Nestle Carnation "Coffee Mate" "The Original" Creamer carton

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4 ingredients to avoid

Coffee mate Nestle Carnation "Coffee Mate" "The Original" Creamer carton scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Coffee mate Nestle Carnation "Coffee Mate" "The Original" Creamer carton lists 8 ingredients, starting with Corn Syrup Solids, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut and/Or Palm Kernel and/Or Soybean), Sodium Caseinate (a Milk Derivative), Dipotassium Phosphate and Sodium Aluminosilicate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Coffee mate Nestle Carnation "Coffee Mate" "The Original" Creamer carton scores worse than most butter & cream we have scored. A higher-scoring option in butter & cream is Simple Truth Organic Half & Half Milk & Cream at 100/100.