Supermarket’s mortgage creams and desserts: how to choose them

Desserts above all: between pleasure and moderation

As their name clearly suggests, these products remain above all desserts. Unlike plain yogurt or classic white cheese, they are systematically sweeter, and sometimes more fatty than a plain dairy. It is therefore pleasure foods that should only be consumed occasionally.

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If some desserts have short ingredient lists and are simply processed-we have found it-most are ultra-transformed and conceal, a palette of ACE (cosmetic and economic agents): additives, texture agents, aromas …

The keys to choose the right

Favor simplicity

Always favor the simplest products, with a short list of ingredients, limited to those we could have in our cupboards.

The biological option: a significant plus

When possible, choosing an organic product is an additional asset. This certification guarantees not only the absence of synthetic pesticides, but also imposes stricter specifications concerning the authorized additives, mechanically limiting the ultra-transformation of the products.

Monitor the sugar content

Preferably, the sugar content should be less than 15 g per 100 g.

The ingredients to avoid

In this radius, we avoid:

• syrups (glucose-fructose, glucose, inverted sugar) which are markers of ultra-transformation;
• thickening : Carraghénanes E407, e415 xanthane gum, which can cause intestinal disorders, and modified/transformed starchs (E1442);
• emulsifiers : some of them would tend to disrupt the balance of the intestinal microbiota and increase intestinal permeability, with potential consequences on our digestive and immune health;
• The aromaswhich often sign a product that masks the poverty of its basic ingredients behind taste artifices.

Here are four products, two to favor and two to avoid, according to the selection developed in the right choice at the supermarket (new edition 2025). The compositions are given for 100 g of product.

La Fermière – Rice to milk

ACE : 0
Sugars : 8.8 g
Ingredients : whole milk, cream, rice of Camargue 11 %, sugar.
Our opinion : an authentic recipe produced with carefully selected ingredients: milk, cream, Camargue rice, sugar and vanilla. A dessert less sweet than those offered by most other brands.
Calories: 157 / Lipids: 6.6 g / carbohydrates: 21 g / Proteins: 3.3 g

MONOPRIX – SEMOULLE AT WILL

ACE : 1
Sugars : 10 g
Ingredients : whole milk 84 %, sugar, durum wheat semolina 5.8 %, milk proteins.
Our opinion : The ingredients of this dessert are simple and quality. Light in calories and sugar, it combines naturalness and gourmet pleasure. A dessert that keeps its promises.
Calories: 111 / Lipids: 3.3 g / carbohydrates: 16 g / Proteins: 3.9 g

Nestlé – Viennese the original strawberry flavor

ACE : 8
Sugars : 24 g
Ingredients : whole milk (54.1 %, 14.3 %cream), sugar, glucose syrup and fructose, water, strawberries (3.9 %), modified corn starch, milk proteins, skim milk powder, porcine gelatin, thickening (carraghenian, carob seed flour, E412, E415), aromas.
Our opinion : a milk dessert far from being natural. It contains only 4 % strawberries. A very artificial composition product.
Calories: 145 / Lipids: 7.1 g / carbohydrates: 17.1 g / Proteins: 2.9 g

Danone – Danette chocolate dessert cream

ACE : 6
Sugars : 17.5 g
Ingredients : whole milk and skimmed milk (80.1 %) Sugar, chocolate (2.2 %) (sugar, cocoa dough, lean cocoa in powder, emulsifier: soy lecithin, aroma), lean cocoa in powder, thickening: E ​​1442 (transformed starch), E 407 (carraghenans), permeat of small milk (Lactoserum).
Our opinion : an industrial dessert cream. In the recipe, the eggs were replaced by a combination of thickening and milk proteins in various forms. A dessert that typically fits into the category of ultra-transformed products.
Calories: 122 / Lipids: 3 g / carbohydrates: 20 g / Proteins: 3.3 g

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