Wednesday, August 01, 2007

 

Toss Some Cookies

It is not just Famous Amos. You can still find trans fat in Archway, Keebler, and many store brands of cookies. In contrast, Nabisco and Pepperidge Farm have little or no trans.
 
An ounce of Famous Amos Oatmeal Raisins ( 4 cookies) has 2 grams of trans fat plus 2 grams of sat fat.
 
You are better off with Nabisco Honeyumaid Oatmeal Raisins. An  ounce (3 cookies) has less than 1/2 gram of trans and just 1 gram of sat fat.
 
Nabisco uses mostly soybean oil, but adds some partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, which may give the cookies a touch of trans.
 
Your best bet = Kashi's new line of TLC cookies, which are made with no hydrogenated oils, little sat fat and whole grains. Yeah.



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