Breyers Butter Pecan Frozen Dairy Dessert Ingredients

This frozen dessert is made with a cream vanilla base and swirled with butter-roasted pecan pieces. Breyers uses only 100% Grade A milk and cream from cows raised on American farms.

There are 170 calories in Breyers Butter Pecan dessert per single serving, which is measured as 2/3 cup.

Calories

There are 170 calories per serving of Butter Pecan frozen dairy dessert. One serving is measured as 83 grams, which is equivalent to approximately 2/3 cup. Nearly all of the calories – 94% of the total – are derived from carbohydrates and fat.

Here is a breakdown of the approximate number of calories by nutrient:

• Fat: 70 calories (41%)
• Carbohydrates: 90 calories (53%)
• Protein: 10 calories (6%)
• Total: 170 calories

The caloric breakout by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts label presented on the packaging.

Sugar

This is a dessert so it’s not a big surprise that the sugar content is worth mentioning here. There are 14 grams of total sugar in a single serving of the Breyers Butter Pecan Frozen Dairy Dessert. That includes both natural sugar as well as added sugar.

Added Sugar

To date, the FDA has not made a recommendation concerning the amount of natural sugar to consume. However, it has suggested a limit of 50 grams of added sugar for individuals with a daily diet of 2,000 calories.

Breyers Butter Pecan Frozen Dairy Dessert contains 10 grams of added sugar. That amount equates to 20% of the recommended daily value.

Generally when you shop for Breyer’s, you head over to the frozen foods aisle labeled “Ice Cream.” That’s where you’ll find the Butter Pecan product. However, if you look more closely at the container, it’s labeled frozen dairy dessert, not ice cream.

So, what’s the difference between ice cream and a frozen dairy dessert? Real ice cream is made with 100% dairy products, including milk, cream, skim milk powder, and/or why powder.

Frozen desserts, on the other hand, are made with vegetable oils. This particular dessert is made with corn syrup and peanut oil.

So, while the taste may be similar to ice cream because of its creamy base, a frozen dairy dessert contains different ingredients.

There are 19 main ingredients in the Butter Pecan Frozen Dessert.

List of Ingredients

Allergens

This dessert is made with ingredients that contain milk and peanuts.

Nutrition facts and ingredients source: Breyers.

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