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Nutrition in Braum's Frozen Yogurt

Feb 26, 2011 | By Natalie Stein

Braum's sells ready-to-eat food and packaged food from locations in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Their products include dairy products, fountain beverages, sundaes, salads and sandwiches. You can buy packages of frozen treats such as ice cream, sherbet and regular and no-sugar added ice cream. When you consider the nutrition information for frozen yogurt, remember that it is for a single serving in a 16-serving package.

Background Information

The serving size is one-half cup, or about 65 g. Some of the flavors of Braum's frozen yogurt are vanilla, chocolate, strawberry banana and coconut chocolate walnut. There are also no sugar-added light and low-fat options, such as low-fat vanilla bean, light chocolate pecan, low-fat chocolate and low-fat chunky chocolate. These flavors have about 5 g of sugars compared to about 16 g per serving in the regular versions, and they contain sugar alcohols and sucralose for sweetening. The frozen yogurt has about 0 to 2 percent of the daily value for vitamin A, vitamin C and iron.

Calories

The number of calories in each half-cup serving of Braum's regular frozen yogurt varies from about 120, in vanilla and peach, to 180, in chocolate peanut butter cup. Banana pecan has 130 calories. Some of the no sugar-added varieties of frozen yogurt, such as low-fat vanilla bean and low-fat chocolate malt, have only 90 calories per serving. No sugar-added light chocolate almond and cappuccino chunky chocolate have 110 calories, and light peanut cluster fudge and cappuccino chunky chocolate have 120 calories.

Fat

Frozen yogurt is not necessarily a low-fat choice, and some of the flavors of frozen yogurt from Braum's are also high in saturated fat, which raises levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol in your blood. Chocolate peanut butter cup has 10 g of fat and 4.5 g of saturated fat, and chocolate chip pecan has 7 g of total fat and 3 g of saturated fat. Peach has 3 g of fat and 2 g of saturated fat, and vanilla has 4 g of fat and 2.5 g of saturated fat. No sugar-added low-fat chocolate has 2 g of total fat and 1.5 g of saturated fat, and no sugar-added light butter pecan has 4 g of total fat and 1.5 g of saturated fat.

Calcium

Each serving of Braum's frozen yogurt provides 10 to 15 percent of the daily value for calcium, depending on the flavor. Calcium is an essential nutrient for building and maintaining strong bones, but, according to Health.gov, many Americans do not get enough calcium for the best possible bone health. Emphasize calcium-rich foods, such as dairy products to help you meet your requirements. Fat-free and low-fat sources are best because they are typically lower in calories than full-fat alternatives.

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Article reviewed by Mia Paul Last updated on: Feb 26, 2011

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