Course:FNH200/Assignments/2024/Breyers Icecream Vanilla

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Introduction

Breyers is a widely recognized ice cream brand found in most supermarkets, known for its simple ingredients and classic vanilla flavor. Their products offer a wide range of flavors and nutritional properties, including options with no added sugar and non-dairy alternatives.[1]

Our team will be comparing the original vanilla ice cream to the no sugar added vanilla frozen dairy dessert.

Product Pictures

Image 1: Front of a tub of Breyers natural vanilla ice cream.
Image 2: Front of a tub of Breyers no sugar added vanilla frozen dessert.

Ingredient lists

Image 3: Labels on a tub of Breyers natural vanilla ice cream. Nutrition and ingredient information is also available here.[2]
Image 4: Labels on a tub of Breyers no sugar added vanilla frozen dessert. Nutrition and ingredient information is also available here.[3]

1. Ingredients

Breyers Natural Vanilla Breyers No Sugar Added Vanilla
  • Milk
  • Cream
  • Sugar
  • Vegetable Gum (Tara)
  • Natural flavour
  • Milk
  • Maltitol syrup
  • Maltodextrin (Corn)
  • Cream
  • Whey
  • Less than 2% of:
    • Mono and Diglycerides
    • Vegetable Gums
      • Carob Bean
      • Guar
      • Tara
    • Natural flavour
    • Acesulfame potassium
    • Sucralose
    • Vitamin A Palmitate
    • Annatto (for color)

2. Substitutes & Additives used

Breyers Natural Vanilla Breyers No Sugar Added Vanilla
Sugar Substitutes None
  • Maltitol syrup
  • Sucralose
  • Acesulfame Potassium
Fat Substitutes None
  • Maltodextrin (Corn)
Additives
  • Tara
  • Natural Flavours
  • Maltodextrin (Corn)
  • Mono and Diglycerides
  • Guar
  • Annatto
  • Carob Bean Gum
  • Whey
  • Tara
  • Natural Flavours

3. Role of Substitutes & Additives

Breyers Natural Vanilla

Sugar Substitutes: None

Fat Substitutes: None

Additives:

  • Tara: A white or beige, nearly odorless powder made from Caesalpinia spinosa seeds. It used to thicken and stabilize foods.[3]
  • Natural Flavours: Ingredients that add flavor and aroma to food. Natural flavors are made from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof.[3]

Breyers No Sugar Added Vanilla

Sugar Substitutes:

  • Maltitol Syrup: A sugar substitute - it has 75-90% of the sweetness of table sugar but contains a little over half of the calories. As a sugar alcohol, it also provides a cooling sensation.[3]
  • Sucralose: Noncaloric sweetener that is approximately 600 times sweeter than sugar.[3]
  • Acesulfame Potassium: Noncaloric sweetener that is approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar and doesn't contribute to dental cavity development. When combined with other sweeteners, it can create a synergistic sweetening effect. [3]
  • Whey: The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained.[3] Used as a cost-effective sweetener with similar properties to the sweetness in milk chocolate.[4]

Fat Substitutes:

  • Maltodextrin (Corn): A carbohydrate-based fat substitute obtained from corn starch. It is commonly used to evenly mix other ingredients, to thicken, improve texture, or add body to food.[3] Even though it is fully digestible, it only yields approximately half the calories as fat.

Additives:

  • Maltodextrin (Corn): A carbohydrate obtained from corn starch. It is commonly used to evenly mix other ingredients, to thicken, improve texture, or add body to food.[3]
  • Tara: A white or beige, nearly odorless powder made from Caesalpinia spinosa seeds. It used to thicken and stabilize foods.[3]
  • Natural Flavours: Ingredients that add flavor and aroma to food. Natural flavors are made from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof.[3]
  • Mono And Diglycerides: An emulsifier that helps provide consistent texture, body and/or prevent separation of foods.[3]
  • Carob Bean: Also known as Locust bean. A brown powder made from the ground pods and seeds of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, and is used as a thickener.[3] May also serve as a substitute for chocolate, but it is generally only added in amounts miniscule enough not to elicit the chocolate flavour.[5]
  • Guar: A plant of the pea family, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, grown to produce guar gum which is used to thicken and stabilize foods.[3]
  • Vitamin A Palmitate: A type of vitamin. Vitamin A is found in milk, fish-liver oils, green leafy vegetables, and red, orange, and yellow vegetables and fruits.[3] Often used for health benefits in the eye, immune system, and reproductive system.[6] It is often added to low- or non-fat dairy products, since some vitamin A is lost when the fat is removed.[7]
  • Annatto: An orange-yellow color made from the coating of the seeds of the achiote tree, Bixa orellana, and used to add color to foods.[3]

4. Compare & Contrast

Breyers Natural Vanilla Both Breyers No Sugar Added Vanilla
  • Sugar
  • Milk
  • Cream
  • Tara
  • Natural flavour
  • Maltitol syrup
  • Maltodextrin (Corn)
  • Whey
  • Less than 2% of:
    • Mono and Diglycerides
    • Vegetable Gums
      • Carob Bean
      • Guar
    • Acesulfame potassium
    • Sucralose
    • Vitamin A Palmitate
    • Annatto (for color)
  • No sugar added frozen dessert uses an assortment of sugar-substitute sweeteners such as maltitol and sucralose, while the original vanilla ice cream simply uses sugar.
  • No sugar added frozen dessert additionally uses many texture-enhancing additives such as guar and maltodextrin, while the original uses only tara.

Labels

Breyers Natural Vanilla Breyers No Sugar Added Vanilla
Common Name Located on front of packaging (Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream) Located on front of packaging (Breyers No Sugar Added Vanilla)
Bilingualism English only English only
Country of Origin N/A N/A
Date Markings & Storage Instructions Located on side and bottom of packaging (Store in freezer) Located on side and bottom of packaging (Store in freezer)
Name & Principle Place of Business Located on side of packaging (Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 USA) Located on side of packaging (Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 USA)
Legibility & Location Clearly legible and located on side of packaging Clearly legible and located on side of packaging
Net Quantity Located on front of packaging (1.41L) Located on front of packaging (1.41L)
Nutrition Facts Located on side of packaging (refer to Image 3) Located on side of packaging (refer to Image 4)
Irradiation N/A N/A
List of Ingredients and Allergens Located on side of packaging (refer to Image 3) Located on side of packaging (refer to Image 4)
Sweeteners Sugar Maltitol syrup, sucralose, acesulfame-K
Food Additives Declared in ingredients list Declared in ingredients list
Claim and Statements N/A N/A

While the above information follows many of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act and Regulations, the bilingual labeling regulation was violated by not including French.[8] Besides this instance, every other regulation has been properly addressed. Certain information, such as country of origin, irradiation, or milk fat percentage, do not apply to this product according to regulations, and are therefore allowed to be missing in the labels.

References

  1. ↑ "All Ice Cream Products & Flavors". Breyers.
  2. ↑ "Breyers, Ice Cream, Natural Vanilla". SmartLabel.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 "Breyers, Frozen Dairy Dessert, Vanilla". SmartLabel.
  4. ↑ "Whey Powder - overview". ScienceDirect.
  5. ↑ Shoemaker, SaVanna (Oct. 25, 2019). "Locust Bean Gum: Uses, Benefits, and Safety". Healthline. Retrieved Jul. 16, 2024. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  6. ↑ "Vitamin A Palmitate". Healthline.
  7. ↑ Kerr, Gord. "What Is Vitamin A Palmitate?". Livestock. Retrieved Jul. 16, 2024. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Bilingual food labelling". Canadian Food Inspection Agency.


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