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Vanilla ice cream sandwiches - Purple Cow

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Vanilla ice cream sandwiches - Purple Cow

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Barcode: 0708820427716 (EAN / EAN-13) 708820427716 (UPC / UPC-A)

Common name: Ice cream

Brands: Purple Cow

Brand owner: Meijer, Inc.

Categories: Desserts, Frozen foods, Frozen desserts, Ice creams and sorbets, Ice creams, Ice cream sandwiches

Countries where sold: United States

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Ingredients

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    14 ingredients

    bleached wheat flour, isomalt, sorbitol, palm oil, caramel color, contains 2% or less of: cocoa, corn flour, modified corn starch, salt, baking soda, natural flavor, sucralose, soy lecithin.
    Allergens: Gluten, Soybeans

Food processing

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    Ultra processed foods

    Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

    • Additive: E150c - Ammonia caramel
    • Additive: E322 - Lecithins
    • Additive: E420 - Sorbitol
    • Additive: E953 - Isomalt
    • Additive: E955 - Sucralose
    • Ingredient: Flavouring

    Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

    1. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
    2. Processed culinary ingredients
    3. Processed foods
    4. Ultra processed foods

    The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

    → Learn more about the NOVA classification

Additives

  • E322 - Lecithins

    Lecithins are natural compounds commonly used in the food industry as emulsifiers and stabilizers.

    Extracted from sources like soybeans and eggs, lecithins consist of phospholipids that enhance the mixing of oil and water, ensuring smooth textures in various products like chocolates, dressings, and baked goods.

    They do not present any known health risks.

  • E322i - Lecithin

    Lecithins are natural compounds commonly used in the food industry as emulsifiers and stabilizers.

    Extracted from sources like soybeans and eggs, lecithins consist of phospholipids that enhance the mixing of oil and water, ensuring smooth textures in various products like chocolates, dressings, and baked goods.

    They do not present any known health risks.

  • E420 - Sorbitol

    Sorbitol: Sorbitol --, less commonly known as glucitol --, is a sugar alcohol with a sweet taste which the human body metabolizes slowly. It can be obtained by reduction of glucose, which changes the aldehyde group to a hydroxyl group. Most sorbitol is made from corn syrup, but it is also found in nature, for example in apples, pears, peaches, and prunes. It is converted to fructose by sorbitol-6-phosphate 2-dehydrogenase. Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol, another sugar alcohol; the two differ only in the orientation of the hydroxyl group on carbon 2. While similar, the two sugar alcohols have very different sources in nature, melting points, and uses.
    Source: Wikipedia

  • E500 - Sodium carbonates

    Sodium carbonates (E500) are compounds commonly used in food preparation as leavening agents, helping baked goods rise by releasing carbon dioxide when they interact with acids.

    Often found in baking soda, they regulate the pH of food, preventing it from becoming too acidic or too alkaline. In the culinary world, sodium carbonates can also enhance the texture and structure of foods, such as noodles, by modifying the gluten network.

    Generally recognized as safe, sodium carbonates are non-toxic when consumed in typical amounts found in food.

  • E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate

    Sodium hydrogen carbonate, also known as E500ii, is a food additive commonly used as a leavening agent.

    When added to recipes, it releases carbon dioxide gas upon exposure to heat or acids, causing dough to rise and resulting in a light, fluffy texture in baked goods.

    It is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by regulatory authorities when used in appropriate quantities and poses no significant health risks when consumed in typical food applications.

  • E953 - Isomalt

    Isomalt: Isomalt is a sugar substitute, a type of sugar alcohol used primarily for its sugar-like physical properties. It has little to no impact on blood sugar levels, and does not stimulate the release of insulin. It also does not promote tooth decay, i.e. is tooth-friendly. Its energy value is 2 kcal/g, half that of sugars. However, like most sugar alcohols, it carries a risk of gastric distress, including flatulence and diarrhea, when consumed in large quantities -above about 20-30 g per day-. Isomalt may prove upsetting to the intestinal tract because it is incompletely absorbed in the small intestine, and when polyols pass into the large intestine, they can cause osmotically induced diarrhea and stimulate the gut flora, causing flatulence. As with other dietary fibers, regular consumption of isomalt can lead to desensitisation, decreasing the risk of intestinal upset. Isomalt can be blended with high-intensity sweeteners such as sucralose, giving a mixture that has the same sweetness as sugar. Isomalt is an equimolar mixture of two mutually diastereomeric disaccharides, each composed of two sugars: glucose and mannitol -α-D-glucopyranosido-1‚6-mannitol- and also glucose and sorbitol -α-D-glucopyranosido-1‚6-sorbitol-. Complete hydrolysis of isomalt yields glucose -50%-, sorbitol -25%-, and mannitol -25%-. It is an odorless, white, crystalline substance containing about 5% water of crystallisation. Isomalt has a minimal cooling effect -positive heat of solution-, lower than many other sugar alcohols, in particular, xylitol and erythritol. Isomalt is manufactured in a two-stage process in which sucrose is first transformed into isomaltulose, a reducing disaccharide -6-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-fructose-. The isomaltulose is then hydrogenated, using a Raney nickel catalyst. The final product — isomalt — is an equimolar composition of 6-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-sorbitol -1‚6-GPS- and 1-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-mannitol-dihydrate -1‚1-GPM-dihydrate-. Isomalt has been approved for use in the United States since 1990. It is also permitted for use in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Iran, the European Union, and other countries. Isomalt is widely used for the production of sugar-free candy, especially hard-boiled candy, because it resists crystallisation much better than the standard combinations of sucrose and corn syrup. It is used in sugar sculpture for the same reason.
    Source: Wikipedia

