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Sweet freezes.


Stopping at a Ben & Jerry's, Haagen-Dazs, or Cold Stone Creamery can be an event. But if you just want something sweet, frozen, and portable, you can save time and money if you stop by your freezer instead.

Odds are, you'll also save on saturated fat and calories, but only if you're careful. Some companies squeeze on as much as a stick can hold. Others wave the "fat-free" or "made with real fruit juice" banner to entice you to buy a glorified Popsicle.

Here's the scoop on what to skip and what to grab.

Big Bad Bars

Good Humor Bars and their cousins have been around for years. But not long ago, some upper-class relatives moved into the frozen-novelty aisle. There went the neighborhood.

Some sell elegance (Haagen-Dazs), others indulgence (DoveBars), sometimes with a touch of all-natural, save the-world-with-ice-cream thrown in (Ben & Jerry's).

And there's the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink trend, ice-cream-makers now team up with candy companies, allowing Nestle, Milky Way, and Snickers to worm their way into the ice cream business. So now they can snare people who have a weakness for either ice cream of candy.

They're selling excess--excess ice cream, candy, chocolate, cookies, nuts, and (ultimately) excess you.

It starts with the high-fat ice cream in bars like DoveBars, Haagen-Dazs, and Ben & Jerry's Peace Pops (Rest-in-Peace Pops would be more like it). Then the chocolate coating goes in for the kill.

Without a highly saturated fat like coconut oil, the coating wouldn't stay solid (nor would the plaque in your arteries). The tab: roughly 300 calories and nine to 13 grams of saturated fat per bar. At 10 grams, your bar turns into a nine-ounce filet mignon.

And that's if you shop at the supermarket, where most bars come three or more to a box. (For the most part, those are the ones we've listed in our chart.) Some convenience stores and other locations sell single bars, which are about 20 percent larger. Now we're talking 12 to 15 grams of sat fat.

Yet chocolate-lovers have so much to choose from. They can avoid nearly all the saturated fat with fudge bars, chocolate sorbet bars, or (lower-fat) ice cream sandwiches. Bottom line: Chocolate coating is far worse for you than chocolate chips, chocolate fudge, chocolate syrup, chocolate just about anything.

If you absolutely, positively must have chocolate coating, try a Tropicana Chocolate Dipped Bar. The coating covers only about hall of each fruit-and-cream bar, so you get just three grains of sat fat.

Better Bars

Some of the best alternatives to fatty ice cream bars are 50-year-old classics. Remember Fudgsicles? You can still find them, alongside updated fudge and chocolate sorbet bars from Healthy Choice, Silhouette, Slim-Fast, Smart Ones (made by Weight Watchers), and other companies that cater to adult tastes. Our favorites: Healthy Choice Low Fat Fudge Bars and Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Sorbet Bars.

You can even get some coffee with your chocolate if you go for a Starbucks

Go coatless. Maybe you can handle the calories (250 to 300), but who needs the sat fat (at least half a day's worth) in a chocolate-coated premium ice cream bar? If you love chocolate, you can get it without the heavily saturated coconut oil in the coating. Mocha of Java Fudge Frappuccino Bar. Just remember that each bar has around 30 milligrams of caffeine (about a fifth of a cup of coffee's worth).

Fudge bars rarely have more than 100 calories and one gram of sat tat. That's because they're largely made of non-fat milk, sugar, and cocoa.

And don't forget Creamsicles, which are nearly-fat-free sherbet surrounding a small ice cream core. (It's so small that even the classic Creamsicle, which has regular ice cream at its center, makes a Best Bite.) Like fudge bars, the Creamsicle category has gotten more sophisticated in recent years.

Haagen-Dazs offers a fabulous, fat-free Sorbet & Yogurt Bar. Tropicana's Strawberry's Cream and Orange Cream Bars are close second (if you like the tartness of fresh orange juice in your sorbet). And if you prefer creaminess with little or no sorbet, try Healthy Choice's Strawberry & Cream Bars, Yoplait's Strawberry, Cherry, or Peach Double Fruit Smoothies, or Silhouette's The Skinny Cow Bars.

All met our Best Bite criteria: no more than two grams of saturated fat and 150 calories.

Sandwiches Up, Cup Sizes Down

Like many Americans, the ice cream sandwich has grown (and we don't mean taller).

