Breyers Ice Cream is a brand of ice cream owned by Unilever (part of their United States Good Humor-Breyers unit). Image File history File links Breyers. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Unilever is a widely listed [1] [2] multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... Good Humor-Breyers (Ice Cream USA) is a unit of Unilever that includes the formerly independent Good Humor, Breyers, Klondike Bar, and Popsicle brands. ...

Breyers Ice Cream informally began as a company in 1866 when William A. Breyer of Philadelphia made his first gallon of hand-cranked ice cream consisting of cream, pure cane sugar, fresh fruits, nuts and other natural flavors. Breyer opened his first retail ice cream shop in 1882. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1896, 30 years after Breyer made his first gallon of ice cream, his family set up its first wholesale manufacturing plant. William Breyer’s son Henry W. Breyer, Sr. incorporated the business in 1908. He added the now obsolete "Pledge of Purity" to every package of Breyers Ice Cream as his personal guarantee that Breyers was to use the highest quality, all natural ingredients available. Currently, the pledge is carefully worded to only include the ice-cream portions of the product, so as to exclude the frequently non-natural ingredients in the mix-ins. Henry W. Breyer, Jr. also helped to run the company and was a noted philanthropist. Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

They have a large plant in the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, outside Boston. Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1650 Incorporated 1700 Government  - Type Representative town meeting Area  - Town  26. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ...

Breyers is often confused with Dreyer's ("Edy's" in the Eastern United States), which has led to a popular misconception that it is an imitation or knock-off brand, or vice-versa. Dreyers Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc. ... Red shows states east of the Mississippi River, pink shows states not fully eastern or western The U.S. Eastern states are the states east of the Mississippi River. ... Imitation is an advanced animal behaviour whereby an individual observes anothers behaviour and replicates it itself. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Breyers Yogurt

Breyers Yogurt is a brand of yogurt, owned previously by Kraft Foods then by CoolBrands International, a Canadian company, and it has been recently sold by them to Lily Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of Catterton Partners Management Co., a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut (United States). Yoghurt Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ... Kraft Foods Inc. ... CoolBrands International is a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that makes frozen desserts, sold under a variety of brands. ...

Recipe changes

Unilever (the multi-national corporation that owns the "Breyers", Good Humor, and Ben & Jerry's brand names) recently started adding tara gum (made from the seeds of the tara tree) to the "All Natural" varieties of Breyers ice cream. Unilever is a widely listed [1] [2] multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... Good Humor is an American brand of ice cream once sold from the back of refrigerated ice cream trucks with bells to announce their presence. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Some consumers feel strongly about these ingredient changes and are actively working to make them more widely known.^[1]

External links

• Breyers.com Official web site
• UKFoodGuide.net Information about Tara Gum

References

1. ^ breyerssucks.com Site protesting changes in the ingredients and quality of Breyers ice cream