Musselman’s fruit sauces are a convenient low-calorie snack. Each 4-oz portion contains the minimum nutrition of one fruit, according to Hershey Park, and is good for school lunches or to meet special dietary concerns. BecauseMusselman's Lite Orange Mango Fruit 'N Sauce contains no sugar, fat or gluten-based thickeners, it is suitable for diabetics or other people on sugar-restricted and fat-restricted diets as well as for people with food intolerances, such as celiac.
Ingredients
Musselman's Lite Orange Mango Fruit 'N Sauce contains apples, mango puree, water, calcium lactate, natural flavors, vitamin C and sucrolose, which is an artificial sweetener. Added colors are yellow #5 and yellow #6. The product has no added sugar.
Nutrition
A 4-oz. serving-size container of Musselman's Lite Orange Mango Fruit 'N Sauce contains 50 calories, .03 g fat with no saturated fat or cholesterol and 0.16 g of protein. Lite Orange Mango provides 12 g of total carbohydrates comprised of 1.2 g of dietary fiber and 1.2 g of sugar. One 4-oz. container has 8 mg sodium, no potassium, 158 IU of vitamin A, 0.2 mg of iron, 4 mg of added vitamin C and 55 mg of added calcium.
Daily Value
The percentage of daily value, or DV, is a guide to the amount of nutrients in one serving of food. If a food has 20 percent or more of a nutrient, it's considered to be high in that nutrient; if a food has 5 percent or less, it's considered low, according to MayoClinic.com. Each serving of Musselman's Lite Orange Mango Fruit 'N Sauce has 4 percent DV for carbohydrates; 3 percent DV for vitamin A; 5.5 percent DV for calcium; 1 percent DV for iron and 6 percent vitamin C. Therefore, Lite Orange Mango Fruit ‘N Sauce is not an especially good source of nutrients per serving. The Food and Drug Administration has not assigned a DV for trans fat or sugar; Lite Orange Mango Fruit ‘n Sauce does not contain any trans fat. The sauce is more notable for what it does not contain -- fat, sugar, sodium and cholesterol -- than for its nutrient value.
Sucralose
Musselman's Lite Orange Mango Fruit 'N Sauce is sweetened with sucralose, also known as Splenda. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Splenda for use as a chemical non-nutritious sweetener that is 160 to 13,000 times sweeter than sucrose, according to Diet.com. Evidence suggests that sucralose may promote obesity, according to a report by Natural News. Rats fed the artificial sweetener in an experiment gained weight. The conclusion suggested that humans would react in a similar manner because sucralose tricks the brain into thinking sweet foods don’t contain as many calories as they do and ultimately trains the body to over-consume genuine refined carbohydrates such as cookies, sweets and ice cream.
Low-Residue Fiber
Musselman's Lite Orange Mango Fruit 'N Sauce is an ideal sugar-free snack for diabetics and a good low-fat choice for folks on fat-restricted diets for cardiovascular health. Because Lite Orange Mango contains minimal fiber, it is also suitable for low-residue diets, which consist of foods that are easily digested by the body. Eating no more than 10 to 15 g of fiber per day will help slow down bowel movements, which help conditions such as bowel inflammation, diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. A low-residue diet is often prescribed after certain kinds of surgery, such as colostomy or ileostomy, according to the National Institutes of Health.
References
- HersheyPark: SooperDooperLooper Sandwich Stop: Kid’s Meal
- Knouse Food Service: Foods: The Apple Experts
- MayoClinic.com: What Does Percent Daily Value Mean on Food Labels?
- Diet.com: Artificial Sweeteners
- NaturalNews.com: Artificial Sweeteners Like Sucralose may Actually Promote Obesity and Weight Gain, Says Research
- MedlinePlus: Low-Residue Fiber Diet
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