Good Humor still sells a normal sized Ice Cream Sandwich. It's got a respectable 150 calories and three grams of saturated fat. To stay current, the company also offers a Giant Sandwich (250 calories and five grams of sat fat). Then there's a Klondike Klondike (klŏn`dīk), region of Yukon Territory, NW Canada, just E of the Alaska border. It lies around Klondike River, a small stream that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson. Giant Cookie Sandwich (470 calories and nine grams of sat fat) ... or the big gun: a Nestle Toll House Cookie Sandwich (540 calories and 11 grams of sat fat).

The good news is that some sandwiches have kept their figures. Klondike Slim-a-Bear and Healthy Choice Ice Cream Sandwiches are among the best-tasting.

Ice cream cups have mostly been targeted to kids. New on the block are Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs. They look like cute miniature pints, but each holds a half-cup of ice cream that packs a wallop: about half a day's sat fat and 200 to 290 calories.

Fruit Bars

Fruit bars can cool and refresh you for only 30 to 130 calories and no saturated fat. But there are exceptions: Coconut of cream can bump the sat fat up to three or four grams (or all the way to nine grams in a Frozfruit Coconut of Pina-Colada Cream Bar). And some companies have started to dip their fruit bars in--what else?--chocolate coating. FrozFruit peddles Chocolate Dipped Banana, Coconut, of Strawberry Fruit Bars with at least 200 calories and 10 to 13 grams of sat fat, for example.

For most fruit bars, though, the question isn't sat fat, but sugar. Until labels disclose the amount of added sugars (of fruit), your best bet is to look for bars that have fruit, fruit puree, or fruit juice as the first or second ingredient. (We disqualified apple, grape, and pear juices because they're the least nutritious.) We also gave Best Bites to bars that were a mixture of flavors (like "tropical" or "mango-guava") if fruit or fruit puree was the third and fourth ingredients (since fruit would probably move to second place if the mango and guava, for example, were added together).

Most fruit bars deliver the fruit goods. Exceptions: When it comes to lemon of lime, only a few brands (like Chunks O' Fruti and Fruitfull) have fruit or juice as the first or second ingredient. And Dole has only a few flavors (Strawberry and Mango & Guava) that get a Best Bite. Welch's has none.
The Deep Freeze

Best Bites have no more than two grams of saturated fat
And 150 calories. Best Bites fruit bars also must have
fruit, fruit puree, or fruit juice (other than apple, grape,
or pear) as the first or second ingredient (or fruit or fruit
puree as both the third and fourth ingredients if the bar
has a mixture of flavors, like "mango-guava" or "tropical").
Worst each section, products are ranked from best to worst.
                                                             Calories
Ice Cream, Sorbet, & Yogurt Bars
[check]   Creamsicle, No Sugar Added (2 fl. oz.) (1)             30
[check]   Smart Ones Orange Vanilla Treat (2 fl. oz.)            40
[check]   Yoplait Double Fruit Smoothies (2 fl. oz.)             50
[check]   Haagen-Dazs Sorbet & Yogurt (2.5 fl. oz.)              90
[check]   Chocolate sorbet bars, most brands
          (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                                      90
[check]   Tropicana, Orange Cream or Strawberry'n
          Cream (2.5 fl. oz.) (2)                                70
[check]   TCBY Swirl (3 fl. oz.) (1)                             80
[check]   Fudgsicles and fudge bars, most brands
          (2.5 fl. oz.)                                          90
[check]   Healthy Choice Strawberry & Cream (2.5 fl. oz.)        90
[check]   Silhouette The Skinny Cow (4 fl. oz.)                 120
[check]   Starbucks Frappuccino (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)               130
[check]   Creamsicle (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                          100
[check]   Smart Ones Giant Sundae Cone (4 fl. oz.)              130
          Smart Ones English Toffee Crunch (2 fl. oz.)          110
          Tropicana Chocolate Dipped (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)          120
          Good Humor Chocolate Eclair (3 fl. oz.)               160
          Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake (3 fl. oz.)           170
          Good Humor Toasted Almond (3 fl. oz.)                 180
          Yoplait Triple Dipped (2 fl. oz.)                     110
          Nestle Crunch, Reduced Fat (2.5 fl. oz.) (3)          150
          Snickers (2 fl. oz.)                                  180
   X      Klondike, No Sugar Added Reduced
          Fat (4 fl. oz.)                                       180
   X      Nestle Drumstick, Reduced Fat (4.5 fl. oz.)           280
   X      Eskimo Pie, Dark or Milk
          Chocolate (2.5 fl. oz.) (2)                           160
   X      Twix (2 fl. oz.)                                      180
   X      Rice Dream Bars and Pies (3.5 fl. oz.) (1)            280
   X      Klondike Choco Taco (4 fl. oz.)                       290
   X      Eskimo Pie, King Size No Sugar Added
          (4 ff. oz.) (1)                                       180
   X      Good Humor, Dark or Milk
          Chocolate (3 fl. oz.) (2)                             190
   X      Klondike Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (3 fl. oz.)        220
   X      Ben & Jerry's Peace Pops (3 fl. oz.) (1)              260
   X      Nestle Butterfinger or Milky Way (3 fl. oz.)          220
   X      DoveBar (3 fl. oz.) (1)                               270
   X      Eskimo Pie, King Size (4 fl. oz.) (1)                 220

