Product Review- BakersWhip Whipping Cream Powder

 
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BakersWhip Whipping cream powder contains sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil, maltodextrin, permitted emulsifiers IN 471, IN 472b, milk protein, permitted stabilizer IN 340 and added flavouring substances nature identical flavouring substances vanilla.
This whipping cream powder contains a high 44.9 gm of added sugar in a 100 gm pack and almost all its fat seems to be from hydrogenated oils which are a source of trans fats. Trans fats are toxic and not at all recommended for anyone.
It contains an unspecified hydrogenated vegetable oil in it, hydrogenated fats are a source of trans fatty acids or “transfats”, which are harmful to health. Transfats increase the likelihood of heart disease, stroke, cancer and many other ailments.
The foodnetindia rating for this product:-
foodnetindia safety rating: 2 – (On a scale of 1 to 10 from very unsafe to very safe)
The high sugar and the hydrogenated vegetable oil ensures a very low safety rating.
foodnetindia wholesomeness rating: 2 – (On a scale of 1 to 10 from very unbalanced nutrition profile to excellent nutrition profile)
This product cannot be a part of an otherwise healthy and balanced diet, as there is nothing wholesome in it and primarily contains only sugar and a problematic fat source.
Ingredients in BakersWhip Whipping cream Powder which are a concern:
Sugar
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Sugar
This food product does not specify which sugar has been used. This is important because different sugars have different metabolic effects. For example, Sucrose (Cane Sugar) is very different from Fructose (Fruit Sugar). Some foods use high fructose corn syrup which may be harmful in much lower quantities than sucrose.  We believe that it is not responsible behaviour for a brand to not clearly state what ingredients have been used.
Sugar is a carbohydrate found naturally in a host of different foods from lactose in milk to the fructose in fruit and honey. In fact, we need some sugar in our diets to supply ready energy to fuel our muscles and keep our brains active. The problem is that many processed foods have added sugar which supplies energy in the form of calories – and very little else. This means our body has to draw on the nutrients from the rest of our diet to process it and this can affect our health, including our immunity – leaving us more prone to bugs and colds. A high intake of sugar causes our blood sugar levels to shoot up, giving us that feel-good ‘high’ followed by a crashing slump which leaves us tired, irritable and craving more sugary foods. It’s a vicious cycle that may be contributing to our weight problems as well as health concerns like diabetes and heart disease.
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Hydrogenated fats are a source of trans fatty acids or “transfats”, which are harmful to health. Transfats increase the likelihood of heart disease, stroke, cancer and many other ailments.
Transfats  are toxic and some cities like New York have banned them from use in restaurants.
Transfats have been shown to consistently be associated, in an intake-dependent way, with risk of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death. They may also be responsible for alzheimer’s disease, cancer, liver disease and many more ailments.
Ingredients present which are not a concern

• Permitted Emulsifying agents IN 471, IN 472b
• Nature identical flavours-vanilla
• Maltodextrin,
• Milk protein,
• Permitted stabilizer IN 340

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