Oh boy! Check out the ingredients in these little treats marketed to children! When their brains and cells are growing at such a rapid rate, it is really important for them to not eat this stuff!
Outrageous Orange: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cream, Milk, Citric Acid, Whey Orange Juice, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Tragacanth Gum, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Mono And Diglycerides, Red 40, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Pectin, Dextrose, Cherry Blast: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cream Milk, Citric Acid, Cherry Juice, Whey, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Tragacanth Gum, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Mono And Diglycerides, Red 40, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Pectin, Dextrose. Turbo Grape: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cream, Milk, Grape Juice, Citric Acid, Whey, Beet Juice Color, Guar Gum, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Mono And Diglycerides, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Pectin, Dextrose, Blue 1.
Now that you are becoming a better label reader, you skip the store-bought Push Pops, but how about orange juice? 100% orange juice contains as much sugar as a Coke. An 8 ounce glass = 6 tsp! Yes, it is 'natural' sugar, but drinking only the juice from an orange, you lose the fiber to slow the blood sugar from increasing too much. You also lose a lot of vitamin C when you juice an orange, which is why orange juice is 'fortified' with vitamin C, while if you EAT a real orange you get natural occurring vitamin c. To get the 6 tsp of sugar from a small glass of juice, you need to eat about 3 oranges.
"HEALTHIFIED" PUSH POPS
1 orange, peeled
4 oz cream cheese or coconut cream, softened
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
4 TBS SWERVE (to keep it soft) *see below
1 tsp stevia glycerite
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt (to keep it from hardening too much)
Peel the orange and remove the seeds. Place in a blender or food processor and process until a fine puree. Add in the cream cheese, almond milk, sweetener and salt until smooth. Pour mixture into Push Pop molds (click HERE to find them). Place in freezer for at least 2 hours and serve.
Makes 4 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving):
Traditional Pops = 230 calories, 13g Fat, 3g protein, 27 carbs, 0g fiber
“Healthified” Pops = 130 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 6.7 carbs, 1.4g fiber
SWERVE: Swerve uses a Non-GMO erythritol manufacturer who employs technology that relies on the inherent ability of certain natural yeasts to convert sugar into erythritol. The resulting erythritol is then purified, dried and sieved. This process does not require any solvents, other than water. No synthetic chemical processes are required and the resulting Erythritol is identical to that which is found in nature. It measures cup for cup like sugar and it also does not have the same "mouth-cooling" sensation compared to other brands of erythritol on the market.
Outrageous Orange: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cream, Milk, Citric Acid, Whey Orange Juice, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Tragacanth Gum, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Mono And Diglycerides, Red 40, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Pectin, Dextrose, Cherry Blast: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cream Milk, Citric Acid, Cherry Juice, Whey, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Tragacanth Gum, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Mono And Diglycerides, Red 40, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Pectin, Dextrose. Turbo Grape: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cream, Milk, Grape Juice, Citric Acid, Whey, Beet Juice Color, Guar Gum, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Mono And Diglycerides, Carob Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Pectin, Dextrose, Blue 1.
Now that you are becoming a better label reader, you skip the store-bought Push Pops, but how about orange juice? 100% orange juice contains as much sugar as a Coke. An 8 ounce glass = 6 tsp! Yes, it is 'natural' sugar, but drinking only the juice from an orange, you lose the fiber to slow the blood sugar from increasing too much. You also lose a lot of vitamin C when you juice an orange, which is why orange juice is 'fortified' with vitamin C, while if you EAT a real orange you get natural occurring vitamin c. To get the 6 tsp of sugar from a small glass of juice, you need to eat about 3 oranges.
"HEALTHIFIED" PUSH POPS
1 orange, peeled
4 oz cream cheese or coconut cream, softened
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
4 TBS SWERVE (to keep it soft) *see below
1 tsp stevia glycerite
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt (to keep it from hardening too much)
Peel the orange and remove the seeds. Place in a blender or food processor and process until a fine puree. Add in the cream cheese, almond milk, sweetener and salt until smooth. Pour mixture into Push Pop molds (click HERE to find them). Place in freezer for at least 2 hours and serve.
Makes 4 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving):
Traditional Pops = 230 calories, 13g Fat, 3g protein, 27 carbs, 0g fiber
“Healthified” Pops = 130 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 6.7 carbs, 1.4g fiber
