White Confection Coating
What is White Confection Coating?
White confection coating is a sweet, solid mixture often used as a substitute for white chocolate. It is typically made from sugar, vegetable fats (like palm kernel oil), and milk solids, without cocoa butter. It provides a smooth, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Is White Confection Coating vegan?
No. White Confection Coating is animal-derived, so it is not vegan.
Is White Confection Coating a major allergen?
White confection coating typically contains milk, which is one of the nine major food allergens identified by the FDA.
What is White Confection Coating used for?
Manufacturers use white confection coating to provide a sweet, creamy, and often dairy-like coating or drizzle for various snack foods and desserts.
Is White Confection Coating safe?
White confection coating is a composite food ingredient, and its individual components are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) or approved by the FDA.
Why it's used
Manufacturers use white confection coating to provide a sweet, creamy, and often dairy-like coating or drizzle for various snack foods and desserts. It is commonly found on popcorn, nuts, pretzels, cookies, and in candy applications, offering a stable and versatile covering.
Health notes
White confection coating is a composite food ingredient, and its individual components are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) or approved by the FDA. It is typically high in added sugars and often saturated fats. The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend no amount of added sugars, and at most 10 grams of added sugars per meal. They also advise keeping saturated fat intake to less than 10% of daily calories.
Allergen info
White confection coating typically contains milk, which is one of the nine major food allergens identified by the FDA. It may also contain soy lecithin, derived from soy, another major allergen.
Foods that contain White Confection Coating
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Cotton Candy Peanuts, Popping Candy Clusters, Shortbread Chips, Yogurt Flavored Covered Raisins, Vanilla Creme Flavored Almonds, Strawberry Flavored Confection Drops Trail Mix, Cotton Candy
High in added sugars — 20% DV per serving
533kcal
10Protein
30Fat
56.7Carbs
Target Stores
Cotton Candy Popping Candy Clusters, Vanilla Creme-Flavored Almonds, Peanuts, Shortbread Chips, Yogurt-Flavored Covered Raisins And Strawberry-Flavored Confection Drops Trail Mix, Cotton Candy
High in saturated fat — 20% DV per serving
High in added sugars — 24% DV per serving
500kcal
6.7Protein
26.7Fat
63.3Carbs
Target Stores
Galaxy Adventure Pretzels, Cake Batter-Flavored Glittered Confection Puffy Stars, Blue Cake-Flavored Cookies, Strawberry-Flavored Confection Drops And Cotton Candy & Lemon-Flavored Fizzy Clusters Snack Mix, Galaxy Adventure
High in saturated fat — 22% DV per serving
High in added sugars — 22% DV per serving
464kcal
3.6Protein
17.9Fat
75Carbs
Target Stores
Summer Lemonade Roasted Salted Peanuts, Sour Strawberry-Flavored Golden Raisins, Lemon-Flavored Fizzy Clusters, Strawberry-Flavored Confectionary Chips, Lemonade-Flavored Seasoned Cashews And Lemon-Flavored Dried Apples Trail Mix, Summer Lemonade
519kcal
11.1Protein
29.6Fat
51.9Carbs
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