                                                             Total Fat
                                                              (grams)
Ice Cream, Sorbet, & Yogurt Bars
[check]   Creamsicle, No Sugar Added (2 fl. oz.) (1)              0
[check]   Smart Ones Orange Vanilla Treat (2 fl. oz.)             1
[check]   Yoplait Double Fruit Smoothies (2 fl. oz.)              0
[check]   Haagen-Dazs Sorbet & Yogurt (2.5 fl. oz.)               0
[check]   Chocolate sorbet bars, most brands
          (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                                       1
[check]   Tropicana, Orange Cream or Strawberry'n
          Cream (2.5 fl. oz.) (2)                                 1
[check]   TCBY Swirl (3 fl. oz.) (1)                              1
[check]   Fudgsicles and fudge bars, most brands
          (2.5 fl. oz.)                                           2
[check]   Healthy Choice Strawberry & Cream (2.5 fl. oz.)         2
[check]   Silhouette The Skinny Cow (4 fl. oz.)                   2
[check]   Starbucks Frappuccino (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                 2
[check]   Creamsicle (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                            3
[check]   Smart Ones Giant Sundae Cone (4 fl. oz.)                3
          Smart Ones English Toffee Crunch (2 fl. oz.)            6
          Tropicana Chocolate Dipped (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)            6
          Good Humor Chocolate Eclair (3 fl. oz.)                 8
          Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake (3 fl. oz.)             9
          Good Humor Toasted Almond (3 fl. oz.)                  10
          Yoplait Triple Dipped (2 fl. oz.)                       6
          Nestle Crunch, Reduced Fat (2.5 fl. oz.) (3)            8
          Snickers (2 fl. oz.)                                   11
   X      Klondike, No Sugar Added Reduced
          Fat (4 fl. oz.)                                         9
   X      Nestle Drumstick, Reduced Fat (4.5 fl. oz.)            13
   X      Eskimo Pie, Dark or Milk
          Chocolate (2.5 fl. oz.) (2)                            10
   X      Twix (2 fl. oz.)                                       10
   X      Rice Dream Bars and Pies (3.5 fl. oz.) (1)             17
   X      Klondike Choco Taco (4 fl. oz.)                        16
   X      Eskimo Pie, King Size No Sugar Added
          (4 ff. oz.) (1)                                        12
   X      Good Humor, Dark or Milk
          Chocolate (3 fl. oz.) (2)                              13
   X      Klondike Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (3 fl. oz.)         15
   X      Ben & Jerry's Peace Pops (3 fl. oz.) (1)               16
   X      Nestle Butterfinger or Milky Way (3 fl. oz.)           14
   X      DoveBar (3 fl. oz.) (1)                                17
   X      Eskimo Pie, King Size (4 fl. oz.) (1)                  15

