adventures in HFCS and cholesterol reduction

[saffronhare]

BOO: Arizona green tea with ginseng and honey, which I like very much, contains HFCS. I'm sure there are other options out there, but that brand/flavor was pretty simple to find, and very inexpensive to rationalize as a once-in-a-while kind of treat.

YAY: The generic, fat-free, french vanilla flavored coffee creamer I use does not contain HFCS -- just plain old sugar. And it's not a carrier of cholesterol! Still...there's a lot of unpronounceable ingredients there. I think I'll use up what's left and start investigating less chemically complicated ways to make YUM happen.

BOO: Just one serving of regular cream cheese (which I *almost* put on my mini-bagel this morning) contains a gajillion mg of cholesterol.

YAY: Country Crock margarine contains no cholesterol at all. [ETA: However (comma), as royal_spice kindly pointed out, it *does* contain some partially hydrogenated fats and is not the best of all possible choices.]

A bit more, mildly related: The girls are being really excellent partners in all this, and are even getting into trying different brands (or off-brand versions) of some of their favorite stuff. We're testing cookies this week. I think I'll use it as an opportunity to set up a double-blind taste test!

Comments

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I ♥ Neufchatel cheese even more than cream cheese,

Seriously? I had no idea, given that the usual household stance has been "buy the real full-fat dairy stuff". I like neufchatel just as well as regular ol' cream cheese, but have not bought it, even when I did see it at the shop.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

It's not good for baking I'm sure, being not-full-fat, but for stuff like bagels, it works just fine, and is marginally better for you. :)


...I have just learned that American Neufchatel cheese is the same thing (maybe?) as Farmer's Cheese. I am skeptical, to say the least.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Dangit. Now I'm dying for a platter of cheese.