American Heart Association



Savory Substitutions
Making the right food choices - and cutting out the fat in your diet - is easy when you are familiar with the world of delicious food options available. The next time you crave an item from this food group that is higher in fat, keep these savory substitutions in mind:

Try
Instead of

Nonfat or low-fat cheese: Skim milk mozzarella cheese, cottage cheese and reduced-fat ricotta cheese
Regular cheeses

Nonfat or low-fat sour cream
Regular sour cream

Nonfat or low-fat yogurt
Regular yogurt

Frozen fruit bars
Ice cream bars

Pudding made with skim or fat-free milk
Pudding made with whole milk

Frozen low-fat yogurt
Ice cream
(10% fat)

Ice Milk
Ice cream
(16% fat)