Healthy Food Guide by KarbCoach
Whole Foods Market Butter Cookies & Sweet Cream Italian Gelato: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Special Occasion Choice
Whole Foods Market butter cookies & sweet cream italian gelato received a Longevity Score of 38 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Dessert built on sugar, glucose syrup, and butter cookies; few whole-food signals and high added sugar per serving. Strengths include real dairy base with pasteurized milk and cream, some protein from milk, and recognizable core ingredients, while main considerations include high added sugar from sugar, glucose syrup, and dextrose, caramel color and multiple added flavors, and refined wheat flour in cookie pieces.
Longevity Score 38/100
What helped the score?
- Real dairy base with pasteurized milk and cream
- Contains some protein from milk
- Recognizable core ingredients
What held the score back?
- High added sugar from sugar, glucose syrup, and dextrose
- Caramel color and multiple added flavors
- Refined wheat flour in cookie pieces
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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Whole Foods Market Butter Cookies & Sweet Cream Italian Gelato
- Brand
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (source: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt)
- GTIN / UPC
00099482480226- Serving size
- 100 g (2/3 cup)
- Source data — ingredients
- Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
- Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
- Data last verified
Whole Foods Market
Butter Cookies & Sweet Cream Italian Gelato
KarbCoach Recommendation
Special Occasion Choice
Dessert built on sugar, glucose syrup, and butter cookies; few whole-food signals and high added sugar per serving.
What Stands Out
Very High Sugar
24g added sugar
48% DVLow Fiber
0g fiber
0% DVHigh Sat. Fat
8g saturated fat
40% DVArtificial Colors
caramel color
Added Sweetener
sugar
Whole Foods
pasteurized milk and cream, unb…
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Real dairy base with pasteurized milk and cream
- Contains some protein from milk
- Recognizable core ingredients
Key Concerns
- High added sugar from sugar, glucose syrup, and dextrose
- Caramel color and multiple added flavors
- Refined wheat flour in cookie pieces
- Saturated fat from cream, butter, and coconut oil
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Additives
Artificial colors
Added sweeteners
Ingredients
Ingredient list
PASTEURIZED NONFAT MILK, SUGAR, SALTED BUTTER CARAMEL SAUCE (GLUCOSE SYRUP, SUGAR, WATER, SEA SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, PASTEURIZED CREAM, BUTTER, PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CITRATE), EXPELLER PRESSED COCONUT OIL, BUTTER COOKIES (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, EGG WHITES, BUTTER, INVERT SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR), DEXTROSE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, PASTEURIZED CREAM, ORGANIC GUAR GUM, ORGANIC LOCUST BEAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR.
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
220
11% DVTotal Carbs
31g
11% DVProtein
2g
4% DVSaturated Fat
8g
40% DVFiber
0g
0% DVNet Carbs
31g
11% DVSugar
27g
Added Sugar
24g
48% DVTotal Fat
9g
12% DVSodium
50mg
2% DVUnsaturated Fat
1g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 220 | 11% DV |
| Total Carbs | 31g | 11% DV |
| Protein | 2g | 4% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% DV |
| Fiber | 0g | 0% DV |
| Net Carbs | 31g | 11% DV |
| Sugar | 27g | — |
| Added Sugar | 24g | 48% DV |
| Total Fat | 9g | 12% DV |
| Sodium | 50mg | 2% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 1g | — |
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-outsMetabolic 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 (31g)
This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher saturated fat (8g)
GLP-1 Eating Support
Watch-outsMetabolic 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 (2g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Low Sugar Lifestyle
Watch-outsMetabolic 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 (27g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Appetite & Portion Awareness
Watch-outsMetabolic 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 (27g)
Athletic Fueling
Watch-outsAthletic 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 (27g of 31g carbs)
Workout Recovery
Watch-outsAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Lower protein (2g)
Strength & Protein Focus
Watch-outsAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Lower protein (2g)
Vegan
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegan, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "milk", "butter", "cream". See ingredients for details.)
Plant-Based
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "milk", "butter", "cream". See ingredients for details.)
Low-Carb Lifestyle
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher net carbs (31g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Keto-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Keto-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Net carbs above typical keto snack range (31g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Low Gluten Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low Gluten Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Gluten-related ingredients (Mentions "wheat". See ingredients for details.)
Minimally Processed Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Minimally Processed Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, glucose syrup)
Whole-Food Focused Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Whole-Food Focused Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, glucose syrup)
Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, glucose syrup)
Mediterranean-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher saturated fat (8g)
Paleo-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Paleo-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Grain/legume ingredients (Mentions "wheat", "flour", "bean". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Healthy Fat Focus
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Healthy Fat Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher saturated fat (8g)
Vegetarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Pescatarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Pescatarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
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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 Whole Foods Market Butter Cookies & Sweet Cream Italian Gelato highly processed?
Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly 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.
How much fiber is in one serving?
Whole Foods Market Butter Cookies & Sweet Cream Italian Gelato shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Whole Foods Market Butter Cookies & Sweet Cream Italian Gelato: 24g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include sugar, glucose syrup. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.
What helped the Longevity Score?
Key positives called out in the analysis include: Real dairy base with pasteurized milk and cream; Contains some protein from milk; Recognizable core ingredients.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: High added sugar from sugar, glucose syrup, and dextrose; Caramel color and multiple added flavors; Refined wheat flour in cookie pieces.
Who might evaluate this product differently?
People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same ice cream & frozen desserts differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.
Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
- Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
- How the Longevity Score is calculated
- How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
- Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
- Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
- 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.
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