White Mountain Creamery, which opened in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1985, serves homemade ice cream, frozen yogurt and water ice to customers at its retail store as well as to wholesale customers. The menu consists of single-scoop ice cream cones and cups, sundaes, handmade waffle cones, frozen yogurt, sherbet and water ice. It offers dozens of ice cream flavors and an interesting variety of yogurt and sherbet choices.
Nutrition Data
White Mountain Creamery does not offer nutrition data for its menu items. To get an idea how many calories and how much fat you're getting when eating White Mountain Creamery snacks, the USDA National Nutrient Database offers nutrition facts for generic and brand name ice creams, frozen yogurt and water ice. A half a cup of ordinary vanilla ice cream has 137 calories, 7.26 g of fat, 53 mg of sodium, 15.58 g of carbohydrates, 14 g of sugar and 2.31 g of protein. A half a cup of soft-serve vanilla yogurt has 114 calories, over 4 g of fat, 17.4 g of carbs and 17.28 g of sugars.
Not all Ice Cream is the Made the Same
When it comes to ice cream, nutrition data can vary based on the recipe. For example, a half a cup of Edy's vanilla ice cream has 140 calories and 8 g of fat -- which is not far from the amount of calories as a generic cup of ice cream analyzed by the USDA. A half a cup of Haagen-Dazs vanilla bean ice cream, however, has 290 calories with 18 g of fat.
Yogurt
Analyzing nutrition data for frozen yogurt has its own complications. A half cup of soft-serve vanilla yogurt from TCBY, a national soft-serve yogurt chain, is 95 calories with 2 g of fat. A scoop of Ben & Jerry's vanilla frozen yogurt with skim milk, which is about three-quarters of a cup, has 130 calories and 1.5 g of fat.
Water Ice
Water ice, also known as Italian ice, does not contain dairy. Ingredients used to make water ice include concentrated syrup flavoring, whole fruit and artificial food flavoring. White Mountain Creamery's water ice is fat free and cholesterol free. Based on Rita's Italian Ice, which is sold in Rita's retail stores as well as national chain stores, contains 150 to 250 calories with 0 g of saturated fat in a one cup serving.
Nutrients
You will find some nutrients in White Mountain Creamery menu items. Of course, it's hard to know for sure since the company does not post nutrition data. According to TCBY, soft serve frozen yogurt has about 10 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A and 20 percent of calcium and vitamin D. Ben & Jerry's frozen yogurt contains 15 percent of the RDA of calcium with only 2 percent of the RDA of vitamin A and iron. A half cup of generic vanilla ice cream, according to the USDA, contains 6 percent of the RDA of vitamin A and 9 percent of the B vitamin riboflavin.
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