Taste Test Tuesday: Tru Whip All Natural Whipped Topping
0 Trans Fat Whipped Topping
Whole Foods now sells an alternative to Cool Whip! I found it by accident in the frozen dessert section. No trans fat need apply. I know some of you wouldn't dare touch a tub of whipped topping but there are some favorite American recipes that require it. That's why I sometimes end up with a tub of it in my refrigerator. The maker of Tru Whip says it has "0g Trans Fat ~ No Hydrogenated Oils ~ No GMOs."
The first five ingredients are water, organic tapioca syrup, expeller-pressed palm kernel oil, organic cane sugar, and organic palm kernel oil. The palm kernel oil, expeller-pressed or otherwise is naturally saturated so expect the saturated fat grams to take up the lion's share of the total fat grams.
I compared this to the Lite Whipped Topping (Safeway brand) option in my supermarket:
The first five ingredients in this product are water, corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oil), and high fructose corn syrup.
The bottom line to whipped topping, no matter what the brand, is choose a lite option to keep it as low in calories and fat as possible, and keep the amounts of whipped topping low per serving. Because at 20 calories and 1 gram of saturated fat a pop (2 tablespoons), one cup can up the ante to 160 calories and 8 grams of saturated fat (and that's the "lite" option).
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The first five ingredients are water, organic tapioca syrup, expeller-pressed palm kernel oil, organic cane sugar, and organic palm kernel oil. The palm kernel oil, expeller-pressed or otherwise is naturally saturated so expect the saturated fat grams to take up the lion's share of the total fat grams.
2 tablespoons =
30 calories
2 g fat
2 g saturated fat
0 g trans
0 mg cholesterol
3 g carbohydrate
2 g sugars
0 g protein
0 mg sodium
I compared this to the Lite Whipped Topping (Safeway brand) option in my supermarket:
2 tablespoons =
20 calories
1 gram fat
1 gram saturated fat
0 g trans fat
0 mg cholesterol
3 g carbohydrate
2 g sugars
0 g protein
0 mg sodium
The first five ingredients in this product are water, corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oil), and high fructose corn syrup.
The bottom line to whipped topping, no matter what the brand, is choose a lite option to keep it as low in calories and fat as possible, and keep the amounts of whipped topping low per serving. Because at 20 calories and 1 gram of saturated fat a pop (2 tablespoons), one cup can up the ante to 160 calories and 8 grams of saturated fat (and that's the "lite" option).
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3 Comments:
I thought tropical oils like PALM KERNEL OILS were supposed to be very bad for you. Which is worse Trans Fat or palm kernel oil? Someone please un-confuse me.
The Tru Whip has more calories and fat than the conventional kind. Remind me again why the Tru Whip is better??
Hi everyone!
To answer the two anonymous questions...
* Trans fats are worse than saturated fat but they both should be reduced as much as practically possible.
* I never said the Tru Whip was "better", I was just letting you know about his other option and giving you the nutritional comparison which clearly shows that the light whipped topping at my Safeway supermarket had less total fat and less saturated fat.
Thanks for reading the blog!
Elaine Magee
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