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Coffee creamer, powder

Checked by us One serving: 2 g (about 1 teaspoon) · 11 kcal

Little of the nutrients we score, per serving.

Nothing to watch.

Good for

How we counted this

What one serving (2 g) gives you.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

No nutrient we score reaches even a little in one serving.

    22 more nutrients at a little or less

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    How we counted this
    • Aluminum

      Nothing to watch

      You’d need about 8.6 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to reach the limit.

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      One serving carries 1.2 mg (2 g at 600 mg/kg; the paper puts up to 1.5 mg in its own packet)

      How we got this

      120 g a week reaches the limit

      The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

      No cap: this is the upper end of an approximate range (about 50-600 mg/kg) in a 2005 US abstract, not a mean, and it applies to powdered creamer only. EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week, 70 mg a week for 70 kg. At 600 mg/kg, 117 g of powder a week eaten alone would reach it; at the 50 mg/kg end, 1,400 g. The paper's own packet carries 1.5 mg, so a packet a day (10.5 mg a week) is 15% of the limit and adds 12-50% to the 3-12 mg a day of dietary aluminium it quotes. Abstract only.

      Saiyed SM, Yokel RA. Aluminium content of some foods and food products in the USA, with aluminium food additives. Food Addit Contam 2005 Mar · grade C

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    Worth knowing

    No limit applies, so none is rated.

    • Sugar

      0.2 g of sugar in a 2 g serving, natural and added together.

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      Shown, not rated. The food tables we read give total sugar, and few give added sugar, so the site can’t yet tell sugar added in making a food from the sugar in fruit or milk.

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    Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.

    • Shown as context, not rated: a 2.0 g serving of powder carries 0.11 g of trans fat, 5% of the 2.2 g a day implied by WHO's ceiling of 1% of energy at 2,000 kcal; three servings a day would be 15%. This is a US value from before the ban (5.541 g/100 g); a Canadian creamer made since September 2018 should not contain partially hydrogenated oil, so this is a historical bound.

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    Compared with the other coffee creamers and creams we’ve checked.

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    Your goal

    Your goal changes only this list, not what the food gives you or what to watch.

    Losing weight: fewer calories, and more nutrients, protein and fibre for each calorie.

    Half-and-half cream would lead this list, but it’s left out (Worth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · portions too different to compare by weight).

    Why some foods aren’t suggested

    Left out: Half-and-half cream (Worth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · portions too different to compare by weight).

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    Name in the database: Coffee creamer, non-dairy, powder

    How the serving was set: 2 g (Health Canada TRA D.7 'Cream, powder', 2 g, '# tsp (2 g)')

