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KDD Launches Ice Cream that’s Good for You

Yesterday KDD launched a new line of ice cream they’re calling “Good for Me”. It’s ice cream that has zero percent added sugar making them healthier than their regular ice cream. Here is everything you need to know:

  • They will be available in three flavors, vanilla, strawberry and chocolate

  • It still tastes sweet because they use a combination of plant-based sweeteners, stevia and erythritol

  • The chocolate cup has 130 calories while both the strawberry and vanilla have 140 calories (170ml)

  • The total sugar in this ice cream is 6 grams (this is from the natural lactose in milk), which is 65% less than regular ice cream

  • The ice cream does not contain artificial colors or flavors

  • The price is 400 fils per cup (their regular old ice creams are 100 fils per cup)

  • KDD will be launching more GOOD FOR ME products in the future (I hope they launch sugar free Silver 🙇🏼‍♂️)

  • Good For Me was co-funded by The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences and Clinically tested by Dasman Diabetes Institute

Correction: I previously stated the number of calories were per 150g, it’s actually per 170ml and so I’ve corrected that.

31 replies on “KDD Launches Ice Cream that’s Good for You”

“plant-based sweeteners, stevia and erythrito” is equally bad for health and causes inflammations & insulin spike. Even FDA has issues with stevia.

Then I’d recommend you contact Dasman Diabetes Institute and share your findings with them because based on their studies and testing with diabetic patients over the past two years, they yielded very positive results. It’s pretty weird how your data contradicts their research but now that you brought into light they can go ahead and make the necessary arrangements to follow your guidelines.

Did you even read it? Thats the thing, people just read one line and copy paste.

Firstly you shared a very vague non-scientific blog post. Just because the post is on webmd doesn’t make it the Bible.

Secondly the article says it “may” be worse for you than sugar, it “may” have serious health risks, it “may” this it “may” that. Like a lot of things, it can be unsafe and harmful when used in large quantities, but the post is so vague that if you have any questions to why they’re stating something you can’t find out.

So if that’s the case we can assume the international doctors and scientists who were involved in the project and worked with the dasman diabetics center on this are wise enough to know this information and so used Erythritol in safe harmless quantities.

It said ; There’s increasing scientific evidence that erythritol and other artificial sweeteners can be bad for your health. Recent research shows erythritol may be associated with an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and even death.

By the way “the international doctors participated in project “ are the same doctors who said vaccine was good for you.

Groundbreaking research- a real game changer- nominee for Nobel Prize!
Amazing Basic and Translational research fit for promotion to Full Professorship. Bravo!

They’ve also launched some new premium chocolate milkshake. Price for 3 packs is 1.3kd or something if I’m not mistaken.

I have tried it, but didn’t find my difference from their usual chocolate shake.

An absolutely great public health initiative, but sadly they didn’t focus enough on the economics. I get that the sweeteners used might be more expensive than sugar, but 400 fills vs 100 does make a difference, and does weigh on people’s buying decisions, which undermines the wide public health benefit. In a time when paychecks are not increasing and everything is getting more expensive, it’s not as easy to buy a 12pack for KD 4.800 vs the sugar sweetened one for KD 1.200 if say you have 3 kids and this is a weekly purchase.

So from my understanding it’s not just no sugar added, but they’ve also changed some of the ingredients to better quality healthier ones which might be another reason for the big price increase. They’re selling a box of 6 for 2.190KD which brings the price slightly lower at 365fils.

Also if you have children under 3, they mention on the cup that it shouldn’t be given to them.

What I meant is it’s better to not have these kind of things like Stevia containing ice cream. Just don’t eat it or market it as though it’s a healthy thing. Good for you gives me an impression this is something so natural and healthy and many people can be misled by the marketing. Well for the research, the companies behind these will always scuttle proper research. That’s why even for smoking it’s like it may cause cancer it may do this and that. Dasman diabetes centre and their research may be great and maybe Stevia might just be harmless as yoghurt but I’m not giving my kids this stuff.

