Living large: the scoop on ice cream shops

Nutrition Action Healthletter, July-August, 2003 by Jayne Hurley, Bonnie Liebman

Best Bites have no more than 250 calories and 3 grams of saturated
fat (the only topping worth a Best Bite is fruit). Worst Bites have
at least 10 grams of sat fat.

                                                       Total
                                              Calo-     Fat     Sat Fat
Frozen Yogurt & Sorbet                        ries    (grams)   (grams)

[check] Nonfat Frozen Yogurt, no sugar
          added (small, 7 oz.) (1),(2)          170      0         0
[check] Sorbet (small, 7 oz.) (1)               200      0         0
[check] Nonfat Frozen Yoqurt, no sugar
          added (regular, 9 oz.) (1),(2)        210      0         0
[check] Nonfat Frozen Yogurt (small,
          7 oz.) (1)                            220      0         0
        Sorbet (regular, 9 oz.) (1)             260      0         0
        Nonfat Frozen Yogurt (regular,
          9 oz.) (1)                            290      0         0
        Nonfat Frozen Yogurt (large, 11
          oz.) (1)                              350      0         0
        96% Fat Free Frozen Yogurt (small,
          7 oz.) (1)                            270      6         4
        96% Fat Free Frozen Yogurt
          (regular, 9 oz.) (1)                  340      8         5
        96% Fat Free Frozen Yogurt (large,
          11 oz.) (1)                           420     10         6

Mrs. Fields Ice Cream (small--7 oz.--unless noted)

      x Cotton Candy or Rainbow Cream           390     23        13
      x Cookies & Cream                         490     26        15
      x Vanilla Bean                            460     28        18
      x Butter Pecan                            570     44        18
      x Mint Chocolate                          500     33        20
      x Vanilla Bean (regular, 9 oz.)           590     36        22
      x Vanilla Bean (large, 11 oz.)            720     45        28

Shivers, Sundaes, & Chillers (made with frozen yogurt)

        Fruit Shiver (small, 16 fl. oz.)        470     11         7
        Supreme Hot Fudge Sundae (10 oz.)       580     18         8
        Fruit Shiver (regular, 20 fl. oz.)      580     14         9
        Oreo Shiver (small, 16 fl. oz.)         660     20         9
      x Cappuccino Chiller (small, 16 fl.
          oz.)                                  410     17        11
      x Oreo Shiver (regular, 20 fl. oz.)       840     26        11
      x Cappuccino Chiller (regular, 20 fl.
          oz.)                                  590     23        14
      x Oreo Joe Cappuccino Chiller (small,
          16 fl. oz.)                           780     29        15
      x Heath Shiver (regular, 20 fl. oz.)      880     33        21
      x Heath Shiver (large, 24 fl. oz.)      1,070     41        26
      x Toffee Coffee Cappuccino Chiller
          (lg., 24 fl. oz.)                   1,200     47        30

Toppings (1 scoop, unless noted)

[check] Fruit (1)                                10      0         0
        Hot Caramel                              90      0         0
        Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough or
          Sprinkles (3)                          70      3         1
        Heath or Snickers pieces (3)             70      4         1
        Almonds, Mixed Nuts, or Pecans (3)       80      6         1
        Walnuts in Syrup                        160     10         1
        Whipped Topping (4 Tbs.)                 30      3         3
        Butterfingers, M&M's, or Reese's
          Pieces (3)                            110      5         3
        Hot Fudge                               140      7         3
        Coconut                                  60      5         4
        Peanut Butter Topping                   210     19         4

Cones

        Cake Cone                                20      0         0
        Sugar Cone or Junior Waffle Cone         70      1         0
        Waffle Cone                             110      2         1

[check] Best Bite. x Worst Bite.

(1) Average of all flavors.

(2) Contains the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet).

(3) Average of items listed. Numbers for items in italics are
from CSPI's independent laboratory analyses.

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