Shopper’s Guide Yo Yo, It’s Time Nutritional Comparison = EN’s Picks. As with all EN comparisons, this is only a sampling of products. Frozen yogurt For Fro Yo! picks contain no more than 120 calories (6% DV), 1 g saturated fat (5 % DV), and 17 g sugar. hen frozen yogurt fi rst came out—in Note: Sugar grams on label include those found naturally in milk or yogurt—about 5 grams per one-half cup serving. shops, restaurants, and su- W Frozen Yogurt Serving size Calories Fat Sat Fat Sodium Carb Sugar Protein permarkets—it was widely considered a super (g) (g) (mg) (g) (g) (g) healthy alternative to ice cream, and it sold RESTAURANT FROZEN YOGURT SMALLEST SIZE AVAILABLE like, well, ice cream. Unfortunately, many Cups Fancy Nonfat French Vanilla 83 g 100 0 0 80 21 17 4 frozen yogurts were high in fat and sugar, and Cups Lowfat Frozen Yogurt Dutch Chocolate 83 g 120 2.5 1.5 75 20 15 3 thus, weren’t much different, nutritionally Photo: Thinkstock speaking, from their ice cream counterparts. Cups Original Tart Peach Mango 83 g 100 0 0 55 22 18 3 Luckily, things have changed. These days you Cups Premium Frozen Yogurt Peanut Butter 83 g 140 2.5 1.5 110 19 15 4 1 can get frozen yogurts made with skim milk for a Menchie’s Lowfat Uber Fudgy Brownie Batter ⁄2 c 120 2 0 95 26 18 3 1 lower calorie and fat profi le, and with Greek yo- Menchie’s Nonfat Cookies & Cream ⁄2 c 100 0 0 85 23 18 4 1 gurt for a slight protein boost. And, many frozen Menchie’s Nonfat Vanilla Snow ⁄2 c 100 0 0 80 22 18 3 yogurts contain live and active bacteria cultures, Chocolate Hazelnut Mini (90 g) 135 4 1 54 23 23 4 one of the factors that makes regular yogurt so good for you in the fi rst place. These cultures, Pinkberry Keylime Mini (90 g) 99 0 0 68 20 19 4 also called probiotics, provide a variety of health Pinkberry Pineapple Mini (90 g) 81 0 0 36 18 14 3 benefi ts, including improved digestive and im- Pinkberry Salted Caramel Mini (90 g) 108 0 0 117 23 22 4 1 mune health. To be sure your yogurt contains Banana Greek ⁄2 c (93 g) 100 0 0 45 22 21 3 them, look for the National Yogurt Association’s 1 Red Mango Madagascar Vanilla ⁄2 c (93 g) 80 0 0 105 18 18 2 “Live and Active Cultures” seal on the package. 1 Red Mango Peppermint ⁄2 c (93 g) 100 0 0 95 22 22 2 To fi nd out if your favorite 1 shop’s yogurt contains probi- Red Mango Strawberry Milkshake ⁄2 c (93 g) 110 0 0 100 24 24 1 1 otics, check out their website TCBY Cheesecake Softserve ⁄2 c (113 g) 100 2 1 65 23 17 4

and look at the nutritional information. If you TCBY Chunky Chocolate Cookie Dough 1 ⁄2 c (113 g) 160 5 3.5 55 24 17 4 avoid dairy, there are now a few plant-based fro- Handscooped 1 zen yogurt options available, as well. TCBY Co ee Softserve ⁄2 c (113 g) 120 2 1 80 23 17 4 1 TCBY Silk Chocolate Almond (Dairy Free) ⁄2 c (113 g) 110 1.5 0 40 28 16 1 1 Helpful hints. Keep the following in mind when TCBY Silk Vanilla Almond (Dairy Free) ⁄2 c (113 g) 110 0 0 40 28 14 0 choosing your frozen yogurt treat. SUPERMARKET FROZEN YOGURT ● Not too hard. If you’re at a shop that offers both 1 soft- and hard-serve, choose the soft. Due to Ben & Jerry’s FroYo Cherry Garcia ⁄2 c 160 3 2 60 31 20 4 1 the air whipped into it, soft serve tends to be Ben & Jerry’s FroYo Half Baked ⁄2 c 200 3 1.5 95 38 24 6 1 lighter in weight and lower in calories than the Ben & Jerry’s Greek Liz Lemon ⁄2 c 180 4.5 2.5 70 29 21 6 1 harder, scoopable kind. Ben & Jerry’s Greek Raspberry Fudge Chunk ⁄2 c 200 7 5 65 29 25 6 ● Think about toppings. The most fun part of fro- 1 Haagen Dazs Co ee Lowfat ⁄2 c 180 2.5 1 45 31 21 8 yo shops is all of those toppings. But the can- 1 Haagen Dazs Vanilla Lowfat ⁄2 c 170 2.5 1 45 29 21 9 dies and cookies can add as much as seven 1 times more calories than fruit toppings! To Hood Chocolate Fudge Brownie Lowfat ⁄2 c 120 1.5 1 80 24 19 3 1 create an enjoyable treat without the calorie Hood Cookies & Cream Lowfat ⁄2 c 110 1.5 0 85 22 16 3 1 splurge, load up on the fresh fruit. Hood Strawberry Banana ⁄2 c 90 0 0 45 20 16 2 ● Keep size in mind. 1 While portions vary, stick Hood Vanilla Fat Free ⁄2 c 110 0 0 75 24 15 3 with the smallest size available, as the differ- 1 Stony eld Organic After Dark Chocolate ⁄2 c (85 g) 100 0 0 55 21 18 4 ences can be substantial. For example, a sim- 1 ple “mini” serving at Pinkberry contains about Stony eld Organic Crème Caramel ⁄2 c (85 g) 130 1.5 1 95 26 25 4 1 100 calories; a large contains nearly 400. Stony eld Organic Gotta Have Vanilla ⁄2 c (85 g) 100 0 0 65 20 19 4 1 ● Consider the sugar. Even though these treats Stony eld Organic Minty Chocolate Chip ⁄2 c (85 g) 140 2.5 1.5 50 25 21 4 1 may be yogurt-based, they are still sugary. A Stony eld Organic Oikos Nonfat Honey ⁄2 c (85 g) 110 0 0 60 22 20 6 small serving may contain around fi ve tea- 1 Stony eld Organic Oikos Nonfat Super Fruits ⁄2 c (85 g) 110 0 0 60 21 20 6 spoons of sugar; a larger serving up to 20 tea- 1 Sweet Scoops Black Raspberry ⁄2 c (78 g) 140 6 3.5 45 20 16 3 spoons or more. (It’s important to note that 1 the grams of sugar listed on the label include Sweet Scoops Co ee ⁄2 c (78 g) 150 6 4 50 19 15 3 1 sugars found naturally in the yogurt—about 5 Sweet Scoops Madagascar Vanilla ⁄2 c (78 g) 150 6 4 50 19 15 3 1 grams per one-half cup.) Think of them as an Trader Joe’s Vanilla Greek Fat Free ⁄2 c (76 g) 100 0 0 75 18 17 6 occasional treat instead of a daily habit. Note: g=gram, mg=milligram, sat fat=saturated fat, carb=carbohydrates, DV=Daily Value, Daily requirement based on 2,000 calorie/day diet. Source: food —Heidi McIndoo, MS, RD labels, company website.

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