A better cookie.A recent lawsuit against the makers of Oreos (Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for ) for selling a product with high-cholesterol "trans" fats found in hydrogenated oils and linked to heart disease and diabetes--makes us think twice before indulging in this classic treat. But we don't have to give up the delicious combination of creamy icing and crisp chocolate cookie. Country Choice Naturals, a maker of organic cookies, cocoa and hot cereals, has recently reformulated and repackaged its Oreo-like Sandwich Cremes ($3.99), now advertising these rich, tasty cookies as free of hydrogenated oils and refined sugars. They are made instead with organic hi-oleic sunflower sunflower, any plant of the genus Helianthus of the family Asteraceae (aster family), annual or perennial herbs native to the New World and common throughout the United States. oil, which is low in saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be , and organic cane juice. Sandwich Cremes come in four varieties, including chocolate and vanilla, and contain no preservatives preservatives, n.pl food additives that hinder spoilage by reducing the growth of microorganisms. Include nitrates and nitrites, benzoates and sulfites, and many others. or artificial colors or flavors. CONTACT: Country Choice Naturals, (952) 829-8824, www.countrychoicenaturals.com. |
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