Breyers Butter Pecan Frozen Dairy Dessert

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.

Butter Pecan Ice Cream Nutritional Info

One serving is measured as 83 grams, which is equivalent to approximately 2/3 cup.

Calories

There are 170 calories per serving of Butter Pecan frozen dairy dessert.

Here is a summary of the calories by macronutrient in one serving:

Nearly all of the calories (94% of the total) are derived from carbohydrates and dietary fats. The remaining 6% is from protein.

The breakout of calories by maconutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts provided by Breyers.

Sugars

A single serving contains 14 grams of total sugars, which includes both natural sugars as well as added sugars.

Added Sugars

To date, the FDA has not made a recommendation concerning the amount of natural sugars or total sugars.

However, Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend limiting added sugars to less than 10% of total daily calories.

Breyers Butter Pecan Frozen Dairy Dessert contains 10 grams of added sugar per serving. That amount equates to 20% of the recommended daily value, which is considered high.

Is Frozen Dairy Dessert the same as Ice Cream?

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 whey 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.

Ingredients and Allergens in Butter Pecan Dessert

Ingredients

Here is the complete list of ingredients in Breyers Butter Pecan Frozen Dessert.

Ingredients:Milk, Corn Syrup, Fructose, Pecans, Coconut Oil, Sugar, Cream, Whey, Water, Salt, Mono- and Di-glycerides, Guar Gum, Peanut Oil, Butter (cream and salt), Carob Bean Gum, Tara Gum, Natural Flavor, Annatto, and Lactase Enzyme.

Allergens

This dessert is made with milk and peanuts.

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Nutrition facts and ingredients source: Breyers.