How to spot healthy ice cream! Ice Cream is a fun and delicious treat. Children and adults, all the same, enjoy eating. But health-wise, ice creams are not all the same. Some ice creams are significantly healthier than others. Next time you’re at the grocery store shopping for ice cream, pick up some boxes and glance at the labels. There are few ingredients you should be watching out for due to their harmful natures. Here’s a small list of just a few to be cautious of.
Calcium sulfate
Calcium sulfate is commonly used as a desiccant, which basically means that it encourages dryness; it absorbs water. For ice cream, it is used as a firming agent help the ice cream not melt as easily. Because of its properties, it is used in stuccos and plasters. It makes things fire resistant.
Polysorbate 80
Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, meaning that it is a combination of two liquids that don’t naturally mix. In ice cream, that’s referring to the milk and the fats. It makes the ice cream smoother and easier to handle, but again is not naturally occurring.
Magnesium Hydroxide
This one is the only one on the list that is naturally occurring. Take that with a grain of salt, though, because it is commonly used in laxatives and relieves constipation. If consumers eat too much Magnesium Hydroxide, they often experience muscle cramps. Outside of ice cream consumption, it is used as antiperspirant and fire retardant.
Potassium Sorbate
Potassium Sorbate is a preservative. It stops the growth of mold, yeast, and fungus. It is relatively less harmful than the other ingredients since it passes through the body quickly, but it has been known to cause skin irritation.
Mono-and Diglycerides
These two also act as emulsifiers and preservatives. It commonly is a trans-fat as well.
Creamies Low-Calorie, Healthy Ice Cream Bars
Fortunately, Creamies steers clear from these harmful ingredients. Those flavors you love, namely banana, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, root beer, raspberry, cherry, cookies and cream, mint, and peach, are made naturally. No artificial flavorings are used. So you can eat your Creamies, rest assured that you are not putting harmful ingredients into your body. Healthy ice cream bars are better ice cream bars.
Sheryle Baueron August 21, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Thank you for the amazing information in this article. I’ll definitely be buying more Creamies instead of the other brands that have the bad ingredients! Who knew? Not me. Great article. Thank you so much.
Mishelleon January 14, 2022 at 4:36 am
Everyone should be aware of these ingredients! I always buy “Blue Bunny Vanilla Bean”, the ingredients are: milk, cream, skim milk, sugar,egg yolks, vanilla bean specks & extract. So delicious!
Tyler Doddon January 20, 2022 at 8:43 pm
Thank you for the comment, Sheryle.
MARIANNE FASOLOon July 1, 2022 at 10:34 pm
Carrageenan is also a harmful ingredient that is added to milk ice cream and canned whipping cream. It is a carcinogenic additive. Definitely not healthy.
