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Ingredients
- Needless to say, you can spice up this ice cream with all kind of nice low-carb stuff, for example:
- chopped nuts
- dark chocolate chips
- berries
- rum flavor, cherry flavor or other flavor of choice
- freshly grated orange peel from organic orange (only the orange-colored part)
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size -9g | |
| Calories -4 | |
| Calories from Fat 0 | 0% |
| Total Fat -0.03g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat 0.0g | 0% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium -1mg | 0% |
| Potassium -14mg | 0% |
| Total Carbs -1.44g | 0% |
| Dietary Fiber -1.0g | -3% |
| Sugars -0.38g | 0% |
| Protein -0.14g | 0% |
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