Nutrition for Chocolate Ice Cream
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Chocolate Ice Cream Nutrition Summary
One pint of chocolate ice cream (224 grams or 0.5 lb) contains 484 calories and 8.5 grams of protein. Chocolate ice cream consist of 56% water, 28% carbohydrates, 4% protein, and 11% fat.Chocolate ice cream is an excellent source of many nutrients, including carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, Vitamin A, calcium, iron, potassium and riboflavin. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B12, manganese, phosphorus, choline, copper, zinc and selenium.
In one pint of chocolate ice cream:
- Calories: 484
- Protein: 8.5 g
- Sugar: 56.8 g
- Dietary fiber: 2.7 g
- Fat: 24.6 g, (Saturated: 15.2 g)
- Cholesterol: 76.2 mg
- Sodium: 170.2 mg
See the Chocolate Ice Cream Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Ice creams, chocolate.
Calories in Chocolate Ice Cream
Chocolate ice cream has 484 calories per pint or 216 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and fat.50% of calories in chocolate ice cream are from carbohydrates, 44% of calories are from fat and 7% of calories are from protein.
Calories from Carbs
A good portion, or 50% of the calories in chocolate ice cream are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in chocolate ice cream are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (5% and 95%). 1 pint of chocolate ice cream has 11% of daily values or 2.7 grams of dietary fiber.
- Dietary fiber: 2.7 g
- Sugar: 56.8 g
Calories from Fat
A substantial amount, or 44% of the calories in Chocolate Ice Cream are from fat. Chocolate ice cream has a moderate amount of total fat, with 24.6 grams or 39% of recommended daily values per pint. Most of the fat in chocolate ice cream are saturated and it contains a high amount of saturated fat, about 80% of recommended daily values.
Chocolate ice cream contains 76.2 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.
Chocolate ice cream contains 76.2 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.
- Total fat: 24.6 g
- Cholesterol: 76.2 mg
- Saturated fat: 15.2 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 7.2 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.9 g
Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Chocolate Ice Cream
Chocolate ice cream is a source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 0.34 grams for every pint. It contains significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid.
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- alpha linoleic acid: 0.34 g
Also a source of omega-6 fatty acids, every pint of chocolate ice cream contains a total of 0.6 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in chocolate ice cream comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid.
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- linoleic acid: 0.56 g
Calories Similar to Chocolate Ice Cream
Some other sweets or candy with similar calories to chocolate ice cream by weight:- Caramel: same
- Cocoa Powder: +27 calories
- Maple Syrup: +99 calories
- Simple Syrup: +119 calories
Protein in Chocolate Ice Cream
An excellent source of protein, a single pint of Chocolate Ice Cream contains 17% of recommended daily values or 8.5 grams of protein. However, the protein in chocolate ice cream is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, chocolate ice cream is low in tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine and histidine.- Protein: 8.51 g
Protein Similar to Chocolate Ice Cream
Some other sweets or candy with similar amounts of protein to chocolate ice cream by weight:- Chocolate Hazelnut Spread: +3.6 grams
- White Chocolate: +4.6 grams
- Caramel: -5.8 grams
- Kit Kat: +6.1 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Chocolate Ice Cream
An good source of many nutrients, chocolate ice cream contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium, iron, potassium and riboflavin. In fact, a single pint of chocolate ice cream contains 40% of recommended daily values or 0.4 milligrams of riboflavin. Also an excellent source of Vitamin A, a single pint of chocolate ice cream contains 38% of recommended daily values or 264.3 ug of Vitamin A.Vitamins in chocolate ice cream (1 pint):
- Vitamin a: 264.3 ug
- Thiamin: 0.1 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.4 mg
- Niacin: 0.5 mg
- Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 1.6 mg
- Vitamin e: 0.7 mg
- Folate: 35.8 ug
- Vitamin b12: 0.6 ug
- Vitamin k: 0.7 ug
- Calcium: 244.2 mg
- Potassium: 557.8 mg
- Iron: 2.1 mg
- Magnesium: 65 mg
- Zinc: 1.3 mg
- Selenium: 5.6 ug
- Phosphorus: 239.7 mg
- Copper: 0.3 mg
- Manganese: 0.3 mg
- Choline: 50.4 mg
Similar to Chocolate Ice Cream for Riboflavin (Vit B2)
Here are some other sweets or candy with similarly abundant amounts of riboflavin (Vit B2) to chocolate ice cream:- Kit Kat: +0.04 MG
- Chocolate Hazelnut Spread: -0.05 MG
- Agave Syrup: -0.06 MG
- Cocoa Powder: +0.11 MG
Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Chocolate Ice Cream [3]
Chocolate ice cream contains a couple of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically carotenoid beta-carotene. In one pint of chocolate ice cream:
- beta-carotene: 43 ug
Chocolate Ice Cream Nutrition Chart
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