Course:FNH200/Assignments/2020/Breyers IceCream Chocolate

Introduction

For this assignment, we selected Breyers Creamery Style Chocolate Ice Cream and decided to compare it to its ‘low calorie’ alternative -  Delights Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream.

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Breyer's Creamery Style Chocolate Ice Cream.

The ingredient list of Breyer's Creamery Style Chocolate Ice Cream.

Additional labels for Breyer's Creamery Style Chocolate Ice Cream.

Nutrition label for Breyer's Creamery Style Chocolate Ice Cream

Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream.

The ingredient list for Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream.

Nutrition label for Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream.

Additional labels for Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate Ice Cream.

Ingredient lists

	Breyers Creamery Style Chocolate	Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate
1. Ingredients	fresh cream, modified milk ingredients, sugar, condensed skim milk and/or skim milk powder, cocoa, glucose, natural flavour, mono and diglycerides, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar), natural colour.	condensed skim milk and/or skim milk powder, water, cream, maltodextrin (fibre), sweeteners (erythritol, maltitol syrup, stevia extract), sugar, cocoa, frozen egg yolks, milk protein concentrate, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar).
2. Substitutes and Additives Used	Fat Substitutes: modified milk ingredients Sugar Substitutes: N/A Additives: vegetable gums (carob bean, guar), monoglycerides, diglycerides	Fat Substitutes: milk protein concentration, maltodextrin Sugar Substitutes: erythritol, maltitol syrup, stevia extract Additives: vegetable gums (carob bean, guar)
3. Roles of Subtitutes and Additives	Fat Substitutes: The role of fat substitutes is to lessen the amount of calorie intake as well as lower cholesterol levels. The main functional property that fat substitutes contribute to the product is imitating the texture of fat by using protein, carbohydrates and other fats. Sugar Substitutes: The role of sugar substitutes is to lessen the amount of calorie intake while still providing the same amount of sweetness as regular sweeteners. They provide sweetness without increasing blood glucose or insulin levels while also not contributing to tooth decay. The substitutes produce mouth and body feel by affecting the viscosity when present in high concentrations. Additives: Guar gum is a gluten-free stabilizer and emulsifier typically used in almond milk, yoghurts and other dairy products. It is also a high fibre thickening, suspending and binding agent. Carob bean is used as a substitute for chocolate.

4. Compare and Contrast

Ingredient	Breyers Creamery Style Chocolate	Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate
Fresh cream	✓
Modified milk ingredients/milk protein concentrate	✓	✓
Sugar	✓	✓
Condensed skim milk and/or skim milk powder	✓	✓
Cocoa	✓	✓
Glucose	✓
Natural flavour and natural colour	✓
Monoglycerides, diglycerides	✓
Vegetable gums	✓	✓
Water		✓
Cream		✓
Maltodextrin		✓
Sweeteners (erythritol, maltitol syrup, stevia extract)		✓
Frozen egg yolks		✓

Key Differences:

• Delights Creamy Chocolate contains sweeteners, water and frozen egg yolks while the Creamery Style Chocolate does not.

Labels

Information on Label	Breyers Creamery Style Chocolate	Breyers Delights Creamy Chocolate
Product Description	In English and French	In English and French
Nutrition Facts	Serving size ½ cup, 125mL, Calories, the amount of fat, saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fiber, sugars, protein, calcium, iron and Vitamins A and C in a specified amount of food is indicated in Nutrition Facts table, in English and French.	Serving size ½ cup, 125mL, Calories, the amount of fat, saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fiber, sugars, protein, calcium, iron and Vitamins A and C in a specified amount of food is indicated in Nutrition Facts table, in English and French.
Ingredients List	In descending order of prevalence, in English and French.	In descending order of prevalence, in English and French.
Daily Farmers of Canada Quality Seal	Canadian milk which is subject to high quality standards from animal care to the environment. By selecting products with the Dairy Farmers of Canada seal, it's easy to identify products that are made with 100% Canadian milk and milk ingredients.	Canadian milk which is subject to high quality standards from animal care to the environment. By selecting products with the Dairy Farmers of Canada seal, it's easy to identify products that are made with 100% Canadian milk and milk ingredients.
Daily COR Laitier Seal	Kashruth Council of Canada (better known as COR), is a kosher certification agency in Canada. It is best known for its kosher supervision service, with the COR symbol found on the labels of many commercial and consumer food products.	Kashruth Council of Canada (better known as COR), is a kosher certification agency in Canada. It is best known for its kosher supervision service, with the COR symbol found on the labels of many commercial and consumer food products.
Crafted in Canadian Creamery with Antibiotic-Free Milk and Cream seal	Uses milk and cream from Canadian cows which is antibiotic and hormone free.	N/A
Gluten- Free Seal	Not from Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP) Canada, Breyers uses its own gluten-free validation program. GFCP (Canada) requiring products that use its seal to test to 10 ppm of gluten, English and French seal.	N/A

Lesson 4 Guideline:

Summarizing the core labelling requirement, a label should include the following:

• Bilingual labelling: Yes, mandatory information such as name of food, product description, nutrition facts table and seals are in English and French for both products.

• Common name of the food: The common name is indicated of both products in English and French.
• Country of origin: The country of origin is indicated as Canada, Simcoe, Ontario for both products, in English and in French.
• Name and principal place of business of the company: The name of company Unilever which owns Breyers is indicated on the package and place of business, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. For products sold in Canada, Simcoe, Ontario, CA, for both products.
• Date marking and storage instructions: The expiry and best before date are indicated for both products, both products have a storage life greater than 90 days.
• Irradiated foods: Neither food products are irradiated.
• Legibility and location: Legibility and location of labels are clear for both products.
• List of ingredients in descending order of proportion: Ingredients are listed in descending order of proportion for both products, information is provided in English and French, allergy information indicated: may contain peanuts, tree nuts and wheat for both products.
• Nutrition Facts table: A Nutrition Facts table containing all nutritional information is provided in English and French for both products.
• Net quantity of the food: This is indicated as 500mL for the Delights and 1.66L for the Creamery Style.
• Sweeteners: Erythritol, maltitol syrup, stevia extract sweeteners for the low-fat product is indicated and there are no artificial sweeteners in the Creamery style product.
• Other mandatory information may be required for certain foods: eg. % alcohol for alcoholic beverages, % milk fat for some dairy products: % milk fat of ice cream is not indicated on either product. However, in order to be considered ice cream, the Food and Drug Regulations of Canada states that the product “shall not contain less than 10% milk fat, or where cocoa or chocolate syrup, fruit, nuts, or confections have been added, 8% milk fat”. Both Breyers products meet this regulation.

Personal Choice

Please submit your individual component of this assignment on Canvas to protect your privacy and your personal opinion

References

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