Cool whip/whip cream

CassL724 · 11-04-2009, 09:22 PM

I remember reading something a little bit ago about how whip cream is much better than cool whip. (I think) I was just wondering why that is and how bad cool whip is for you. I just got home from class and am DESPERATELY craving something sweet and quick while I write my school paper. I LOVE cool whip and was considering getting the chocolate kind and eating a bit. I am not a big fan of whip cream. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions for me?? Thanks guys!!!
- Danielle-

Looweewoo · 11-04-2009, 09:26 PM

If your choices are cool whip and something much worse, then I think it's obvious. But if your choices are cool whip or whipped cream, it's gotta be the whipped cream. In my store I can get chocolate whipped cream in cans.

But it's probably best of all to resist the urge and have some meat instead.

2bflawless · 11-04-2009, 09:28 PM

Well make sure the chocolate kind does not contain sugar and check the carb count!

I prefer whipping my own heavy cream and sometimes I add unsweetened cocoa and a little liquid sucralose to make my own chocolate kind. Very yummy and quick to make if especially if you have a mixer!

BillB · 11-04-2009, 09:29 PM

It would be hard to find a food more nutritionally vacant that also contained as many really bad ingredients as Cool Whip.

--bill

verbqueen · 11-04-2009, 09:47 PM

Cool Whip is sweetened and has various thickeners and chemicals. Cream is just, well....cream!

texastigerlily · 11-05-2009, 05:30 AM

Whipped cream has less than one carb. Cool whip has 2 carbs per serving. Watch out for the SF Cool Whip - it has THREE carbs per serving!

9lives · 11-05-2009, 07:21 AM

Cool whip = trans fats = BAD news!!

Go for the real stuff!

emily1965 · 11-05-2009, 07:43 AM

There are 50 carbs in a small container of cool whip. The main ingredient is corn syrup.

yvonne326 · 11-05-2009, 08:03 AM

Cool whip has trans fats and I will opt to get a can of extra creamy whipped cream (tastes better too) over Cool Whip any time.

Indychick829 · 11-05-2009, 08:08 AM

it may take a while to make - but just make your own whipped cream! it's as simple as:

heavy cream
splenda or erythritol
little tiny bit of vanilla extract

whip this up with a mixer and you're all ready.

as everyone else has already said - cool whip is NOT a good choice...one thing MOST people around here try to stay far away from is high fructose corn syrup or 'corn syrup' in general - any kind of corn syrup is bad for you! plus all the other chemicals in the cool whip! aweful. now - granted, in the past i absolutely could eat it from a spoon with the best of em! lol but it's just SO much better to make your own from real ingredients!

pegpub · 11-05-2009, 08:41 AM

And if you must have whipped cream in a can Land O Lakes makes a sugar free Heavy Cream Whipped cream that has 0 carbs (and 10 calories/Tablespoon).

peanutte · 11-05-2009, 08:45 AM

Quote:

It would be hard to find a food more nutritionally vacant that also contained as many really bad ingredients as Cool Whip.

I can't even consider it a food.

I hope you survived your craving, Danielle, and didn't eat that stuff.

Mule_Freak · 11-05-2009, 11:10 AM

Yes, don't fall for the sugar free Cool Whip, says sugar free, WHATEVER!! its got Corn Syrup in it. It taste yummy, but its plain and simple junk. Go for the good stuff, real whipping creme, devine

fawn · 11-05-2009, 11:13 AM

Cool Whip is nothing but hydrogenated vegetable oill. It takes approximately 2 years or more for the body to eliminate them hopefully not causing any damage in the mean time.

IWilldoit4me · 11-05-2009, 12:30 PM

is anyone else saying 'whip' like Stewie? lol

peanutte · 11-05-2009, 12:47 PM

I used to work in my college cafeteria and one of my many tasks was dumping the liquid "cool whip" into the big mixer and whipping it up.

If you saw a five-gallon bucket of that stuff before it's whipped, you would never even consider eating it ever again. It's a thick, cloudy, grayish-white oil.

