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Our Best Bites have no more than 300 calories and two grams of
saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be per cup and are made without artificial sweeteners artificial sweetener: see sweetener, artificial. .
Honorable Mentions can have three or four grams of sat fat. Within each
category, products are ranked from best to worst--from least to most
saturated fat, then total fat, then calories.
Satu-
Total rated
Calo- Fat Fat
ries (grams) (grams)
Fat-Free, Low-Fat, &
Light Ice Cream (1 cup)
([check][check]) Breyers Fat Free Vanilla 180 0 0
Dreyer's or Edy's No Sugar
Added Fat Free (1) * 190 0 0
([check][check]) Healthy Choice (half
gallon) (1) 240 4 2
([check][check]) Healthy Choice (pint) (1) 250 4 2
Starbucks Low Fat Latte 340 6 3
Dreyer's or Edy's No
Sugar Added (1) * 200 7 3
([check]) Breyers All Natural
Light, French Vanilla,
Natural Vanilla, or
Vanilla-Chocolate-
Strawberry (2) 230 7 4
([check]) Dreyer's or Edy's Grand
Light, Chocolate Fudge
Mousse, Cookies 'N
Cream, Rocky Road,
S'Mores & More,
Strawberry Shortcake,
or Vanilla (2) 230 7 4
([check]) Turkey Hill Light, Tin
Lizzie Sundae, Vanilla
& Chocolate, or
Vanilla Bean (2) 240 7 4
([check]) Dreyer's Grand Light
Mocha Almond Fudge 240 9 4
Breyers No Sugar Added
Light (1) * 190 9 5
Dreyer's or Edy's Grand
Light, Butter Pecan,
Chocolate Raspberry
Escape, Cookie Dough,
Crazy For Caramel,
Espresso Fudge Chip,
French Silk, Mint
Chocolate Chips, or
Peanut Butter Cups (2) 240 9 5
Breyers Light Vanilla 260 9 5
Breyers No Sugar Added
Reduced Fat Butter
Pecan * 220 14 5
Breyers All Natural Light,
French Chocolate or Mint
Chocolate Chip (2) 270 10 6
Turkey Hill Light, Butter
Pecan or Chocolate Mint
Chip (2) 270 11 6
Regular & Super-Fatty Ice Cream (1 cup)
Breyers Calcium Rich
Natural Vanilla 260 14 8
Breyers Ice Cream
Parlor (1) 340 16 9
Haagen-Dazs Gelato (1) 490 17 9
Breyers Extra Creamy (1) 310 16 10
Dreyer's or Edy's
Homemade (1) 310 16 10
Green's (1) 310 16 10
Turkey Hill (1) 310 17 10
Dreyer's or Edy's
Grand (1) 320 17 10
Breyers (1) 310 18 10
Dreyer's or Edy's M&M's or
candy bar flavors (1) 370 19 10
Turkey Hill Philadelphia
Style (1) 340 20 12
Starbucks (1) 500 26 15
Dreyer's or Edy's
Dreamery (1) 560 31 18
Stonyfield Farm (1) 510 32 19
Godiva (1) 590 34 20
Ben & Jerry's
2-Twisted (1) 560 31 21
Ben & Jerry's (1) 580 34 21
Haagen-Dazs (1) 570 37 21
Howler Gelato (1) 550 35 22
Frozen Yogurt (1 cup)
([check][check]) Dreyer's or Edy's Fat
Free (1) 190 0 0
([check][check]) Stonyfield Farm Nonfat (1) 200 0 0
([check][check]) Kemp's by Green's
Nonfat (1) 220 0 0
([check][check]) Turkey Hill Fat Free (1) 220 0 0
([check][check]) Haagen-Dazs Nonfat
Strawberry 280 0 0
([check][check]) Mayfield Lowfat,
Chocolate, Peach, or
Vanilla (2) 210 4 2
([check][check]) Stonyfield Farm Low Fat,
except Choc. Mint
Chip (1) 250 4 2
([check]) Cascadian Farm (1) 210 4 3
([check]) Turkey Hill, except
