Is McDonalds ice cream cones really ice milk? (ingredients, healthier, coffee)

[Angorlee]

The cones don't seem to be as rich in taste as ice cream. But nevertheless they are good tasting. I am wondering because if the cones are ice milk they are less fatening than if they are ice cream. I think.

[D217]

Wait a minute, so you're not going to put sugar in your coffee, but eat ice cream cones @ McDonalds?!

[Finger Laker]

The Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream that they use contains the following ingredients:

Milk, Sugar, Cream, Nonfat Milk Solids, Corn Syrup Solids, Mono-and Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Dextrose, Sodium Citrate, Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Disodium Phosphate, Cellulose Gum, Vitaim A Palmitate

The vanilla ice cream cone is a 3.2oz serving that has 150 calories, 35 calories from fat, 3.5g transfat (6% DV), 2g saturated fat (11% DV), 0g transfat, 15mg cholesterol (5% DV), 60mg sodium (2% DV), 24g carbohydrates (8% DV), 0g fiber, 18g sugars, 4g protein, 6% DV Vitamin A, 10% DV calcium and 2% DV iron

Not how that compares to your control ice cream

[elnina]

From their page: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/ingredientslist.pdf (broken link)

Ice Cream Cone:
Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), tapioca starch, sugar, shortening [soybean oil, palm oil, soy lecithin
(emulsifier)], leavening (baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate), salt, natural flavor (plant source), annatto (color), caramel color, corn syrup (processing aid).
CONTAINS: WHEAT AND SOY LECITHIN
Ice cream: Milk, sugar, cream, nonfat milk solids, corn syrup solids, mono- and diglycerides, guar gum, dextrose, sodium citrate, artificial vanilla flavor, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum, vitamin A palmitate.

[rainroosty]

Originally Posted by Finger Laker

The Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream that they use contains the following ingredients:

Milk, Sugar, Cream, Nonfat Milk Solids, Corn Syrup Solids, Mono-and Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Dextrose, Sodium Citrate, Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Disodium Phosphate, Cellulose Gum, Vitaim A Palmitate

The vanilla ice cream cone is a 3.2oz serving that has 150 calories, 35 calories from fat, 3.5g transfat (6% DV), 2g saturated fat (11% DV), 0g transfat, 15mg cholesterol (5% DV), 60mg sodium (2% DV), 24g carbohydrates (8% DV), 0g fiber, 18g sugars, 4g protein, 6% DV Vitamin A, 10% DV calcium and 2% DV iron

Not how that compares to your control ice cream

What does this mean?
What is "control ice cream"?

[DawnMTL]

I think the stuff is crappy, but now they dip it in chocolate. That makes it a *bit* less awful.

My logic: When eating ice cream, eat the BEST ice cream out there. If there's any inkling that it's ice milk, you haven't looked hard enough for the good stuff.

[rainroosty]

If Dawn thinks it's crappy, I'm throwing mine on the floor!

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by rainroosty

If Dawn thinks it's crappy, I'm throwing mine on the floor!

LOL!!!

But, hey, if you like McDonald's cones, by all means eat them. I don't judge. Same with books -- I may not like what you read, but I'm happy that you're reading something. So, have that ice cream cone! Enjoy!

[Finger Laker]

Originally Posted by rainroosty

What does this mean?
What is "control ice cream"?

What does it mean? - OP was asking what the Ice Cream at McDonalds was made of - so I provided the list of ingredients from their webpage

another poster went a step further and pasted in the ingredients for their cone

they wondered if there would be a nutritional benefit from McDonalds ice cream to other ice creams .... so I put in the nutritional values from the McDonalds web page

since I don't know what her basis of comparison is I can't judge if it's a healthier option or not ... i have no idea what the OP eats ... so that is the "control" - what is the OP judging this to

from there the OP will have to do their own research and figure out which one fits what they want the best

[Nomadicus]

The ones I get are soft serve like the DQ. Not hard ice cream but rather soft ice cream with a great handle. Years ago we bought ice milk by the half gallon. It was nothing like a McD's cone.