The reason they use it instead of whipped cream is it won't melt. You can leave that stuff out for hours and it will just sit there.

fawn · 11-05-2009, 01:34 PM

Quote:

You can leave that stuff out for hours and it will just sit there

hmmmm sounds like plastic to me

Looweewoo · 11-05-2009, 01:45 PM

It's what a lot of prepared food-like substances are made out of, cookies, ice cream, cereal... you name it, those ingredients are in it.

Real food doesn't have ingredients.

sugarless4life · 11-05-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peanutte

I can't even consider it a food.

I hope you survived your craving, Danielle, and didn't eat that stuff.

DITTO.

All I will say is, "its cool and its whipped"....what's in it is

....

On the other hand ... REAL CREAM IS THE REAL DEAL !!!!

Betty

FlyNavyWife · 11-05-2009, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IWilldoit4me

is anyone else saying 'whip' like Stewie? lol

Me!!!

And yeah, cool WHip is nasty stuff.
Really really nasty.

Whip some cream, add cocoa, and maybe a bit of SF syrup or stevia or truvia or whatever.

peanutte · 11-05-2009, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Real food doesn't have ingredients.

Uh oh...better tell that to the Recipe Room!

Looweewoo · 11-05-2009, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peanutte

Uh oh...better tell that to the Recipe Room!

Well, I knew as soon as I wrote it that someone would go all hyper technical on me and by someone I meant you. So I'm going to get all stubborn and bull-headed and say that recipes are just not real food.

But that's because I don't use recipes mostly, just food: Meat, eggs, salad greens. OK, Coconut Bark, but that's not food...

it's made out of food, but it's a recipe.

peanutte · 11-05-2009, 03:05 PM

I. Was. Kidding. Around.

Looweewoo · 11-05-2009, 03:43 PM

I. Know.

Hence the liberal use of smilies in my reply. Because I was kidding right back.

Strawberry · 11-05-2009, 06:40 PM

Here is the list of ingredients:
WATER, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (FROM MILK), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR).

Corn syrup... transfat containing oils.... High fructose corn syrup... are the main ingredients.

Sounds like an instant recipe for a nutritional nightmare that would stall weight loss!

Amber_Baby · 11-05-2009, 06:59 PM

I live in England and to be honest, I am glad we don't have half the junk you have over in America. I've been to NY and FL and I was amazed at the amount of junk food you have available to you and Cool Whip would be number one on my avoid list. I hate whipped cream out of a can, let alone whipped-cream-out-of-a-can-that-isn't-even-really-whipped-cream!! Homemade all the way!

ozdancer · 11-05-2009, 07:58 PM

Also glad we don't have this cr@p in Australia

. Takes like 3 minutes to put cream, cocoa powder & stevia in a container & whip it up with my hand mixer. YUM

CassL724 · 11-05-2009, 09:41 PM

Thanks guys for all the info! Im proud to admit I opted for neither and ate broccoli instead haha...Its so much easier to avoid the craving when I can talk to you guys about it haha....p.s. This thread has made me never want to eat cool whip again...so success!

peanutte · 11-05-2009, 10:09 PM

Yay you! Aren't you proud of yourself for getting through that? That's great!

24Fan · 11-06-2009, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IWilldoit4me

is anyone else saying 'whip' like Stewie? lol

I am now! LOL

I used to eat Cool Whip when I first started this WOE but never touch the stuff anymore. Tastes greazy to me, more so than whipped cream.

Try making it flavored, Cass. Put cocoa powder in it, see if that whips up ok maybe?

11-04-2009, 09:22 PM	#1
CassL724 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 33 Gallery: CassL724	Cool whip/whip cream I remember reading something a little bit ago about how whip cream is much better than cool whip. (I think) I was just wondering why that is and how bad cool whip is for you. I just got home from class and am DESPERATELY craving something sweet and quick while I write my school paper. I LOVE cool whip and was considering getting the chocolate kind and eating a bit. I am not a big fan of whip cream. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions for me?? Thanks guys!!! - Danielle-

