When they want a frozen dessert, vegans and lactose-intolerant individuals often turn to "ice cream" made from soy. Manufacturers sell soy ice cream in a wide variety of flavors, including blueberry. Unlike regular ice cream, soy ice cream is low in saturated fat and cholesterol-free.
Calories, Fat and Cholesterol
If you're limiting your intake of fat and cholesterol, soy ice cream is a good dessert alternative. A 1/2-cup serving of Double Rainbow's Blueberry Soy Cream has 180 calories, with 7 g of total fat, 0.5 g of saturated fat and no cholesterol. Turtle Mountain's Purely Decadent blueberry cheesecake flavor has the same caloric content, no cholesterol, 6 g of total fat and 1.5 g of saturated fat per serving.
Carbohydrate, Fiber and Protein
Like other sweet desserts, soy ice cream is relatively high in carbohydrate and low in protein. Double Rainbow's blueberry soy ice cream has 28 g of carbohydrate, mostly from sugars. Less than 1 g is dietary fiber. Turtle Mountain's blueberry cheesecake flavor has 5 g of dietary fiber and 33 g of total carbohydrate per serving. Both soy ice creams have 2 g or fewer of protein per serving.
Vitamins and Minerals
These blueberry soy ice creams provide few vitamins and minerals. Each serving of the Double Rainbow soy cream has 3 percent of your recommended daily value of sodium, and the Turtle Mountain product has 2 percent. Neither soy cream provides vitamins A or C or calcium, and only the Turtle Mountain product provides iron -- 2 percent of your recommended daily value per serving.
Ingredients
Double Rainbow Blueberry Soy Cream contains soy milk, crystallized cane juice, blueberries, oleic safflower oil and other ingredients. Many of its ingredients are organic. Turtle Mountain's blueberry cheesecake soy ice cream has a longer list of ingredients, including pieces of pie crust.
Other Nondairy Alternatives
Ice cream made from soy milk isn't the only nondairy ice cream on the market. Manufacturers also sell nondairy ice cream made from rice milk and coconut milk. Experiment with different brands and flavors to see which nondairy ice cream you like best.
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