-ice-cream-sandwiches-don-t-melt-in-80-degree-weather-video-shows-1.8929140
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