Friday, May 25, 2007
More is Less
"10% More than Nestle Ultimate," say Pillsbury Ready to Bake Big Deluxe Chocolate chip cookies. They may be 10% bigger, but they are also more than 10% badder.
Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Lovers Ultimates have no trans fat and 4 grams of sat fat each, While Pillsbury's have 3 grams of sat fat plus 2 grams of trans. So when it comes to bad fat, Pillsbury has 20 % more than Nestle.
Judging by most of its frostings, biscuits, toaster pastries, and cinnamon rolls, Pillsbury must think its customers are not savvy enough to worry about trans.
No trans does not turn Nestle 180 calorie cookies into mini broccoli stalks. But it does make them 100% better than Pillsbury's.
