In Canada, freezies have been made by Kisko under the Mr. Freeze brand since 1977 when the company started producing them in the Toronto region after the business was relocated from Kingston, Jamaica. [19] In the UK and Ireland, an unrelated brand called Mr. Freeze has been sold since 1966. [20] Brands [ edit ] A freezie or a freeze pop is a water-based frozen confection similar to an ice pop. It is made by freezing flavored liquid such as sugar water, fruit juice or purée inside a plastic casing or tube, either round or flat. Freezies come in sealed plastic tubular wrappers, and conform to the shape of the wrapper when frozen to serve; as such, they do not need to be stored cold. They also do not need to be frozen as solidly as an ice pop and can have a consistency similar to that of a slushie. Freezies are sold in a variety of flavors, including cherry, orange, lemon-lime, watermelon, cream soda, blue raspberry, and grape. Fla Vor Ice Freezer Pops Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, apple and pear juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, and Blue 1 A little added sugar is okay in a healthy diet. However, the typical American eats almost a half cup of added sugar each day and this excess sugar consumption is making us overweight and chronically ill. Opinion | A freezer pop by any other name will definitely taste as sweet". NBC News . Retrieved 2021-04-17.

The FDA considers CMS a “generally regarded as safe” food additive. However, growing research links CMC to inflammatory conditions, including inflammatory bowl disease. (11) Guar Gum. Guar gum is a polysaccharide (polymer of sugar) made from the seeds of the guar plant. It is a soluble fiber that our bodies can not digest. However, gut bacteria can ferment guar gum.(8) Mr. Freeze Freeze Pops Ingredients: Water, glucose-fructose/sugar, citric acid, artificial flavors, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, stevia extract, color Real Fruit” in the name is a marketing claim. Contain the same ingredients as the original Fla-Vor-Ice Freezer Pops

goodpop Organic Freezer Pops Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients: Filtered water, organic apple juice (from concentrate), organic cherry juice (from concentrate), malic acid, organic guar gum, organic natural flavors, fruit and vegetable juice for color

While no store-bought freezer pops meet our stringent guidelines for “healthy”, there are a few brands that are perfectly okay for the occasional treat. Kool Pops Freezer Pops Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, apple and pear juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, and Blue 1Carboxymethyl cellulose. Also cellulose gum, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is polysaccharide manufactured from cellulose, found in the cellular walls of plants. A few of the freezer pops we evaluated contain stevia, a non-nutritive natural sweetener. Our evaluation of healthy popsicles provides detailed information on artificial sweeteners and other non-nutritive sweeteners.