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Sour Cream

Sour Cream

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Ingredients · 9

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Nutrition facts

NutrientPer 100gPer serving
Calories233.33 kcal70 kcal
Fat23.33 g7 g
Saturated fat13.33 g4 g
Carbohydrates3.33 g1 g
Sugars3.33 g1 g
Fiber0 g0 g
Protein3.33 g1 g
Sodium0.15 g0.05 g
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Common questions

Is Sour Cream healthy?

Sour Cream scores 39/100 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. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 1g protein and 1g sugar. 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.

What is in Sour Cream?

Sour Cream lists 9 ingredients, starting with Cultured Pasteurized Grade a Cream and Milk, Modified Food Starch, Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate and Locust Bean Gum. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Sour Cream?

70 kcal per serving, or 233 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Sour Cream on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Sour Cream contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Sour Cream’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Sour Cream?

Sour Cream is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Sour Cream compare to other butter & cream?

At 39/100 Sour Cream scores worse than most butter & cream we have scored. A higher-scoring option in butter & cream is Organic Valley Organic Grassmilk Half & Half at 100/100.

Is Sour Cream organic?

Sour Cream is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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