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>>17532958
>There is almost no functional difference between 100 g milk and a mixture of 87 g water + 10 g skim milk powder + 3 g butterfat
Except they didn't use skim milk powder as you can see here >>17527341

This is the information for chocolate ice cream from Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerry's. The serving sizes are different, so we have to multiply the B&J information by 1.52 for it to be equal. B&J has 11g of fat per serving, and when multiplied by 1.52 is around 17g. That's 4g or almost 25% less fat for an equal amount. B&J also has about 15% more sugar but the protein is the same. So they've replaced the more expensive cream with water and thickeners which is pretty common to reduce production cost. They're not using water to reconstitute skim milk powder but to make it cheaper to produce.