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Jeni’s Ice Cream
Flavor:
Jeni's Homemade Banana Bread
Ingredients:
Milk, Cream, Banana Puree (Banana, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid), Banana Bread [Banana Puree (Banana, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid), Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Chocolate Morsels (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Unsalted Butter, Brown Sugar, Sour Cream (Cultured Cream, Skim Milk, Vitamin A Palmitate), Eggs, Baking Soda, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt], Cane Sugar, Salted Custard Base (Cream, Sugar, Egg Yolk, Tapioca Syrup, Sea Salt), Roasted Walnuts (Walnuts, Cottonseed Oil), Nonfat Milk, Tapioca Syrup, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt.
Rating: We Avoid
- 1 out of 5
Ingredient Score:
Rated at 1/5 green leaves, Jeni’s Homemade Banana Bread ice cream from Jeni’s Ice Cream falls short of the cleaner food options we advocate for on our website. This rating reflects its composition, which includes several ingredients that do not align with our standards for healthfulness and environmental consciousness.
The product is not organic, a significant factor in its low rating, as we prioritize organically sourced ingredients to minimize exposure to pesticides and support sustainable farming practices. Furthermore, the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its ingredients list detracts from its score, as we endorse non-GMO products for consumers seeking natural food options.
Added sugars are abundant in this ice cream, with brown sugar, sugar, and citric acid contributing to its sweetness. More concerning is the inclusion of cane sugar and tapioca syrup, which we classify as more harmful types of added sugars due to their potential impact on blood sugar levels and overall health.
Our analysis also identifies potentially harmful additives, such as enriched wheat flour, which can be less nutritious than its whole grain counterpart. Additionally, the product contains oils that we have deemed harmful, although the listed ingredients do not specify palm oil. If palm oil were indeed used, it would raise concerns about saturated fat content and the environmental impact of palm oil production, which can lead to deforestation and habitat destruction.
Jeni’s Ice Cream’s offering of a banana bread-flavored ice cream, complete with non-organic ingredients, GMOs, multiple forms of added sugars, potentially harmful additives, and questionable oils, receives our lowest possible green leaf rating. This assessment guides consumers towards cleaner and healthier food choices by highlighting products that fail to meet these criteria. With the health and environmental implications of its ingredients, this ice cream is advised against for those seeking cleaner, more natural food products.
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