                                                              Sat Fat
                                                              (grams)
Ice Cream, Sorbet, & Yogurt Bars
[check]   Creamsicle, No Sugar Added (2 fl. oz.) (1)              0
[check]   Smart Ones Orange Vanilla Treat (2 fl. oz.)             0
[check]   Yoplait Double Fruit Smoothies (2 fl. oz.)              0
[check]   Haagen-Dazs Sorbet & Yogurt (2.5 fl. oz.)               0
[check]   Chocolate sorbet bars, most brands
          (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                                       0
[check]   Tropicana, Orange Cream or Strawberry'n
          Cream (2.5 fl. oz.) (2)                                 1
[check]   TCBY Swirl (3 fl. oz.) (1)                              1
[check]   Fudgsicles and fudge bars, most brands
          (2.5 fl. oz.)                                           1
[check]   Healthy Choice Strawberry & Cream (2.5 fl. oz.)         1
[check]   Silhouette The Skinny Cow (4 fl. oz.)                   1
[check]   Starbucks Frappuccino (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                 1
[check]   Creamsicle (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)                            2
[check]   Smart Ones Giant Sundae Cone (4 fl. oz.)                2
          Smart Ones English Toffee Crunch (2 fl. oz.)            3
          Tropicana Chocolate Dipped (2.5 fl. oz.) (1)            3
          Good Humor Chocolate Eclair (3 fl. oz.)                 3
          Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake (3 fl. oz.)             3
          Good Humor Toasted Almond (3 fl. oz.)                   3
          Yoplait Triple Dipped (2 fl. oz.)                       5
          Nestle Crunch, Reduced Fat (2.5 fl. oz.) (3)            6
          Snickers (2 fl. oz.)                                    6
   X      Klondike, No Sugar Added Reduced
          Fat (4 fl. oz.)                                         7
   X      Nestle Drumstick, Reduced Fat (4.5 fl. oz.)             7
   X      Eskimo Pie, Dark or Milk
          Chocolate (2.5 fl. oz.) (2)                             8
   X      Twix (2 fl. oz.)                                        8
   X      Rice Dream Bars and Pies (3.5 fl. oz.) (1)              8
   X      Klondike Choco Taco (4 fl. oz.)                         8
   X      Eskimo Pie, King Size No Sugar Added
          (4 ff. oz.) (1)                                         9
   X      Good Humor, Dark or Milk
          Chocolate (3 fl. oz.) (2)                               9
   X      Klondike Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (3 fl. oz.)          9
   X      Ben & Jerry's Peace Pops (3 fl. oz.) (1)                9
   X      Nestle Butterfinger or Milky Way (3 fl. oz.)           10
   X      DoveBar (3 fl. oz.) (1)                                10
   X      Eskimo Pie, King Size (4 fl. oz.) (1)                  11

                                                     Calories   Total
                                                                Fat
                                                                (grams)
   X    Nestle Crunch, except
        Reduced Fat (3 fl. oz.)(1)                   220        15
   X    Nestle Drumstick, except
        Reduced Fat (4.5 fl. oz.)(1)                 320        18
   X    Eskimo Pie Moose
        Tracks (4 fl. oz.)                           260        17
   X    Good Humor Premium
        Vanilla (4 fl. oz.)                          260        17
   X    Ben & Jerry's Peace
        Pops, single (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                310        19
   X    Good Humor Reese's
        Cups (4 fl. oz.)                             310        21
   X    Haagen-Dazs Ice
        Cream (3 fl. oz.)(1)                         310        22
   X    DoveBar, single
        (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                             330        21
   X    Klondike, except
        No Sugar Added
        Reduced Fat (5 fl. oz.)(1)                   280        19
   X    HAagen-Dazs Ice Cream,
         single (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                     370        26
   X    Nestle BonBons
        (8 pieces--4 fl. oz.)(1)                     330        22
   X    Good Humor Candy
        Center Crunch (4 fl. oz.)                    310        23
   X    Happy Indulgence
        Decadent Dips,
        Mud Pie (4.5 fl. oz.)                        380        24