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Dough, Clark Bar, or
Tin Roof Sundae (1) 220 5 3
([check]) Kemp's by Green's
Lowfat (1) 240 5 3
Haagen-Dazs Vanilla
Raspberry Swirl 340 5 3
([check]) Breyers (1) 250 6 3
([check]) Stonyfield Farm Low Fat
Chocolate Mint Chip 260 6 3
([check]) Dreyer's or Edy's,
except Caramel Fudge
Cosmo (1) 220 7 3
([check]) Kemp's by Green's
Chocolate Almond 260 10 3
Haagen-Dazs Lowfat
Dulce de Leche 380 5 4
([check]) Mayfield Lowfat, Chocolate
Chip or Praline
Pecan (2) 260 6 4
Ben & Jerry's (1) 400 7 5
Dreyer's or Edy's
Caramel Fudge Cosmo 280 8 5
Turkey Hill, Chocolate
Chip Cookie Dough,
Clark Bar, or Tin
Roof Sundae (2) 290 10 5
Haagen-Dazs, except
Vanilla Raspberry
Swirl (1) 430 11 7
Sorbet & Sherbet (1 cup)
([check][check]) Cascadian Farm Sorbet (1) 170 0 0
([check][check]) Natural Choice Sorbet (1) 220 0 0
([check][check]) Haagen-Dazs Sorbet (1) 240 0 0
([check][check]) Howler Sorbet (1) 240 0 0
([check][check]) Dreyer's or Edy's Whole
Fruit Sorbet, except
Coconut (1) 260 0 0
([check][check]) Dreyer's or Edy's Sherbet,
except Lemon Bar or
Swiss Orange (1) 260 3 1
([check][check]) Breyers Fruit Sherbet (1) 260 3 2
([check][check]) Dreyer's or Edy's
Starburst Orange &
Cherry Sherbet 300 4 2
([check]) Cascadian Farm Sorbet &
Cream (1) 220 5 3
Dreyer's or Edy's
Starburst Strawberry
Sherbet 320 5 3
([check]) Dreyer's or Edy's
Sherbet, Lemon Bar or
Swiss Orange (2) 300 6 4
Dreyer's or Edy's Whole
Fruit Coconut Sorbet 280 6 5
Breyers Take Two Natural
Vanilla Ice Cream &
Orange Sherbet 260 10 6
Non-Dairy (1 cup)
([check][check]) Sweet Nothings (1) 230 0 0
([check][check]) Soy Delicious Fruit
Sweetened, except
Almond Pecan or
Chocolate Almond (1) 270 7 0
([check][check]) Soy Delicious (1) 270 8 0
([check][check]) Tofutti Low Fat (1) 220 3 1
([check][check]) Rice Dream, Cappuccino,
Carob, Chocolate,
Cocoa Marble Fudge,
Neapolitan, Orange
Vanilla Swirl,
Strawberry, or
Vanilla (2) 300 12 1
Soy Delicious Fruit
Sweetened, Almond Pecan
or Chocolate Almond (2) 320 12 1
([check][check]) Soy Dream, except Butter
Pecan or Mint
Chocolate Chip (1) 280 14 1
([check][check]) WholeSoy Glace Mocha Fudge 260 8 2
Rice Dream, Carob Almond,
Chocolate Chip, Cookies
N' Dream, Mint Carob
Chip, Mint Chocolate
Chip, or Vanilla Swiss
Almond (2) 340 16 2
Rice Dream Supreme (1) 340 16 2
Soy Dream Butter Pecan 320 20 2
([check]) WholeSoy Glace Strawberry 300 12 3
([check]) Soy Dream Mint Chocolate
Chip 300 18 3
Soy Delicious Purely
Decadent (1) 410 19 3
Tofutti Premium (1) 400 22 4
WholeSoy Glace, Swiss
Chocolate or
Vanilla Bean (2) 370 18 5
([check][check]) Best Bite.
([check]) Honorable Mention.
* Contains artificial sweeteners.
(1) Average of the entire line.
(2) Average of the flavors listed.
The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is
prohibited without written permission from CSPI.
Source: Manufacturers.
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