Originally Posted by
UniChris
I debated the soft-serve frozen yogurt place at my last stop, perhaps should have. I'm fine with dairy, just wasn't sure if it was the right thing in the heat. Got a frozen ice cream sandwich on an early distance ride and didn't feel it was a great choice, though occasional ice cream truck patronage on shorter rides has been nice. Perhaps next time I'll give it a try.
The thing is, both the choices I posted aren't just dairy.
The ingredients of the
Weis Mango and Ice Cream bar are:
Mango Fruit Ice Confection: Mango (40%), Water, Sugar, Glucose Syrup (From Maize), Milk Solids, Natural Colour (160b), Food Acid (330).
Ice Cream: Cream (46%), Water, Sugar, Glucose Syrup (From Maize), Milk Solids.
.............................. Per serve . Per 100G
Energy (kj) ............. 469 ........ 587
Energy (cal) ............ 112 ........ 140
Protein (g) .............. 0.9 ........ 1.2
Fat, total (g) ........... 3.4 ........ 4.3
Saturated fat (g) ...... 2.6 ........ 3.2
Carbohydrate (g) ..... 19.1 ....... 23.8
Sugar (g) ................ 17.8 ....... 22.3
Sodium (mg) ........... 14 .......... 18
The Splice Pine Lime bars are:
Pine Lime Flavoured Fruit Ice Confection Ingredients: Water, reconstituted fruit juice (24%) (pineapple, lime), cane sugar, glucose syrup (from wheat), food acid (330), gelatine, flavours, colours (141, 100). Vanilla Flavoured Reduced Fat^ Ice Cream Ingredients: Dairy ingredients (reconstituted buttermilk and/or reconstituted skim milk, milk solids, cream), cane sugar, glucose syrup (from wheat), maltodextrin, emulsifier (471), flavours, vegetable gums (412, 410, 407), colour (160b). ^Contains min. 5% milkfat and min. 25% less milkfat than standard ice cream.
..............................Per Portion ....... Per 100g
Energy ................... 79kcal/331kJ ... 128kcal/534kJ
Protein ................... 0.7g ............... 1.2g
Fat -Total ................ 1.3g ............... 2.1g
-Saturated .............. 0.9g ............... 1.5g
Carbohydrates ......... 15.7g .............. 25.3g
-Sugars .................. 11.5g .............. 18.5g
Sodium .................. 10mg .............. 20mg
So then, if you look up mangos ... you'll see that 100 grams have 156 mg of potassium. Most fruits do have potassium which is one of the electrolytes. Pineapple and lime also have potassium.
https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts...-juices/1952/2
You're not going to get a lot of potassium or sodium, but there is a bit in those bars. And they're refreshing.
100% pure orange juice is another one with a lot of potassium. 100 grams has 674 mg, so a 400 ml bottle would have about 2700 mg. Bananas don't have that much!
On hot rides I've been known to eat beef jerky or potato chips (lots of sodium) and wash it down with orange juice.