Ice Cream Sandwiches

[check]   Klondike Slim-a-Bear
          (4 fl. oz.)(1)                             130        2
[check]   Smart Ones,
          Low Fat (4 fl. oz.)(1)                     130        2
[check]   Eskimo Pie,
          Reduced Fat  No Sugar
          Added, Vanilla (4 fl. oz.)                 120        2
[check]   Eskimo Pie Slender Pie,
          No Sugar Added
          (4 fl. oz.)(1)                             120        2
[check]   Klondike Slim-a-Bear,
          No Sugar Added
          (4 fl. oz.)                                120        3
[check]   Tofutti Cuties, except
          Peanut Butter
          (1.5 fl. oz.)(1)                           120        5
[check]   Slim-Fast (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                 130        1
[check]   Mister Cookie Face,
          Low-Fat (5 fl, oz.)                        130        2
[check]   Silhouette (4 fl. oz.)(1)                  130        2
[check]   Healthy Choice
          (4 fl. oz.)(1)                             140        3
[check]   Smart Ones (4 fl. oz.)                     150        3
          Eskimo Pie Chipwich
          Light (4 fl. oz.)(1)                       200        5
          Good Humor (3 fl. oz.)                     150        5
          Klondike Big Bear,
          except Cookie (4 fl. oz.)(1)               190        7
          Klondike Oreo Cookie
          (4 fl. oz.)                                230        9
          M&M's Cookie (3 fl. oz.)                   220        11
          Good Humor Giant
          (6 fl. oz.)(1)                             250        10
          Eskimo Pie Chipwich, Vanilla (4 fl. Oz.)   250        11
          Klondike Big Bear Cookie (4 fl. oz.)       270        12
          Good Humor Premium Cookie (4.5 fl. Oz)     290        13
   X      Klondike Double Decker (8 fl. oz.)         370        14
   X      Klondike Giant Cookie (8 fl. oz.)          470        20
   X      Nestle Toll House Cookie (7 fl. oz.)       540        26
   X      Ben & Jerry's 'wich (4 fl. oz.)            340        17

Ice Cream Cups

[check]   Silhouette Sundae (4.5 fl. oz.)(1)         120        1
[check]   Smart Ones Giant Sundae (8 fl. oz.)        150        1
          Good Humor Sundae Twist (6 fl. oz.)        160        3
          Breyers Cups, Chocolate or
          Vanilla (4 fl. oz.)(2)                     160        9
   X      Ben & Jerry's (4 fl. oz.)(1)               220        13
   X      Klondike Sundae (6 fl. oz.)                280        17
   X      Haagen-Dazs (4 fl, oz.)(1)                 280        18

                                                     Calories   Total
                                                                Fat
Fruit & Juice Bars                                              (grams)

[check]   Breyers Fruit, No Sugar
          Added (2 fl. oz.)(1)                       30         0
[check]   Dole Fruit Juice, No Sugar Added,
          Raspberry or Strawberry (2 fl, oz.)(2)     30         0
[check]   Dreyer's or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          No Sugar Added, Raspberry or
          Strawberry (2 fl. oz.)(2,3)                30         0
[check]   Tropicana Fruit Juice,
          No Sugar Added (2 fl. oz.)(1)              30         0
[check]   Breyers Fruit (2 fl. oz.)(1)               50         0
[check]   Dole Fruit Juice, Strawberry (2 fl.)       50         0
[check]   Tropicana Fruit Juice,
          Strawberry (2 fl. oz.)                     50         0
[check]   Tropicana Premium,
          Strawberry (2.5 fl. oz.)                   50         0
          Welch's Fruit juice (2 fl. oz.)(1)         50         0
[check]   Fruit-a-Freeze, Cantaloupe,
          Mango Pineapple, Strawberry, or
          Watermelon (3 fl. oz.)(2)                  60         0
[check]   Tropicana Orange
          Juice (2.5 fl. oz.)(1)                     60         0
[check]   FrutStix, except Creamy
          Coconut (2.5 fl. oz.)(1)                   60         1
[check]   Dole Fruit 'N Juice,
          Strawberry (2.5 fl. oz.)                   70         0
[check]   Dreyer's or Edy's Whole
          Fruit, Cherry, Grape
          or Tropical (1.75 fl. oz.)(2)              70         0
[check]   Sharon's Sorbet,
          Raspberry (2.5 fl. oz.)                    70         0
          Dole Fruit 'N Juice, Lemonade,
          Pineapple & Orange Twist or
          Raspberry (2.5 fl. oz.)(2)                 80         0
[check]   Dole Fruit 'N Juice,
          Mango & Guava Twist (2.5 fl. oz.)          80         0
          Dreyer's or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          Lemonade, Lime, Tangerine, or
          Wild Berry (3 fl. oz.)(2)                  80         0
[check]   Frozfruit Fruit, except                    80         0
          Lemon or Lime (4 fl. oz.)(1)
[check]   Fruitfull juice (4 fl. oz.)(1)             80         0
[check]   Chunks O' Fruti, except Coconut,
          Coconut Dipped in Chocolate,
          Pina-Colada, or Strawberry
          Dipped in Chocolate (4 fl. oz.)(1)         90         0
[check]   Dreyer s or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          Peach or Strawberry (3 fl. oz.)(2)         90         0
[check]   Frozfruit Smoothie Yum Strawberry
          Banana Yumtonic (4 fl. oz.)                130        0
[check]   Fruitfull Cream, Banana,
          Pina Colada, Raspberry,
          or Strawberry (4 fl. oz.)(2)               110        3
          Dreyer's or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          Creamy Coconut (3 fl. oz.)                 120        3
          Fruitfull Cream, Coconut, Mango, or
          Peaches'n' Cream (4 fl. oz.)(2)            150        6
          Dole Fruit Dips (2.5 fl. oz.)(1)           190        9
   X      FrutStix Chocolate Covered,
          Creamy Strawberry (3 fl. oz.)              160        9
   X      Frozfruit Cream, Coconut or
          Pina-Colada (4 fl. oz.)(2)                 190        12
   X      Fruit-a-Freeze Chocolate Dipped,
          Coconut (3 fl. oz.)                        210        13
   X      Frozfruit Chocolate
          Dipped (4 fl. oz.)(1)                      220        16