  • E955 - Sucralose

    Sucralose: Sucralose is an artificial sweetener and sugar substitute. The majority of ingested sucralose is not broken down by the body, so it is noncaloric. In the European Union, it is also known under the E number E955. It is produced by chlorination of sucrose. Sucralose is about 320 to 1‚000 times sweeter than sucrose, three times as sweet as both aspartame and acesulfame potassium, and twice as sweet as sodium saccharin. Evidence of benefit is lacking for long-term weight loss with some data supporting weight gain and heart disease risks.It is stable under heat and over a broad range of pH conditions. Therefore, it can be used in baking or in products that require a long shelf life. The commercial success of sucralose-based products stems from its favorable comparison to other low-calorie sweeteners in terms of taste, stability, and safety. Common brand names of sucralose-based sweeteners are Splenda, Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus, Candys, Cukren, and Nevella. Canderel Yellow also contains sucralose, but the original Canderel and Green Canderel do not.
    Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

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    Palm oil

    Ingredients that contain palm oil: Palm oil
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    Vegan status unknown

    Unrecognized ingredients: Contains-2-and-less-of

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    : wheat flour, isomalt, sorbitol, palm oil, caramel color, contains 2% and less of (cocoa), corn flour, modified corn starch, salt, baking soda, natural flavor, sucralose, soy lecithin
    1. wheat flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 7.69230769230769 - percent_max: 100
    2. isomalt -> en:e953 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
    3. sorbitol -> en:e420 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333
    4. palm oil -> en:palm-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16129 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25
    5. caramel color -> en:e150a - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20
    6. contains 2% and less of -> en:contains-2-and-less-of - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 16.6666666666667
      1. cocoa -> en:cocoa - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 18100 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 16.6666666666667
    7. corn flour -> en:corn-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9545 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 14.2857142857143
    8. modified corn starch -> en:modified-corn-starch - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9510 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 12.5
    9. salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4875
    10. baking soda -> en:e500ii - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4875
    11. natural flavor -> en:natural-flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4875
    12. sucralose -> en:e955 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4875
    13. soy lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4875

Nutrition

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    Average nutritional quality

    ⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0

    This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

    Positive points: 1

    • Proteins: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
    • Fiber: 1 / 5 (value: 1.7, rounded value: 1.7)
    • Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

    Negative points: 11

    • Energy: 3 / 10 (value: 1063, rounded value: 1063)
    • Sugars: 1 / 10 (value: 5.08, rounded value: 5.1)
    • Saturated fat: 5 / 10 (value: 5.93, rounded value: 5.9)
    • Sodium: 2 / 10 (value: 195, rounded value: 195)

    The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.

    Nutritional score: (11 - 1)

    Nutri-Score:

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    Nutrition facts

    Nutrition facts As sold
    for 100 g / 100 ml     		As sold
    per serving (1 SANDWICH (59 g))     		Compared to: Ice cream sandwiches
    Energy 1,063 kj
    (254 kcal)     		627 kj
    (150 kcal)     		-8%
    Fat 10.17 g 6 g -3%
    Saturated fat 5.93 g 3.5 g -14%
    Trans fat 0 g 0 g
    Cholesterol 25 mg 14.8 mg -1%
    Carbohydrates 37.29 g 22 g -9%
    Sugars 5.08 g 3 g -77%
    Polyols (sugar alcohols) 12 g 7.08 g
    Fiber 1.7 g 1 g +47%
    Proteins 0 g 0 g -100%
    Salt 0.488 g 0.288 g +35%
    Vitamin A 101.7 µg 60 µg +26%
    Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 0 mg 0 mg -100%
    Potassium 186 mg 110 mg +18%
    Calcium 85 mg 50.2 mg -4%
    Iron 0.34 mg 0.201 mg -24%
    Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 0 % 0 %
Serving size: 1 SANDWICH (59 g)

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