{"id":5575,"date":"2017-05-18T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T16:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2021-05-06T01:24:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T01:24:20","slug":"halo-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/halo-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Halo Top Actually Healthy? A Dietitian Weighs In"},"content":{"rendered":"<em>Registered dietitian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/author\/alexc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Caspero, MA, RD<\/a> gives her verdict on whether or not Halo Top is a healthy treat.<\/em>\r\n\r\nI first tried Halo Top at a friend&#8217;s house and then immediately went out and bought two pints, which I unabashedly finished in the same week. Tasty? Yes. But healthy? Well, let&#8217;s investigate&#8230;\r\n<h2>What is Halo Top?<\/h2>\r\nHalo Top is a popular &#8220;light&#8221; alternative to traditional ice creams.\r\n\r\nIt is prominently marketed as:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>low-calorie<\/li>\r\n \t<li>low-sugar<\/li>\r\n \t<li>low-carb<\/li>\r\n \t<li>low-fat<\/li>\r\n \t<li>rich in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/why-do-we-need-protein\/\">protein<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHalo Top comes in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/dairy-and-acne\/\">dairy<\/a> and non-dairy varieties. The dairy flavors are made with skim milk while the dairy-free options use light coconut milk. A combination of sugar and the sugar substitute erythritol are used as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/best-and-worst-sweeteners\/\">sweeteners<\/a>.\r\n<h2>HAlo Top Nutrition FActs<\/h2>\r\nLet&#8217;s take a closer look at how Halo Top&#8217;s nutrition compares to conventional ice creams.\r\n\r\nAs an example, here are the nutritional facts from Halo Top&#8217;s red velvet flavor (one of my favorites):\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>360 calories in the entire pint<\/li>\r\n \t<li>20 grams of protein<\/li>\r\n \t<li>12 grams of fat<\/li>\r\n \t<li>28 grams of sugar<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBy comparison, a pint of Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Red Velvet Cake has:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>1,040 calories in the entire pint<\/li>\r\n \t<li>16 grams of protein<\/li>\r\n \t<li>56 grams of fat<\/li>\r\n \t<li>92 grams of sugar<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBy a number&#8217;s game, Halo Top certainly looks promising. But surely there must be a catch, right?\r\n<h2>Is Halo Top Healthy?<\/h2>\r\nRegistered dietitian Alex Caspero, MA, RD shares that Halo Top is a fine option to enjoy in moderation if you enjoy the taste. However, she doesn&#8217;t endorse it as necessarily &#8220;healthier&#8221; than traditional ice cream.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5582\" title=\"Red Velvet Halo Top | HUM Nutrition Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hum-nutrition-inc\/image\/upload\/v1495083975\/IMG_4849.jpg\" alt=\"Halo Top Red Velvet - The Wellnest by HUM Nutrition\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/>\r\n\r\n&#8220;With any food, I look at nutrition facts and ingredients,&#8221; Alex shares. &#8220;Nutrition labels only tell part of the story. You can load food with chemicals to make it low-calorie, low-fat, and &#8216;free&#8217; of whatever. But that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a good choice.&#8221;\r\n\r\nShe points out that the main difference in Halo Top&#8217;s recipe is the addition\u00a0of stabilizers and sugar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/long-term-effects-of-alcohol\/\">alcohol<\/a> for sweetness.\r\n\r\n&#8220;Erythritol is a low-calorie sugar alcohol,&#8221; she explains. Is that bad?\r\n\r\n&#8220;This product is fine nutritionally, but it may cause some gastrointestinal distress in some people,&#8221; she shares. &#8220;Because we don&#8217;t metabolize the alcohol molecule like regular sugar, it can cause an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/remedies-for-upset-stomach\/\">upset stomach<\/a>.&#8221;\r\n\r\nAlso, she points out that they&#8217;ve added gums as thickeners in place of fat. Her verdict on these gums? On one hand, they are derived from natural sources such as seaweed. On the other, there isn&#8217;t a ton of research about their side effects. Still, Alex shares that they are generally considered safe.\r\n<h2>A Dietitian&#8217;s Verdict<\/h2>\r\nFor these reasons, Alex says Halo Top\u00a0is fine to enjoy <em>if <\/em>you like the taste. But that doesn&#8217;t mean you should overdo it.\r\n\r\n&#8220;If you find that you&#8217;re downing the entire pint often because you think it&#8217;s a &#8216;healthy&#8217; choice, you might be better off just having the real thing occasionally,&#8221; she says. This is more likely to satisfy your food craving, she reasons. By contrast, reaching for a lighter alternative might only lead to more frequent indulgences.\r\n<h2>How to Pick Healthy Foods in General<\/h2>\r\nIn reality, unnatural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/food-additives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">food additives<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/aspartame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">artificial sweeteners<\/a> are not always the easiest for our bodies to digest. For that reason, Alex encourages thinking about nutrient density and quality over relying too heavily on the numbers,\r\n\r\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t count calories,&#8221; she affirms. Instead, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/how-to-read-food-labels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prefers to read the ingredients closely<\/a>. 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I first tried Halo Top at a friend&#8217;s house and then immediately went out and bought two pints, which I unabashedly finished in the same week. Tasty? Yes. But healthy? Well, let&#8217;s investigate&#8230; What is Halo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":24370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_toc_level":"h2","_toc_min":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[819,823],"tags":[530,527,327],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-healthy-eating","tag-dessert","tag-low-calorie","tag-sugar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Halo Top Actually Healthy? 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