11-05-2009, 08:08 AM	#10
Indychick829 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 931 Gallery: Indychick829 Stats: Highest-217. starting-197/current-163.5/goal-165 WOE: Atkins (5'8" - current size 11/12 - wt: 164.5) Start Date: January 2009. Currently in Maintenance	it may take a while to make - but just make your own whipped cream! it's as simple as: heavy cream splenda or erythritol little tiny bit of vanilla extract whip this up with a mixer and you're all ready. as everyone else has already said - cool whip is NOT a good choice...one thing MOST people around here try to stay far away from is high fructose corn syrup or 'corn syrup' in general - any kind of corn syrup is bad for you! plus all the other chemicals in the cool whip! aweful. now - granted, in the past i absolutely could eat it from a spoon with the best of em! lol but it's just SO much better to make your own from real ingredients! __________________ Read my story / blog @: Livin' and Lovin' the Low Carb Life Proud member of my own "PETA"... People. Eating. Tasty. Animals Sugar is a type of bodily fuel, yes, but your body runs about as well on it as a car would. FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT! DO NOT FEAR THE FAT!

11-05-2009, 09:41 PM	#28
CassL724 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 33 Gallery: CassL724	Thanks Guys! Thanks guys for all the info! Im proud to admit I opted for neither and ate broccoli instead haha...Its so much easier to avoid the craving when I can talk to you guys about it haha....p.s. This thread has made me never want to eat cool whip again...so success!

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11-04-2009, 09:26 PM	#2
Looweewoo MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,321 Blog Entries: 25 Gallery: Looweewoo Stats: 420/319/308/250 - 6'2" WOE: Carnivore / T2 Diabetic Start Date: Restart 10/17/2009 The best is yet to come!	If your choices are cool whip and something much worse, then I think it's obvious. But if your choices are cool whip or whipped cream, it's gotta be the whipped cream. In my store I can get chocolate whipped cream in cans. But it's probably best of all to resist the urge and have some meat instead.

11-04-2009, 09:28 PM	#3
2bflawless MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Posts: 1,185 Gallery: 2bflawless Stats: 12/4-6/6 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2007	Well make sure the chocolate kind does not contain sugar and check the carb count! I prefer whipping my own heavy cream and sometimes I add unsweetened cocoa and a little liquid sucralose to make my own chocolate kind. Very yummy and quick to make if especially if you have a mixer!

11-04-2009, 09:29 PM	#4
BillB Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NC Posts: 672 Gallery: BillB Stats: 450+/308/200................ A1C: 12.4--->5.2 WOE: Atkins/VLC/Alternate Day--1g Metformin twice a day Start Date: Last restart, June 2009 at 450+	It would be hard to find a food more nutritionally vacant that also contained as many really bad ingredients as Cool Whip. --bill

11-04-2009, 09:47 PM	#5
verbqueen MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 1,236 Gallery: verbqueen WOE: Atkins '72 Start Date: June 2009	Cool Whip is sweetened and has various thickeners and chemicals. Cream is just, well....cream!

11-05-2009, 05:30 AM	#6
texastigerlily Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 720 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: texastigerlily Stats: 221/181/120 WOE: 20 below carbs a day	Whipped cream has less than one carb. Cool whip has 2 carbs per serving. Watch out for the SF Cool Whip - it has THREE carbs per serving!

11-05-2009, 07:21 AM	#7
9lives Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 280 Gallery: 9lives Stats: 242/167/130 (5'6") WOE: Near-zero carb Start Date: March 15, 2009	Cool whip = trans fats = BAD news!! Go for the real stuff!

11-05-2009, 07:43 AM	#8
emily1965 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Portland Posts: 14,433 Gallery: emily1965 WOE: Atkins	There are 50 carbs in a small container of cool whip. The main ingredient is corn syrup.

11-05-2009, 08:03 AM	#9
yvonne326 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 20,352 Gallery: yvonne326 Stats: 198/193/155 WOE: LC - SIL Challenge Start Date: 1-12-10	Cool whip has trans fats and I will opt to get a can of extra creamy whipped cream (tastes better too) over Cool Whip any time.

11-05-2009, 08:41 AM	#11
pegpub Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Trenton, TX Posts: 80 Gallery: pegpub Stats: 292/186/170 WOE: Modified Protein Power (to control blood sugar) Start Date: Oct 2008	And if you must have whipped cream in a can Land O Lakes makes a sugar free Heavy Cream Whipped cream that has 0 carbs (and 10 calories/Tablespoon).

