A study conducted by the University of Illinois reveals that about two-thirds of coffee drinkers and one-third of tea drinkers add sugar, cream, flavoringits other high-calorie additives to your drinks. For this reason the Federal Consumer Attorney (Profeco) carried out a quality study on various brands of coffee cream and 5 were the best evaluated.
As we have mentioned in other informative notes of The Truth News, creamer substitutes were created to give a different flavor and texture to coffee. In this case, Profeco analyzed 10 products called cream substitutes normal and two reduced fat.
The agency noted that the ingredients in these creamer substitutes include the solids of corn syrup (glucose obtained from corn starch), hydrogenated vegetable oil, sodium caseinate and additives.
Among the aspects that were evaluated is the net content, consumer information, sanitary quality, nutrient and sodium content.
What coffee creamers are recommended according to Profeco?
Millions of people use milk replacers to flavor their drinks.
Although all the analyzed cream substitutes met the sanitary quality and none of them posed a health risk, some had lower saturated fat and sodium content.
According to the results, the best brands of coffee substitutes recommended by Profeco are:
Brands with less saturated fat
- great value
- Forrelli coffee creamer
Brands with less sodium
- coffee mate
- Coffee mate lites
- Forrelli coffee creamer
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Importantly, those who add sweeteners, cream and other substances to their coffee consume an average of 69 additional calories per day. More than 60 percent of those extra calories come from sugar.
While in the case of those who drink their tea and add sweeteners, cream and other substances, they consume an average of 43 more calories per day. In both cases, although the daily intake of additional calories may seem small, it can add even more kilos.
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