Sunday, October 21, 2001
26 Paleterias
Paleterias are proof that nothing's impossible, serving Mexican food that's dessert but is good for you. At best, health-wise, is the fresh fruit cup mixed with chili powder and lime juice. At worst - though slightly better for you than the Eskimo pie it resembles - is the chocolate-flavored paleta on a stick. Unlike the Eskimo pie, paletas come in several flavor options, some of them a healthier fruit-based. Some of the flavors include mango, watermelon, banana nut, pineapple, hortacha (sweet rice water), bubble gum, mixed fruit (with real fruit chunks), and margarita.
Paleta
Milk, cream, sugar, non-fat milk, corn sweetener, guar gum (a legume based additive used to increase thickness), locust bean gum (additive used to increase thickness), carregeenan (carbohydrate extracted from red seaweed used to add texture), cocoa powder, water
195 calories
9 grams of fat
25 grams of carbohydrates
Eskimo pie
(Ice cream ingredients) milk, low-fat milk, sugar, corn syrup, whey, whey protein concentrate, microcrystalline cellulose (a natural fiber found in fruits and vegetables used to improve mouth-feel and enhance desirable fat-like properties), natural and artificial flavors, mono and diglecerides (refined sugars), guar gum, cellulose gum (a natural fiber product found in fruits and vegetables used to improve mouth-feel and enhance desirable fat like properties), polysorbate 80 (additive for freshness), carrageenan. chocolate coating: sweet chocolate made up of sugar
chocolate processed with alkali, nonfat dry milk, lecithin, vanilla, coconut oil, partially hydrogenated coconut oil
180 calories
12 grams of fat
17 grams of carbohydrates
Source: Dawn Bunting, Driscoll Children's Hospital's director of food and nutrition; product labels. Bunting is a registered dietician.