                                                     Sat Fat
                                                     (grams)
   X      Nestle Crunch, except
          Reduced Fat (3 fl. oz.)(1)                 11
   X      Nestle Drumstick, except
          Reduced Fat (4.5 fl. oz.)(1)               11
   X      Eskimo Pie Moose
          Tracks (4 fl. oz.)                         12
   X      Good Humor Premium
          Vanilla (4 fl. oz.)                        12
   X      Ben & Jerry's Peace
          Pops, single (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)              12
   X      Good Humor Reese's
          Cups (4 fl. oz.)                           13
   X      Haagen-Dazs Ice
          Cream (3 fl. oz.)(1)                       13
   X      DoveBar, single
          (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                           13
   X      Klondike, except
          No Sugar Added
          Reduced Fat (5 fl. oz.)(1)                 14
   X      Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream,
          single (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                    15
   X      Nestle BonBons
          (8 pieces--4 fl. oz.)(1)                   16
   X      Good Humor Candy
          Center Crunch (4 fl. oz.)                  17
   X      Happy Indulgence
          Decadent Dips,
          Mud Pie (4.5 fl. oz.)                      17

Ice Cream Sandwiches

[check]   Klondike Slim-a-Bear
          (4 fl. oz.)(1)                             0
[check]   Smart Ones,
          Low Fat (4 fl. oz.)(1)                     0
[check]   Eskimo Pie,
          Reduced Fat  No Sugar
          Added, Vanilla (4 fl. oz.)                 1
[check]   Eskimo Pie Slender Pie,
          No Sugar Added
          (4 fl. oz.)(1)                             1
[check]   Klondike Slim-a-Bear,
          No Sugar Added
          (4 fl. oz.)                                1
[check]   Tofutti Cuties, except
          Peanut Butter
          (1.5 fl. oz.)(1)                           1
[check]   Slim-Fast (3.5 fl. oz.)(1)                 1
[check]   Mister Cookie Face,
          Low-Fat (5 fl, oz.)                        1
[check]   Silhouette (4 fl. oz.)(1)                  1
[check]   Healthy Choice
          (4 fl. oz.)(1)                             1
[check]   Smart Ones (4 fl. oz.)                     1
          Eskimo Pie Chipwich
          Light (4 fl. oz.)(1)                       2
          Good Humor (3 fl. oz.)                     3
          Klondike Big Bear,
          except Cookie (4 fl. oz.)(1)               4
          Klondike Oreo Cookie
          (4 fl. oz.)                                4
          M&M's Cookie (3 fl. oz.)                   5
          Good Humor Giant
          (6 fl. oz.)(1)                             5
          Eskimo Pie Chipwich, Vanilla (4 fl.)       5
          Klondike Big Bear Cookie (4 fl. oz.)       5
          Good Humor Premium Cookie (4.5 fl. Oz)     6
   X      Klondike Double Decker (8 fl. oz.)         7
   X      Klondike Giant Cookie (8 fl. oz.)          9
   X      Nestle Toll House Cookie (7 fl. oz.)       11
   X      Ben & Jerry's 'wich (4 fl. oz.)            12

