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09:49 AM CDT on Monday, May 26, 2008

McClatchy Newspapers 

Sometimes just thinking about a scoop of Chunky Monkey or Cherry Garcia ice cream can get you through the day. But wait a minute. Do you know what's filling up that cone in your hand? Here's a quiz to find out. 

True or false? 
  


1. Ice cream is a good source of calcium. 


2. In general, less expensive ice cream has less fat. 


3 Federal standards require that anything labeled ice cream must be made with a minimum of 10 percent cream, milk or butter fat. 


4. Ice cream is low in protein. 


5. Usually low-fat ice cream and low-fat ices are lower in calories. 


6. Ice milk is about 6 percent fat and 50 percent air. 


7. Fruit ices are about 200 calories per cup. 


8. Low-fat frozen yogurts may be lower in fat, but they are usually higher in sugar than regular ice cream. 


9. A half-cup serving of fat-free frozen yogurt with artificial sweetener has more than 100 calories. 


10. Just a sugar cone without ice cream has 60 calories, and a chocolate-dipped waffle cone has more than 200 calories. 


SOURCE: Reader's Digest Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal (Reader's Digest Association Inc., $10.95). 

Answers: 

1. True; 2. True; 3. True; 4. False; 5. False; 

6. True; 7. True; 8. True; 9. False; 10. True