Mr Freeze Ice Pops - Naturally Flavoured Ice Lollies - Blue Raspberry Flavour Vegan Friendly Freeze Pops, 20 x 45 ml

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goodpop Organic Freezer Pops Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients: Filtered water, organic apple juice (from concentrate), organic cherry juice (from concentrate), malic acid, organic guar gum, organic natural flavors, fruit and vegetable juice for color Mr. Freeze Freeze Pops Ingredients: Water, glucose-fructose/sugar, citric acid, artificial flavors, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, stevia extract, color While no store-bought freezer pops meet our stringent guidelines for “healthy”, there are a few brands that are perfectly okay for the occasional treat. Mechanisms of behavioral, atopic, and other reactions to artificial food colors in children. L Stevens, T Kuczek, J Burgess, M Stochelski, L Arnold, L Galland, Nutr Rev (2013) 71 (5):268-281 ( link)

The FDA considers CMS a “generally regarded as safe” food additive. However, growing research links CMC to inflammatory conditions, including inflammatory bowl disease. (11) Kool Pops Freezer Pops Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, apple and pear juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, and Blue 1 Welch’s Organic Juice Ice Bars Concord Grape Ingredients: Water, concentrated white grape juice, concentrated concord grape juice, cellulose gum, guar gum, gum arabic, malic acid, natural flavor

Guar Gum. Guar gum is a polysaccharide (polymer of sugar) made from the seeds of the guar plant. It is a soluble fiber that our bodies can not digest. However, gut bacteria can ferment guar gum.(8) Freezer pops should be primarily fruit juice. As such, there is no need for added sugar in frozen juice pops.

Welch’s Freeze Pops Concord Grape Ingredients: Water, sugar, apple juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural flavors, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, fruit and vegetable juice for color, stevia extract Freezer pops vary in size, depending on brand. To compare between products, all nutrition information below is for a 1.5 oz (43 gram) serving. To help compare between brands, added sugar is listed in total grams, teaspoons (red spoons), and percent of frozen treat. So, a juice concentrate can be counted as added sugar, depending on how much water is in the food product.Most store-bought Freezer Pops are not healthy options. They often are simply sugar water with artificial colors and preservatives. It is best to avoid the following freezer pops. Jonny Pops Organic Freezer Pops A freezie or a freeze pop is a water-based frozen confection similar to an ice pop. It is made by freezing flavored liquid such as sugar water, fruit juice or purée inside a plastic casing or tube, either round or flat. Freezies come in sealed plastic tubular wrappers, and conform to the shape of the wrapper when frozen to serve; as such, they do not need to be stored cold. They also do not need to be frozen as solidly as an ice pop and can have a consistency similar to that of a slushie. Freezies are sold in a variety of flavors, including cherry, orange, lemon-lime, watermelon, cream soda, blue raspberry, and grape. The name of the prominent brand of freezies are also commonly used as a generic term for freezies in the region. Examples include Otter Pop, Fla-Vor-Ice, and Pop-Ice in the United States, [17] Zooper Dooper in Australia, [5] and Mr. Freeze in the United Kingdom and Canada. [3] History [ edit ]

Fun Pops Fruit Flavored Freezer Pops Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavorings, artificial coloring, gum acacia, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate Carboxymethyl cellulose. Also cellulose gum, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is polysaccharide manufactured from cellulose, found in the cellular walls of plants. In Canada, freezies have been made by Kisko under the Mr. Freeze brand since 1977 when the company started producing them in the Toronto region after the business was relocated from Kingston, Jamaica. [19] In the UK and Ireland, an unrelated brand called Mr. Freeze has been sold since 1966. [20] Brands [ edit ] A few of the freezer pops we evaluated contain stevia, a non-nutritive natural sweetener. Our evaluation of healthy popsicles provides detailed information on artificial sweeteners and other non-nutritive sweeteners.

The Role of Carrageenan and Carboxymethylcellulose in the Development of Intestinal Inflammation, Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2017, 5: 96 ( link) Corn syrup, tapioca syrup, and cane sugar are all forms of added sugar that are common ingredients in freezer pops. What about concentrated fruit juice?