Ice Cream Cups

[check]   Silhouette Sundae (4.5 fl. oz.)(1)         0
[check]   Smart Ones Giant Sundae (8 fl. oz.)        0
          Good Humor Sundae Twist (6 fl. oz.)        2
          Breyers Cups, Chocolate or
          Vanilla (4 fl. oz.)(2)                     5
   X      Ben & Jerry's (4 fl. oz.)(1)               9
   X      Klondike Sundae (6 fl. oz.)                10
   X      Haagen-Dazs (4 fl, oz.)(1)                 11

                                                     Sat Fat
Fruit & Juice Bars                                   (grams)

[check]   Breyers Fruit, No Sugar
          Added (2 fl. oz.)(1)                       0
[check]   Dole Fruit Juice, No Sugar Added,
          Raspberry or Strawberry (2 fl, oz.)(2)     0
[check]   Dreyer's or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          No Sugar Added, Raspberry or
          Strawberry (2 fl. oz.)(2,3)                0
[check]   Tropicana Fruit Juice,
          No Sugar Added (2 fl. oz.)(1)              0
[check]   Breyers Fruit (2 fl. oz.)(1)               0
[check]   Dole Fruit Juice, Strawberry (2 fl. Oz.)   0
[check]   Tropicana Fruit Juice,
          Strawberry (2 fl. oz.)                     0
[check]   Tropicana Premium,
          Strawberry (2.5 fl. oz.)                   0
          Welch's Fruit juice (2 fl. oz.)(1)         0
[check]   Fruit-a-Freeze, Cantaloupe,
          Mango Pineapple, Strawberry, or
          Watermelon (3 fl. oz.)(2)                  0
[check]   Tropicana Orange
          Juice (2.5 fl. oz.)(1)                     0
[check]   FrutStix, except Creamy
          Coconut (2.5 fl. oz.)(1)                   0
[check]   Dole Fruit 'N Juice,
          Strawberry (2.5 fl. oz.)                   0
[check]   Dreyer's or Edy's Whole
          Fruit, Cherry, Grape
          or Tropical (1.75 fl. oz.)(2)              0
[check]   Sharon's Sorbet,
          Raspberry (2.5 fl. oz.)                    0
          Dole Fruit 'N Juice, Lemonade,
          Pineapple & Orange Twist or
          Raspberry (2.5 fl. oz.)(2)                 0
[check]   Dole Fruit 'N Juice,
          Mango & Guava Twist (2.5 fl. oz.)          0
          Dreyer's or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          Lemonade, Lime, Tangerine, or
          Wild Berry (3 fl. oz.)(2)                  0
[check]   Frozfruit Fruit, except                    0
          Lemon or Lime (4 fl. oz.)(1)
[check]   Fruitfull juice (4 fl. oz.)(1)             0
[check]   Chunks O' Fruti, except Coconut,
          Coconut Dipped in Chocolate,
          Pina-Colada, or Strawberry
          Dipped in Chocolate (4 fl. oz.)(1)         0
[check]   Dreyer s or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          Peach or Strawberry (3 fl. oz.)(2)         0
[check]   Frozfruit Smoothie Yum Strawberry
          Banana Yumtonic (4 fl. oz.)                0
[check]   Fruitfull Cream, Banana,
          Pina Colada, Raspberry,
          or Strawberry (4 fl. oz.)(2)               2
          Dreyer's or Edy's Whole Fruit,
          Creamy Coconut (3 fl. oz.)                 3
          Fruitfull Cream, Coconut, Mango, or
          Peaches'n' Cream (4 fl. oz.)(2)            4
          Dole Fruit Dips (2.5 fl. oz.)(1)           6
   X      FrutStix Chocolate Covered,
          Creamy Strawberry (3 fl. oz.)              7
   X      Frozfruit Cream, Coconut or
          Pina-Colada (4 fl. oz.)(2)                 9
   X      Fruit-a-Freeze Chocolate Dipped,
          Coconut (3 fl. oz.)                        9
   X      Frozfruit Chocolate
          Dipped (4 fl. oz.)(1)                      12

[check] Best Bite. X Worst Bite.
(1)Average of all flavors.
(2)Average of the flavors listed.
(3)Contains the artificial sweetener acesulfame-potassium,
which hasn't been shown to be safe.

Daily Values (daily limits for a 2,000-calorie diet):
Total Fat: 65 grams. Saturated Fat: 20 grams.

Source: Manufacturers.

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Title Annotation:nutrition ratings of frozen desserts; Brand-Name Rating
Author:Liebman, Bonnie
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Buyers Guide
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Date:Sep 1, 2003
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