Don’t give your kids this stuff, nobody is forcing you to give it to them. You also don’t have to take them out and let them eat at restaurants, they don’t need to drink soft drinks or have chocolates or play video games. They’re your kids, give them the life you want to give them.

But, I don’t understand why you think you’re more knowledgable on stevia than all the scientists and doctors involved in the project. What kind of delusional life are you living where because you saw one random on tiktok talking about Stevia you’re now suddenly the expert. If you don’t want to have it thats fine, but don’t make it sound like you’re the smartest person in the world and everyone else is an idiot.

Mark,

I appreciate your passion on this topic, but I believe there’s a way to have this discussion without resorting to personal attacks. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be able to express concerns, especially when it comes to health and the wellbeing of our children, without being insulted.

It’s important to remember that everyone’s experiences and sources of information can vary. Instead of dismissing someone’s concerns outright (as you did to me also in another post) , perhaps we can focus on sharing credible information and fostering a constructive conversation. This way, we all learn and make informed decisions together.

As a very old follower of this blog, I respect you and hope you don’t get offended by my response.

It’s ironic how you want to focus on sharing “credible information” when that is the last thing you’re doing, yet that is the argument I’m making. And that’s beside the fact that you’re anti vax which means it would be impossible to have any sort of reasonable or logical conversation with you.

Your assumptions about my views are unfounded and dismissive. I shared information from a credible source to contribute to the discussion. It’s unfortunate that you choose to attack rather than engage constructively.

You shared a blog post that was submitted by a freelance writer (did you even check to see who wrote it?) They didn’t even include any citations for any of the statements. If that was Wikipedia they would not approve the information because they don’t cite the source of the statements. The article is not a credible source and you wouldn’t even be able to use it if you were writing a paper in university.

I think you have the assumption that you can trust WebMD, but like the rest of the internet, you can find good and bad information on it. Always check who wrote the article, the person who wrote it in this case isn’t a doctor, they’re a writer and it’s a clickbait post which you fell for.

Hi Mark,
Yes I agree I should just do what I want for my kids and not preach.
I didn’t want to make it sound like I’m the smartest person on earth and I really don’t know everything or anything about Stevia and I don’t like to think that I know everything. Everyday I learn something new. I might also be leading a delusional life etc as you suggested. Although I did not see any tik tok that you were referring to.
I’m very concerned about the packaging and the marketing misleading consumers in Kuwait. I could put something in ajar and sell it saying its good for you when I am using new age ingredients. which I think really needs more research before I can be brave enough to put a label on it saying its good for you.
. I’m outside Kuwait and where I am it used to be very popular a year or two back with some brands like halo ice cream and everyone from adults to kids enjoying it. I’ve even tried it myself and couldn’t tell too much of a difference. However currently families and schools warn us about consuming these kinds of icecream and because of this advice we are hesitant to buy and consume. There must be some reason why they are advising us to be careful about this with kids but I wouldn’t be able to tell you what it is because I’m not an expert and I don’t think I can find any research for you like the Dasman institute research you were referring to. I’m guessing these products are now picking up in other parts of the world and I hope it is really safe and does not turn out to be something like Saccharin.

Even the branding is so deceptive, no added sugar. If they had put it as Stevia added that would have been fine. A lay person. Is going to be tricked and is not going to read the fine print of ingredients and make an informed choice of what they are eating. Just think of saccharin and all the research that said it was so safe and now it’s like no it’s not safe.

Haha Mark, take a chill pill bro, no need to get so rude in your comments, we are merely whats left of the blog readers and as much as I understand the IG page is taking off, if this is your attempt to shoo us away, no we are not going away :P.

Heres a Journal published by a faculty member from the University of Cairo :https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584803/#

yes yes it is not hard info on anything but they did an experiment on lab rats and the results can be seen for yourself….

Wow, did not know there are so many benefits to Stevia, guess it is a TIL moment for me.

Not trying to debate with you but the same article if scrolled further down under the sub heading of toxicity and side effects they have also mentioned some concerning things like some of the tests (yes again on rats) show that it affects their fertility rate to almost 21% also mentioned there are possibilities of Adultration of stevia. anyways i guess it is to each their own .. and again moderation is key.

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