Putting cookies on a diet.The cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to aisle ain't ain't Nonstandard 1. Contraction of am not. 2. Used also as a contraction for are not, is not, has not, and have not. Usage Note: Ain't has a long history of controversy. what it used to be. In 1987, when we did our first cookie article, the lowest-fat category consisted of Fig Newtons The Fig Newton is a brand of fig bar (in Europe, fig roll), a soft, cake-like pastry filled with fig jam. A trademarked product of Nabisco, Fig Newtons originated in the United States and have since spread across the world. , a few graham crackers, and one brand of raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. biscuits. Period. And they had two grams of fat. This year, we found 133 cookies with two grams of fat or less. Two-thirds had no fat at all. Entire new lines, like Nabisco's SnackWell's, have charged into the marketplace backed by heavy-duty coupon and advertising campaigns. And super-sellers like Oreos and Chips Ahoy! now have "reduced-fat" versions. Are the new, low-fat cookies good for you? Far from it. Are they less bad? You bet. OREO ELSE Let's get one thing straight. Fat-free, low-fat, or even reduced-fat cookies beat the competition hands down. Take sandwich cookies. Why swallow swallow, common name for small perching birds of almost worldwide distribution. There are about 100 species of swallows, including the martins, which belong to the same family. Swallows have long, narrow wings, forked tails, and weak feet. seven grams of fat in a typical serving of bestselling Oreos when you can get away with three grams in SnackWell's Chocolate or Creme n. 1. Cream; - a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc. Sandwich Cookies or Keebler Elfin elf·in adj. 1. a. Relating to or suggestive of an elf. b. Made, done, or produced by an elf. 2. Small and sprightly or mischievous. 3. Delights 50% Reduced Fat Fudge or Vanilla vanilla, a plant of the genus Vanilla of the family Orchidaceae (orchid family). Vines of hot, damp climates, most are indigenous to Central and South America, especially Mexico, but are now cultivated in other tropical regions. Creme Sandwich Cookies? Or let's say you're stuck on chocolate chip Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape (similar to a Hershey's Kiss). They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter. . Nabisco Chips Ahoy! and most other brands are going to run you seven or eight grams of fat in a one-ounce serving. Why sweat it? At the very least, you can switch to Reduced Fat Chips Ahoy! and save two grams of fat. But don't stop there. Entenmann's 50% Less Fat, SnackWell's Chocolate Chip, and Small World Chocolate Chip Animal Grahams get down to three or four grams of fat. Until someone figures out how to take all the fat out of chocolate chips and cremefilled sandwich cookies, you won't find good-tasting fatfree versions of either. But plenty of others, from oatmeal to devil's devil's pertaining to the devil; said of something evil. devil's apple solanumcapsicoides. devil's bit see scabiosa succisa. devil's droppings see asafetida. food and fruit cookies, are here. Some of our taste picks: * SnackWell's Devil's Food and Double Fudge Double Fudge 2002 is the fourth in a series of books by Judy Blume about Peter Hatcher and his notorious younger brother, known by the nickname "Fudge". Plot summary and Keebler Elfin Delights Fat Free Devil's Food Cookies have a welcome, ordinarycookie taste. They're free of the funny flavors that can afflict af·flict tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on. [Middle English afflighten, from afflight, fruit-juice-sweetened fat-free cookies. * Auburn Auburn (ô`bərn). 1 City (1990 pop. 33,830), Lee co., E Ala.; inc. 1839. The city's economy centers around Auburn Univ.; there is some manufacturing. 2 City (1990 pop. 24,309), seat of Androscoggin co. Farms Fat Free Chocolate Mint Jammers are reminiscent of (much fattier) Girl Scout Thin Mints Thin Mints may refer to:
