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Trader Joe's Strawberry Ice Cream: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-08-05 · Trader Joe's

Quick answer

Occasional Choice

Trader Joe's strawberry ice cream received a Longevity Score of 75 out of 100 (occasional choice). Sweet treat with high sugar and saturated fat. Strengths include strawberries, natural flavors, and simple ingredients, while main considerations include high in sugar, high saturated fat, and additives.

Longevity Score 75/100

What helped the score?

  • Contains strawberries
  • Natural flavors
  • Simple ingredients

What held the score back?

  • High in sugar
  • High saturated fat
  • Contains additives

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Source data, GTIN, and Food Quality Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Trader Joe's Strawberry Ice Cream
GTIN / UPC
00000000817325
Serving size
140 g (0.66 cup (140 g))
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Food Quality Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Trader Joe's

Strawberry Ice Cream

Occasional Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Occasional Choice

Sweet treat with high sugar and saturated fat.

What Stands Out

High Sat. Fat

9g saturated fat

45% DV

Added Sweetener

cane sugar

Whole Foods

cream, milk

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Contains strawberries
  • Natural flavors
  • Simple ingredients

Key Concerns

  • High in sugar
  • High saturated fat
  • Contains additives
  • Low protein

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

Milk

Whole-food ingredients

creammilkstrawberries

Processing signals

calcium chloride

Additives

pectinlocust bean gumguar gum

Added sweeteners

cane sugar

Ingredients

Ingredient list

cream, milk, cane sugar, nonfat milk, strawberries, egg yolks, pectin, fruit and vegetable juice (for color), calcium chloride, natural flavor, cornstarch, locust bean gum, guar gum

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

300

15% DV

Total Carbs

34g

12% DV

Protein

4g

8% DV

Saturated Fat

9g

45% DV

Net Carbs

34g

12% DV

Sugar

32g

Total Fat

16g

21% DV

Sodium

60mg

3% DV

Unsaturated Fat

7g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories30015% DV
Total Carbs34g12% DV
Protein4g8% DV
Saturated Fat9g45% DV
Net Carbs34g12% DV
Sugar32g—
Total Fat16g21% DV
Sodium60mg3% DV
Unsaturated Fat7g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher net carbs (34g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher saturated fat (9g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (4g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (32g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (32g)

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (32g of 34g carbs)

    See more for this goal

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Trader Joe's Strawberry Ice Cream highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Moderately processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

Does it contain added sugar?

Trader Joe's Strawberry Ice Cream: 32g total sugar per serving; sweetener signals include cane sugar. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Contains strawberries; Natural flavors; Simple ingredients.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: High in sugar; High saturated fat; Contains additives.

Source data and Food Quality Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Food Quality Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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