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Dairy Desserts

Dairy desserts are extremely popular all over the world. In fact, ice cream, ice cream cakes, and chocolate sundaes are three of the top 10 favorite desserts in the U.S. The most popular ice cream flavors, listed in descending order, are vanilla, cookies n’ cream and strawberry. (Source: Answers.com)

While consumers generally do not consider dessert as a primary source of nutrients, dairy desserts do contain significant nutrients. The nutrients for ice cream and sherbet listed in the table below are for non-premium varieties. Sherbet is a frozen dessert made with fruit juice but has added milk or cream, egg white, or gelatin. Nutrient values for low-fat ice cream are also listed. If you select a premium ice cream or a specialty ice cream (e.g. made with artificial sweeteners), consult the Nutrition Facts side panel of the product for the nutrient analysis. The table below also contains the nutrient analysis for pudding and custard made with low-fat milk.

You will find a wide variety of dairy desserts recipes on the Meals Matter website. Note: most of these recipes are contributed by users and do not contain nutrient analysis.

Desserts
Nutrient (1/2 cup) Pudding Custard Ice Cream LF Ice cream Sherbet Frozen Yogurt
Kilocalories 143 147 137 137 107 114
Protein (g) 2 7 2 4 1 3
Carbohydrate (g) 25 16 16 22 23 17
Sugars (g) 19 16 14 17 18 17
Fiber (g) 0 0 0.5 0.2 1 0
Total Fat (g) 4.2 6.5 7.3 3.7 1.5 4
Calories from Fat 38 59 66 33 14 36
Saturated Fat (g) 1.1 3.1 4.5 2.2 0.9 2.5
Cholesterol 1 118 29 21 1 1
Cholesterol (%DV) 0% 39% 10% 7% 0% 0%
Sodium (mg) 156 86 53 56 34 63
Sodium (%DV) 7% 4% 2% 2% 1% 3%
Potassium (mg) 72 209 131 158 71 152
Potassium (%DV) 2% 6% 4% 5% 2% 4%
Vitamin A (IU) 7 247 278 340 34 153
Vitamin A (%DV) 0% 5% 6% 7% 1% 3%
Vitamin B12 (ug) 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2
Vitamin B12 (DV) 3% 10% 5% 7% 2% 3%
Vitamin C (mg) 0.2 0 0.4 0.9 1.7 0.6
Vitamin C (%DV) 0% 0% 1% 2% 3% 1%
Vitamin D (IU) 0 0 5 3 0 3
Vitamin D (DV) 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%
Calcium (mg) 54 151 84 122 40 103
Calcium (%DV) 5% 15% 8% 12% 4% 10%
Folate (ug) 2 14 3 5 3 4
Folate (%DV) 1% 4% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Iron (mg) 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.22
Iron (%DV) 1% 3% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Magnesium (mg) 4 16 9 11 6 10
Magnesium (% DV) 1% 4% 2% 3% 2% 3%
Phosphorus (mg) 45 159 69 78 30 93
Phosphorus (%DV) 5% 16% 7% 8% 3% 9%
Thiamin (mg) 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.03
Thiamin (%DV) 1% 3% 2% 3% 1% 2%
Riboflavin (mg) 0.08 0.34 0.16 0.19 0.07 0.16
Riboflavin (%DV) 5% 20% 9% 11% 4% 9%
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.2
Niacin (%DV) 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1%