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Ice cream is a dessert that is usually made from milk cream, milk and sugar with many additional ingredients to give different flavors and textures.

Additional ingredients can be butter, egg, flavorings, sweeteners, colorings, chocolate, vanilla, nuts, fruits, cookies, truffles, syrup, etc.

Ice cream is a source of protein, fat, carbohydrates, contains fat-soluble vitamins (A, D), water-soluble vitamins (B1, B6 and B12), calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.

Calorie value

Most ice creams have a high calorie value, 170 – 350 calories per 100 grams of product, which comes mainly from 20 – 35 grams of carbohydrates (of which 15 – 30 are sugar), and from 10 – 25 grams of fat. Its protein content is about 3 – 5 grams, always per 100 grams of product.

It is a food with a lot of simple carbohydrates, added sugars and fat.

Yogurt ice cream, granita, sorbet ice cream and all light and fat-free ice creams have fewer calories. They usually have from 80 – 120 calories per 100 grams, which comes mainly from 20 – 30 grams of carbohydrates (of which 15 – 25 are sugar), and from 1 – 3 grams of fat. Its protein content is approximately 1 – 4 grams, always per 100 grams of product.

Fat free ice creams have 0% fat, and fat free and sugar free ice creams have 0% fat and DO NOT HAVE ADDED SUGAR, they contain only the carbohydrates of their ingredients, that is, they have calories, but not as many as classic ice creams.

Overconsumption of ice cream – Fat free, Sugar free

Although ice cream is made from milk, it cannot replace dairy products, it is a dessert and as such we should calculate it in our diet.

If we frequently consume a large amount of ice cream, it can lead to weight gain and obesity, as happens with all sweets. It can also increase cholesterol and disrupt the balance of blood lipids.

It is not recommended to consume it frequently if you have diabetes because it raises blood glucose.

Fat-free and sugar-free ice creams, because they contain several additional chemicals and sweeteners to compensate for the properties of the missing ingredients, can cause gastrointestinal problems (abdominal pain, diarrhea), especially if consumed in large quantities.

Tips and Tricks

1. If we want to consume ice cream without adding too many calories, we can choose without additional ingredients such as truffles, syrup, chocolate coating because these give us more fat and sugar.

2. If we consume a large amount, it is right to significantly reduce the carbohydrates and fat that we would consume in our next two meals.

3. If we know that we will eat ice cream at our next meal or in between our main meals, e.g. as an afternoon snack (basic meals are lunch and dinner), then it is better to eat a small amount of carbohydrates in our previous meal (e.g. at lunch) and to consume a small amount of carbohydrates in our next meal from ice cream (e.g. at dinner). If the amount we will consume is large then it is better not to consume any carbohydrates at all in our post-ice cream meal.

We DO NOT consume ice cream if it is soft or its texture resembles yogurt or crumbles into small pieces or contains microcrystals or has a deformed shape.

These characteristics indicate that the ice cream was defrosted and refrozen at some point, which means a high risk of bacterial contamination and poisoning.

We should always buy ice cream from stores that we trust and know that they source or make the ice cream from the ingredients that an ice cream should have. Unfortunately, there are times when we pay for ice cream and get…colored water with glucose syrup, whey, emulsifiers, stabilizers, and vegetable fat.