What Goes With Your Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnut?

On 13 July 2017, Krispy Kreme celebrates its 80th Anniversary. The famous doughnut company opened its shop in Winston-Salem. North Carolina on 13 July 1837.

(Image copied from http://joybites.com/news-flash-free-original-glazed-krispy-kreme/)

On this 80th annivesary, Krispy Kreme offers big discount on the purchase of 12 pieces original glazed doughnuts in almost all of its franchise shops all over the world. In the Philippines, Krispy Kreme offers Php 80.00 for one glazed doughnut. In the USA, the next 12 pieces cost only 80 cents. In Saudi Arabia, 12 original glazed doughnuts cost SAR 17.00

After 80 years, I think only few know what goes with our favorite original glazed doughnut. To find out, I browsed over the website of Krispy Kreme . Below are the ingredients and nutrition facts of Original Glazed Doughnut:

INGREDIENTS

A. DOUGHNUT
 
1. Enriched wheat flour
    ( wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, floic acid and enzyme)

2. Vegetable shortening
    (palm oil, fully and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and/or partially hudrogenated cottonseed oil, cottonseed oil, and/or soybean oil, mono and diglycerides and polyglycerol esters and/or BHT and/or tocopherol and/or citric acid)

3. Water

4. Dextrose

5. Yeast

6. Soy flour

7. Salt

8. Wheat gluten

9. Monoglycerides

10. Monocalcium phosphate monohydrate

11. Lecithin

12. Sugar

13. Calcium propionate (to maintain freshness)

14. Dried milk powder

15. Ethoxylated monoglycerides

16. Cellulose gum

17. Calcium sulfate

18. Maltodextrin

19. Ascorbic acid

20. Natural and artificial flavors

21. Sorbitan monostearate

22. Ammonium sulfate

23. Dicalcium phosphate

24. Enzyme

25. Tricalcium phosphate

26. Diammonium phosphate

B. GLAZE

1. Sugar

2. Water

3. Corn starch

4. Partially hydrogenated soybean oil

5. Calcium sulfate and/or calcium carbonate

6. Agar

7. Dextrose

8. Natural and artificial flavors

9. Salt

10. Disodium phosphate

11. Locust bean gum and/or mono and diglycerides

I guess that most of us are not familiar with most of the chemicals, enhancers and/or preservatives mentioned above and what they actually do in our body. However, the product of these ingredients is the soft, fluffy, fresh and sweet doughnut.

NUTRITIONAL FACTS

Serving size:  1 doughnut - 49g

Amount per serving:
    Calories: 190       Calories from fat: 100

                                       % Daily Value
Total Fat  - 11g                    17%
     Saturated fat 5g               25%
     Trans fat  0g
Cholesterol  0mg                     0%
Sodium  85mg                        4%
Total Carbohydrates 22g       7%
      Dietary fiber  < 1 g           3%
      Sugars  10g
Protein  3g
===========================
Vitamin A                                0%
Calcium                                   4%
Vitamin C                                8%
Iron                                          4%

The nutrition that we get from eating one original glazed doughnut are primarily fat, starch and sugar. I do hope the consumption of this soft, fluffy, fresh and sweet treat will not make us obese and diabetic overtime. I suggest that they lower the sugar content and offer some green salads in their shops worldwide.

To verify the contents of this blog, please visit Krispy Kreme's website or read the image below: