Frozzies, new healthy popsicles… finally rid of that eternal struggle! Kids and ice creams… you know the drill. Especially in this day and age my ears are whining on a daily basis. An ice cream every day is nothing too much for the children, but to be honest I am not a big fan of that. I have very sweet children. The more sugar, the better they like it. And the busier they get. Crazy isn't it?
At lunch they are full after half a sandwich, but a pack of cookies is easily removed. Do you know that? Do you also try to limit your child's sugar intake a bit? We wrote before about eating less sugar, which is not easy when you take a close look at the products in the supermarket. Now there are more and more healthy(er) alternatives on the shelves, but not all of them are equally tasty. The Frozzies popsicles are also new, so I decided to give my sweet-toothed sweet tooth something different. We put it to the test.
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Sweet children, indeed. Did you know that children consume their own body weight in sugar every year? And they really don't have to live on candy for that. Spaghetti sauce, low-fat yogurt, and fruit juice. They are not the products where you can already feel your tooth enamel chattering (except for fruit juice maybe 😉 ). Yet they all contain a lot of sugar. Otherwise, read this article about what drinking cartons does to the health of our children. In short:if I see an opportunity to ingest products with less sugar, I grab it with both hands! With Frozzies that is a must, because they contain no added sugars at all (and exciting, healthy ingredients!).
Although the idea of a mountain of sugar the size of my child gives me goosebumps, you don't want to deny them everything either. In fact, I actually give them everything! But 'somewhere' on my shoulder there is another angel that keeps warning. By the way, it's always there when I eat a bar of chocolate :razz:.
Besides, don't their friends also 'just' snack? A snack every now and then should be possible, and - as said - mom is not a saint herself. ahem. You can of course make your own popsicles. Is that a bit too much hassle for you, then you can now also go for Frozzies. The new healthy popsicles!
Carrot, parsnip and broccoli. Those are not vegetables that immediately make you think of ice cream. Yet they are -among other things- the ingredients of the new Frozzies water ice, which you can simply score at the Albert Heijn. A healthy ice cream cone, what more could you want? Frozzies ice creams are available in two different flavors:
There are no added sugars, and the ice creams are full of fiber thanks to all those healthy ingredients. They are gluten free , and contain no preservatives or artificial colors and flavors † As they say themselves:the ultimate unguilty pleasure .
Compare the calories with other popsicles
Frozzies24-28Calippo95Calippo mini65Popsicles (you know, the ones you freeze yourself)37Festini Strawberries40Festini Pear50Rocket39And don't forget that - in addition to the difference in calories - you don't have the huge sugar dip. What you should also not forget is that these popsicles contain quite a bit of fruit, or fruit concentrate. And as we all know by now, it contains fruit sugars. Much less loaded than refined sugars, but that you at least know that.
Don't be put off by the broccoli or parsnip. You can't taste it! I thought it was a shame, but not the kids 😉 . First, one more warning. Unfortunately, you cannot replace the daily portion of fruit and vegetables with Frosties. So you will just have to fight that food battle for the time being.
Read also :Healthy eating – learned young is done old
They both like the carrot variant the best here. One person finds the broccoli 'unappealing' and the other 'meh', but I myself think the broccoli variant is the best 😉 . Now you don't know anything yet, haha. In any case, tastes differ, that's for sure.
You will find Frozzies on the shelves at Albert Heijn and more information can be found on the site of 100% freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable ice creams. Are you near Schijndel? Then you are most welcome to come and taste such an ice cream here!
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