Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Jelly Belly Nutrition

Jelly Belly Nutrition
Jelly Belly is the brand name for candies that consist of carbohydrates and natural flavorings. The idea of this type of candies was conceived by a candy maker in 1976 when he thought of making jelly beans and adding natural flavors in them for good taste. At that time, in the there were only eight main favors for Jelly Belly beans. That evolved to the now-more than fifty flavors that are produced for their consumers these days. Regarding Jelly Belly nutrition, it must be said that it is basically form of a candy and cannot be expected to be a powerhouse of good nutrients. However, Jelly Belly calories are expected and they majorly come from carbohydrates source. Even sugar free Jelly belly contains some Jelly Belly calories and carbohydrates.


Jelly Belly overall makes it's certain that the flavors added in their jelly beans are mostly natural. Only in some cases artificial flavors are also included. Its ingredients depend on the flavor of each jelly bean. Other than that jelly belly contains the following ingredients: sugar, modified cornstarch, natural fruit purees and concentrates, acidity regulators, flavors, glucose syrup, caffeine, dextrin, vanilla, salt, vitamin C, coffee, chocolate and artificial colors. But one single flavor will not contain all the ingredients for example lemon flavored jelly bean will have no caffeine but Vitamin C will be there. In general Jelly Belly Nutrition value is as follows



  • Calories: 4 , Carbohydrates: 1 g, Fat: 0g


This is the nutrition how to stop masterburate of a single Jelly Belly jelly bean. In 40g portion of Jelly Belly beans has 148 calories, 277g sugars, 36.8g carbohydrates, 0g fat, 0g protein and no sodium and fiber content at all.


Jelly Belly is also available as sugar free, where the sugars are replaced by artificial sweeteners to add to the saccharine taste of jelly beans. Their ingredients consist of polydextrose, modified food starch, maltitol, maltitol syrup, salt, artificial colors, natural flavors, citric acid, sucralose and dextrin. Maximum of these ingredients are artificial sweeteners that are replacing the natural sugar added in normal Jelly Belly beans and are known to have smallest possible impact on sugar level in blood.


Although Jelly Belly beans are nutritionally very balanced and have minimal amount of artificially made things, still it has its own amount of side effects. It has been seen to have a laxative effect on a small number of people and some stomach unease. Overall, some people may feel little digestive side effects from these jelly beans. Also it is advised that no more than eight beans or quarter of a normal serving size is allowed for people who are sensitive to sugar stand-ins. Other than this they are alcohol free, gluten free and dairy free products and are also kosher certified. People allergic to peanuts are free to eat Jelly Belly jelly beans as its peanut flavored bean is no longer manufactured and the processing of peanuts in Jelly Belly plants has been stopped. They are not made of gelatin and good for vegetarians.










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