Cool Whip is Kraft’s spoof of whipped cream, just as Cheez Whiz is Kraft’s spoof of cheese. The Kraft product Cool Whip is not made from whipped cream. It’s also pretty unhealthy. That’s right. Cool Whip is much worse than whipped cream. That’s loaded with sugar and fat.
It has kept people from enjoying it. Cool Whip, a popular pie topping, is also used to make a variety of sweets that don’t require baking. These include chocolate pudding pie or other confections. The shelf life of Cool Whip is impressive, as it lasts much longer in the refrigerator than dairy-based cream.
What is Cool Whip if it’s not whipped cream? Although it did not contain dairy when it was first introduced, it does now. George Lorant, a food scientist, invented Cool Whip in 1966. Bill Mitchell, the food scientist who created Pop Rocks and Tang and many other popular foods, had already laid the foundation with a patent related to this product. The company General Foods, which Kraft later bought, mass-produced it. It had an advantage in the market due to its ability to be frozen. Cool Whip became General Food’s most popular product.
It was a “dairy-free” product until 2018, when Kraft quietly decided to add skim milk, heavy cream, and (minimal amounts) of heavy cream.
According to Kraft, the ingredients of plain Cool Whip are water, hydrogenated oil (coconut and palm kernel oils), corn syrup (high fructose), sodium caseinate (natural and artificial flavors), xanthan, guar, and polysorbate 60 (sorbitan monostearate), sodium polyphosphate (color), and beta carotene.
A spoonful of Cool Whip is primarily made up of hydrogenated oil and high fructose corn syrup. It could be a healthier addition to dessert.
Here are generic sweetened whipping crème ingredients: heavy cream (or cream), milk, and sugar. At least the whipped cream contains some calcium!
A quarter cup of Cool Whip – roughly equivalent to a large dollop – contains 100 calories, 8 g of sugar, and 6 g of saturated fat. Otherwise, it has no nutritional value.
Despite its unhealthy nature and lack of cream content, Cool Whip is the most popular whipped cream substitute in the United States. Reddi Whip, available in aerosol cans and contains fewer ingredients, comes second.