11-05-2009, 11:10 AM	#13
Mule_Freak MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,695 Gallery: Mule_Freak Stats: 145/125-130/135 WOE: moderate carbs Start Date: Oct. 2003	Yes, don't fall for the sugar free Cool Whip, says sugar free, WHATEVER!! its got Corn Syrup in it. It taste yummy, but its plain and simple junk. Go for the good stuff, real whipping creme, devine

11-05-2009, 03:05 PM	#23
peanutte Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 7,673 Gallery: peanutte Stats: 188 (Jan '09)/132.0 now/maintaining @ 135 or less WOE: Atkins Start Date: 01/03/09 came back to low-carb!	I. Was. Kidding. Around.

11-05-2009, 11:13 AM	#14
fawn Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,707 Gallery: fawn Stats: sz 18/4 WOE: Whole organic foods Start Date: February 7, 2000	Cool Whip is nothing but hydrogenated vegetable oill. It takes approximately 2 years or more for the body to eliminate them hopefully not causing any damage in the mean time.

11-05-2009, 12:30 PM	#15
IWilldoit4me Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 266 Gallery: IWilldoit4me WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 03/May 08/3rd time is a charm! June 09	is anyone else saying 'whip' like Stewie? lol

11-05-2009, 12:47 PM	#16
peanutte Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 7,673 Gallery: peanutte Stats: 188 (Jan '09)/132.0 now/maintaining @ 135 or less WOE: Atkins Start Date: 01/03/09 came back to low-carb!	I used to work in my college cafeteria and one of my many tasks was dumping the liquid "cool whip" into the big mixer and whipping it up. If you saw a five-gallon bucket of that stuff before it's whipped, you would never even consider eating it ever again. It's a thick, cloudy, grayish-white oil. The reason they use it instead of whipped cream is it won't melt. You can leave that stuff out for hours and it will just sit there.

11-05-2009, 01:45 PM	#18
Looweewoo MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,321 Blog Entries: 25 Gallery: Looweewoo Stats: 420/319/308/250 - 6'2" WOE: Carnivore / T2 Diabetic Start Date: Restart 10/17/2009 The best is yet to come!	It's what a lot of prepared food-like substances are made out of, cookies, ice cream, cereal... you name it, those ingredients are in it. Real food doesn't have ingredients.

11-05-2009, 03:43 PM	#24
Looweewoo MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,321 Blog Entries: 25 Gallery: Looweewoo Stats: 420/319/308/250 - 6'2" WOE: Carnivore / T2 Diabetic Start Date: Restart 10/17/2009 The best is yet to come!	I. Know. Hence the liberal use of smilies in my reply. Because I was kidding right back.

11-05-2009, 06:40 PM	#25
Strawberry MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,140 Gallery: Strawberry	Here is the list of ingredients: WATER, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (FROM MILK), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR). Corn syrup... transfat containing oils.... High fructose corn syrup... are the main ingredients. Sounds like an instant recipe for a nutritional nightmare that would stall weight loss!

11-05-2009, 06:59 PM	#26
Amber_Baby Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 667 Gallery: Amber_Baby Stats: 220/178/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 8th 2009	I live in England and to be honest, I am glad we don't have half the junk you have over in America. I've been to NY and FL and I was amazed at the amount of junk food you have available to you and Cool Whip would be number one on my avoid list. I hate whipped cream out of a can, let alone whipped-cream-out-of-a-can-that-isn't-even-really-whipped-cream!! Homemade all the way!

11-05-2009, 07:58 PM	#27
ozdancer MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,084 Gallery: ozdancer Stats: 235/152/148-143 WOE: Atkins OWL Start Date: now: 21 March 2009 last time: April 2002	Also glad we don't have this cr@p in Australia . Takes like 3 minutes to put cream, cocoa powder & stevia in a container & whip it up with my hand mixer. YUM

11-05-2009, 10:09 PM	#29
peanutte Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 7,673 Gallery: peanutte Stats: 188 (Jan '09)/132.0 now/maintaining @ 135 or less WOE: Atkins Start Date: 01/03/09 came back to low-carb!	Yay you! Aren't you proud of yourself for getting through that? That's great!