The Best Healthy Frozen Treats
Grocery Stores and Smoothie Shops are Offering Healthier Choices
Trying to eat healthy is a priority for many people. It used to be that buying frozen treats either meant you had to intake a lot of calories that you did not want, or had to settle for bland tastes that left you feeling unsatisfied in order to satisfy your sweet tooth. No longer do you have to settle for bland tasting healthy frozen treats. There are many products today that are good for you and taste good, too.
At Grocery Stores Now
Turkey Hill Dairy has recently come out with a frozen treat call Duetto. It was inspired by authentic Italian ice shops. It is a combination of half soft serve vanilla ice cream and half fruity Venice ice. Duetto has half the fat of regular ice cream and a fruity, creamy taste. Flavors include cherry, mango, lemon and raspberry.
Weight Watchers has a new tasty line of products, including giant chocolate cookies and ice cream bars. They have also introduced six-ounce ice cream cups that come two per pack. These equal two points per bar or cup for those of you who are following the Weight Watcher's system. Otherwise, they are still a healthy and delicious treat for anyone watching their calorie intake.
Dryers and Edy's has recently changed their recipe and production process for their frozen yogurt. This comes after finding renewed consumer interest in frozen yogurt. They call it Slow Churned Yogurt Blends. They enhanced the formula so it is less tangy and is now creamier.
Shops Offering Healthier Choices
TCBY (The Country's Best Yogurt) has offered smoothies for years. Due to the recent rise in health-conscious consumers, they have now changed their formula and just released the Beriyo smoothie, which is a mix of 96% fat-free frozen yogurt and fruit. It comes in 10 different combinations to satisfy even the finickiest customer. Mondo Mango, Straight Up Strawberry, and Black and Blueberry are a few of the new flavors.
MaggieMoo's International has also joined ranks by developing a new smoothie line. The new product is called Zoomers, which basically has changed from a non-fat treat to a low-fat, lactose-free ice cream and/or fruit smoothie. The company discovered through blind taste tests that most preferred a tasty, low-fat smoothie to a non-fat smoothie. Zoomers are made with fresh fruit and come in six flavors. Big sellers include a Triple Berry Pomegranate that is loaded with antioxidants and Strawberry Banana.
(Reference: Hottest Frozen Treats; Forbes.com, May 2007)
Healthy Ice Cream Bars
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) states that fudge bars get their rich flavor and texture from non-fat milk, sugar, and cocoa. The good news is that they seldom have more than 100 calories and one gram of saturated fat. Top picks for the healthiest fudge bars, according to CSPI, include:
- Low Fat Fudge Bars (Healthy Choice)
- Chocolate Sorbet Bars (Haagen-Dazs)
Creamsicles are often made of low-fat sherbet surrounding a small ice cream core. CSPI's top picks in this category include:
- Sorbet & Yogurt Pops (Haagen-Dazs)
- Strawberry and Cream Bars (Tropicana)
- Orange Cream Bars (Tropicana)
CSPI reports that most fruit bars have between 30-130 calories per single bar, and virtually no fat. They also state that when looking for a healthy fruit bar the main ingredient should be fresh fruit, fruit puree, and/or fruit juice. The top-selling brands in the fruit bar category include:
- Breyers
- Dole
- Tropicana
- Frozfruit.
You can find these brands at most national and local grocery store chains.
These treats were all found to be the healthiest, as well as the best tasting. There are others out there you can try, like the Skinny Cow Low Fat Fudge Bar, which has only 0.5 grams of saturated fat. You do not have to settle anymore for grainy and bad tasting low-fat, healthy frozen treats. Today they taste rich and creamy, and oh so delicious.
Healthy Frozen Treats
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