Table 1. Crude fat content analyzed and lipid information provided in package label of the commercial ice cream products

Type of products No. Analyzed Packaging label
Content of crude fat (w/w%) Content of milk fat (w/v%) Other fats / Remarks
Regular ‘ice creams’ A1 12.49±0.791)a2) 14% -3)
A2 7.00±0.37b 10% -
A3 7.59±0.17b 8% -
A4 11.35±0.65a 7% Processed butter chocolate (vegetable oil) cookie (shortening, partially hydrogenated oils)
Franchised ‘ice creams’ B1 6.27±0.10b - Green tea ice cream
B2 10.23±0.94a - Chocolate ice cream
B3 6.89±0.71b - Mellon ice cream
B4 11.02±0.86a - Mint chocolate chip ice cream
‘Ice milks’ C1 6.57±0.36a 4% Coconut oil, cookie (palm oil)
C2 2.99±0.53c 4% Processed butter
C3 6.06±0.32a 5% Processed butter (cream, coconut oil) coconut oil, vegetable oil
C4 6.18±0.38a 6% Processed butter (cream, coconut oil)
C5 3.76±0.88bc 6% -
C6 7.14±0.73a 3% Castela, cookie, coconut oil
C7 4.00±0.0bc 2% -
C8 3.87±0.34bc 2% -
C9 4.60±0.2b 2% -
‘Sherbets’ D1 3.23±0.09b - Coconut oil
D2 1.48±0.50c - -
D3 2.43±0.28b - -
D4 4.21±0.3a - Coconut oil
‘Nonfat ice creams’ E1 5.43±0.55a - Palm oil
E2 6.03±0.17a - Cookie (palm oil), coconut oill
‘Water ices’ F1 0.17±0.0b - Coconut oil
F2 0.76±0.09a - Hydrogenated coconut oil
Mean±SD (n=2).
Means in the same type of ice cream product with different letters are significantly different at p<0.05 level.
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