    Listed nutrients, per 100 g

    For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

    NutrientPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
    Omega-3: ALA0.026 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Calcium2 mg0.04 mg0.38 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    2 mg0.04 mg0.38 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #122C
    Carbohydrate59.29 g1.19 g11.21 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Choline2.3 mg0.05 mg0.43 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Energy529 kcal10.58 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
    Omega-3: EPA + DHA0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fat32.92 g0.66 g6.22 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Cholesterol0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fatty acids, total saturated19.146 g0.38 g3.62 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fibre0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Folate0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Iron0.26 mg0.01 mg0.05 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Magnesium1 mg0.02 mg0.19 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)1.1 mg0.02 mg0.21 mglisted usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #122C
    Phosphorus288 mg5.76 mg54.44 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Potassium669 mg13.38 mg126.47 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Protein2.48 g0.05 g0.47 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Riboflavin (B2)0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Selenium0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Sodium124 mg2.48 mg23.44 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Sugars7.77 g0.16 g1.47 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Thiamin (B1)0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin A0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin B120 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin B60 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin C0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin D0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin E1.26 mg0.03 mg0.24 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin K11.7 µg0.03 µg0.32 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Water2.98 g0.06 g0.56 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Zinc0.07 mg0 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    NutrientPer 100 gPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
    Beta-carotene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Copper0.018 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Ash2.34 g0.05 g0.44 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Sucrose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Glucose3.52 g0.07 g0.67 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fructose0.57 g0.01 g0.11 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Maltose3.67 g0.07 g0.69 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Alcohol, ethyl0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Caffeine0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Theobromine0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Energy2,215 kj44.3 kj418.71 kjlisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Galactose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fluoride, F112 µg2.24 µg21.17 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin A, IU0 iu0 iu0 iulisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Carotene, alpha0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units0 iu0 iu0 iulisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Cryptoxanthin, beta0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Lycopene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocopherol, beta0.16 mg0 mg0.03 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocopherol, gamma10.29 mg0.21 mg1.95 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocopherol, delta3.55 mg0.07 mg0.67 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocotrienol, alpha0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocotrienol, beta0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocotrienol, gamma0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tocotrienol, delta0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin K (Menaquinone-4)0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin K (Dihydrophylloquinone)68.2 µg1.36 µg12.89 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Folic acid0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Folate, food0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Folate, DFE0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Betaine0.1 mg0 mg0.02 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tryptophan0.066 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Threonine0.203 g0 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Isoleucine0.294 g0.01 g0.06 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Leucine0.473 g0.01 g0.09 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Lysine0.385 g0.01 g0.07 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Methionine0.145 g0 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Cystine0.021 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Phenylalanine0.257 g0.01 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Tyrosine0.274 g0.01 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Valine0.343 g0.01 g0.06 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Arginine0.19 g0 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Histidine0.142 g0 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Alanine0.15 g0 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Aspartic acid0.339 g0.01 g0.06 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Glutamic acid1.088 g0.02 g0.21 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Glycine0.096 g0 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Proline0.54 g0.01 g0.1 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Serine0.295 g0.01 g0.06 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin E, added0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Vitamin B-12, added0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fatty acids, total trans5.541 g0.11 g1.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 4:00.006 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 6:00.094 g0 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 8:01.118 g0.02 g0.21 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 10:00.879 g0.02 g0.17 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 12:06.764 g0.14 g1.28 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 14:02.666 g0.05 g0.5 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 16:03.146 g0.06 g0.59 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 18:04.29 g0.09 g0.81 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 20:00.081 g0 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 18:19.768 g0.2 g1.85 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:20.382 g0.01 g0.07 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:30.026 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 20:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 22:00.052 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 14:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 16:10.006 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 20:10.019 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 22:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Phytosterols32 mg0.64 mg6.05 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fatty acids, total monounsaturated9.796 g0.2 g1.85 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated0.408 g0.01 g0.08 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 15:00.007 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 17:00.02 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    SFA 24:00.022 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    TFA 16:1 t0.002 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    TFA 18:1 t5.357 g0.11 g1.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    TFA 22:1 t0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    TFA 18:2 t not further defined0.179 g0 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:2 CLAs0.003 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 24:1 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 16:1 c0.004 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 18:1 c4.411 g0.09 g0.83 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:2 n-6 c,c0.2 g0 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 22:1 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c0.005 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 17:10.003 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 20:30 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic5.359 g0.11 g1.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Fatty acids, total trans-polyenoic0.182 g0 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    MUFA 15:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA)0.019 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 20:3 n-30 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 20:3 n-60 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 18:3i0.003 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    PUFA 22:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Lactose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Lutein + zeaxanthin0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Manganese0.011 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Niacin (B3, preformed)0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Pantothenic acid (B5)0.117 mg0 mg0.02 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C
    Retinol0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171263C

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    Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

    • Aluminum · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: this is the upper end of an approximate range (about 50-600 mg/kg) in a 2005 US abstract, not a mean, and it applies to powdered creamer only. EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week, 70 mg a week for 70 kg. At 600 mg/kg, 117 g of powder a week eaten alone would reach it; at the 50 mg/kg end, 1,400 g. The paper's own packet carries 1.5 mg, so a packet a day (10.5 mg a week) is 15% of the limit and adds 12-50% to the 3-12 mg a day of dietary aluminium it quotes. Abstract only. · DOI 10.1080/02652030500073584 · C
    • Milk allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a cow's milk allergy, as for liquid creamer: Health Canada's milk page lists caseinate among the ingredient names to avoid, and coffee whitener and non-dairy creamer among other possible sources of milk. · Health Canada 2017 · A
    • Trans fats · Context · Shown as context, not rated: a 2.0 g serving of powder carries 0.11 g of trans fat, 5% of the 2.2 g a day implied by WHO's ceiling of 1% of energy at 2,000 kcal; three servings a day would be 15%. This is a US value from before the ban (5.541 g/100 g); a Canadian creamer made since September 2018 should not contain partially hydrogenated oil, so this is a historical bound. · US food database (USDA SR Legacy) · C

    Oxalate, phytate and gut-tolerance measurements

    • fodmap excess fructose: fructose 0.57 minus glucose 3.52 g/100 g (n = 6 each): fructose does not exceed glucose g/100 g · as sold · as sold, powder · grade B · US food database (USDA SR Legacy)
    • lactose: n = 6, all zero g/100 g · as sold · as sold · grade B · US food database (USDA SR Legacy)

    Sources

    Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

    The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

    The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

    Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.