Rita's Sugar Free Italian Ice

Just a little follow up for those of you that were also questioning the Rita's with me ....


Nutritional FAQs

Why are there carbohydrates in the Sugar-Free Italian Ice?

The majority of the carbohydrates in these flavors come from ingredients such as sugar alcohols and maltodextrin, which is derived from corn. Sugar alcohol and maltrodextrin contribute calories and carbohydrates, but no sugar. These ingredients are important in maintaining the consistency and stability of our products during freezing.


What does Rita's use to sweeten the Sugar-Free Italian Ice flavors?

We sweeten our Sugar-Free flavors with a combination of sugar alcohols and sugar substitutes. In addition to sorbitol and maltitol (sugar alcohols), we also use the sweeteners Sucralose, also known as Splenda®, and Acesulfame-Potassium, also known as Ace-K.




That being said, I think I'm going to lay off the Rita's for the time being and concentrate on popsicles, water and the like....

Crystal Light popsicles are perty good... :)

My niece is a manager at Ritas.  They have changed their recipe for their SF ice this year and it is sweetened with both fruit juice and splenda - no more sugar alcohols.

However, it does have fruit juice in it.  If you are sensitive to sugars - even natural sugars - early out, you should probably avoid it.

I am very sensitive - I dump easily at 9 months out - and have JUST been able to eat SF ice from Ritas.  I stick to a kid's cup.

SF Luigi and Rita's from the Supermarket are ok but  from Rita's stand - the sugar alcohol in them make me dump.  So, be careful.

I've been eating Rita's SF Italian Ice since week one.  No problems here, and I'm not a dumper.

glad I came across this post. I'm day 4 and had few spoons of Luigis no sugar added italian ice. I did have bad diarrea later. Also started protein drinks today and thought was that but now rethinking the italian ice and all its calories. Thanks for this post

glad I came across this post. I'm day 4 and had few spoons of Luigis no sugar added italian ice. I did have bad diarrea later. Also started protein drinks today and thought was that but now rethinking the italian ice and all its calories. Thanks for this post

SF Rita and SF Luigi both have what I consider a lot of calories for a "waste" (no protein, no nutritional value etc.)  This is not to say that I haven't had both on occasion.  I fell that it is a better calorie trade off to do homemade snow balls by grinding ice in a blender (I use my DH's margaritaville blender) and then adding SF syrups (most of which have less than 5 calories and no carbs) - same flavor/taste less calories

Just my opinion though