Between two dives, after a lunch on the terrace or to calm a small hollow without guilt, we all look for an ice cream that refreshes without exploding the calorie counter. Good news, a smart choice is at Picard.
Each summer, the supermarket freezers fill up with new products supposed to reconcile freshness, taste and lightness. On paper, the idea seems ideal: to have fun despite the heat, without compromising your food efforts. In practice, this is often another story. Many of these ice creams sold as “light” rely on ultra-transformed recipes, full of sweeteners, thickening, stabilizers. Result: sometimes pasty textures, a chemical taste and a nutritional impact rarely as virtuous as it is announced.
For those who monitor their line or just want to avoid too rich products, the choice is therefore limited. Most of the classic frozen frost canlates are around 80 to 120 calories. Some lightened lighter descend to 60, but at the cost of tasteless compromise or unconvincing artificial ingredients. It is in this context that a range of frozen fruity ice cream, available at Picard, offers a more raw and lighter approach: a mixed fruit base, without added aromas, without colors, without preservatives.
The idea is simple: bet on the fruit itself, in what it has purest. No overdosed banana to thicken. No glucose cream or syrup to coat everything. Just natural fruit mixes. And the result is there: 45 calories per stick. Not 80, not 60: 45. It’s less than a natural yogurt, less than a handful of almonds, less than a fishing. And above all, it really refreshes, without weighing down.
On the scent side, we also move away from standards. Instead of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry classics, there are more subtle mixtures: ginger lemon, watermelon strawberry, verbena apricot fishing. The objective is not only to surprise, but to avoid the disgusting effect that certain overly sweet ice can cause. On the box, they call themselves “fruity sticks”, each with a nickname such as the dazzling, the dreamy, the passionate or even the refreshing. Available at 3.60 euros per box of five, they therefore offer a real solution for those who seek to keep an eye on calories without sacrificing pleasure. No need to calculate, dose, feel guilty: we know what we eat, and above all, we know what we are avoiding.
It remains to be seen if this promise of simplicity will last all summer. Because despite their flattering nutritional profile, these sticks are not miracle remedies. They do not replace a real fruit or a balanced meal, and do not exempt from reading the labels, even when they seem reassuring. But in the jungle of ice disguised as healthy products, they have the merit of playing cards on the table.
