Friday, June 09, 2006
Cinnabombs
"Now you can bring home all of the mouth watering aroma and flavor of Cinnabon World Famous Cinnamon Rolls" gushes the label on Cinnabon Cinnamon & Cream Cheese Turnovers. "Made with only the finest ingredients" it adds, the Turnovers are "an all occasion pleasure."
Finest ingredients? What is so fine about white flour, cream cheese, sugar, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, plus a paragraph's worth of artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives? The oils help explain why each 410-calorie, 5 teaspoons of sugar turnover sends a load of trans fat (6 grams) and sat fat (6 grams) coursing through your arterial highways and byways. Make Cinnabon Turnovers an "all occasion pleasure" and soon some dislodged blood clot is going to hit a traffic jam that has no detour.
The company's CinnaPoppers look less damaging at first. But that is because the serving on the box (3 pieces) adds up to roughly half a Cinnabon Turnover.
CinnaPoppers are "not just for breakfast, but for dessert, at the office, for birthdays, or any time you want a special treat", says the label. Eat too many "special treats" and you can plan on serving CinnaPoppers at your post angioplasty party.
Choose wisely . . . live well
Finest ingredients? What is so fine about white flour, cream cheese, sugar, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, plus a paragraph's worth of artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives? The oils help explain why each 410-calorie, 5 teaspoons of sugar turnover sends a load of trans fat (6 grams) and sat fat (6 grams) coursing through your arterial highways and byways. Make Cinnabon Turnovers an "all occasion pleasure" and soon some dislodged blood clot is going to hit a traffic jam that has no detour.
The company's CinnaPoppers look less damaging at first. But that is because the serving on the box (3 pieces) adds up to roughly half a Cinnabon Turnover.
CinnaPoppers are "not just for breakfast, but for dessert, at the office, for birthdays, or any time you want a special treat", says the label. Eat too many "special treats" and you can plan on serving CinnaPoppers at your post angioplasty party.
Choose wisely . . . live well