* Archway Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies rival Keebler Soft Batch Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, with their six grams of fat. Unfortunately, "fat-free" doesn't mean "healthy." HOW SWEET IT IS You wouldn't want a sugarfree cookie. It just wouldn't taste like a cookie. But from a health standpoint The Standpoint is a newspaper published in the British Virgin Islands. It was originally published under the name Pennysaver, largely as a shopping-coupon promotional newspaper, but since emerged as one of the most influential sources of journalism in the , the less sugar the better. Sugar isn't only bad for your teeth, it also helps explain why even fat-free cookies can be fattening fat·ten v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens v.tr. 1. To make plump or fat. 2. To fertilize (land). 3. . They may have fewer calories than their fattier brethren, but that doesn't mean you can eat half a package and hide it from your hips and waist. The best thing about sugar is that food labels are now required to list the amount. Some handy rules of thumb: * The label lists sugar in grams. You can divide by four to get teaspoons. Shoot for between eight and 12 grams in every ounce ounce, in zoology ounce, in zoology: see leopard. ounce, unit of measurement ounce: see English units of measurement. of cookies. * The "sugars" number on the label includes naturally occurring sugars in fruit as well as added sugar. That's frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: if you want to know how much came from the raisins in your oatmeal cookies or the figs in your Newtons. * The naturally occurring sugar in the fruit juice that's added to many health-food-store brands isn't much better than table sugar. THE GOOD STUFF You might think it's silly to expect a cookie to supply vitamins, minerals, fruits, whole grains, or anything else nutritious nutritious /nu·tri·tious/ (noo-trish´us) affording nourishment. nu·tri·tious adj. Providing nourishment; nourishing. nutritious affording nourishment. . Fair enough. But consider this: Most Americans--who are busy fighting the spare tires around their waists--don't have a lot of spare calories to waste on cookies. So would it be so terrible if cookies gave you some good stuff along with the good taste? A few do, but you usually have to visit a health food store to find them. Health Valley adds carrot carrot, common name for some members of the Umbelliferae, a family (also called the parsley family) of chiefly biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions. powder to most of its cookies. And Small World Animal Grahams are actually made with graham (whole wheat) flour flour, finely ground, usually sifted, meal of grain, such as wheat, rye, corn, rice, or buckwheat. Flour is also made from potatoes, peas, beans, peanuts, etc. Usually it refers to the finely ground and bolted (i.e. . Most so-called graham crackers have only a dash. Hey. Maybe it's the beginning of a trend. If they could cut the fat, who knows what's next? The Cookie Jar 1. (programming) cookie jar - An area of memory set aside for storing cookies. Most commonly heard in the Atari ST community; many useful ST programs record their presence by storing a distinctive magic number in the jar. "Best Bites" (1) get no more than 25 percent of their calories from fat, (2) have no more than 12 grams of sugar per serving, and (3) supply at least ten percent of the Daily Value (DV) for any vitamin, mineral, or fiber OR contain more whole-grain than refined flour. "Honorable Mentions" meet only the first two criteria. A serving is the number of cookies closest to an ounce. (It's in parentheses See parenthesis. parentheses - See left parenthesis, right parenthesis. following each cookie's name.) Products are ranked from lowest percent of calories from fat to highest. All numbers are rounded to the nearest gram.
Cookies Calories Fat Sugars
(g) (g)
0% to 10% of calories from fat
A Health Valley Fat-Free Healthy Chips
(3)(1) 100 0 7
B Keebler Elfin Delights Fat Free Devil's
Food (1) 70 0 8
B Stella D'oro Fat Free Fruit Delight (1)(1) 70 0 8
B Weight Watchers Smart Snackers
Fruit Filled (1)(1) 70 0 8
A Pride O' the Farm Fat Free (2)(1) 100 0 8
A Health Valley Fat-Free Fruit Centers
(1)(1) 70 0 9
A Mrs. Denson's Fat Free (1)(1) 80 0 9
A Pride O' the Farm Fat Free Whole Wheat
Fig Bars (1) 80 0 9
B Nabisco SnackWell's Cinnamon Graham (20) 110 0 9
A Health Valley Fat-Free Healthy Chocolate
(2)(1) 70 0 10
B Frookie Fat-Free Apple Spice,
Cranberry Orange, or Oatmeal Raisin (2) 90 0 10
B Barbara's Fat Free Mini, Cocoa Mocha or
Double Chocolate (6) 95 0 10
B Stella D'oro Fat Free Fruit Slices (2) 100 0 10
B Auburn Farms Fat Free Jammers,
Cherry Chocolate or Devil's Food (2) 80 0 11
A Natures Warehouse Fat Free (1)(2) 80 0 11
A Auburn Farms Fat Free Jammers (2)(3) 84 0 11
B Archway Fat Free Fruit Bar (1) 90 0 11
B Famous Amos Fat Free Fruit Bar (2)(1) 100 0 11
A Health Valley Fat-Free (3)(1) 100 0 11
B Entenmann's Fat Free (2)(1) 80 0 12
A Health Valley Fat-Free Jumbo (1)(1) 80 0 12
A Frookie Fat-Free Fruitins (2)(1) 90 0 12
B Archway Fat Free Cinnamon Honey (3) 100 0 12
B Nabisco SnackWell's Double Fudge (2) 100 0 12
B Sunshine Oh! Berry Fat Free Wafers (8) 100 0 12
Archway Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (1) 100 0 13
Nabisco Fat Free Newtons (2)(1) 100 0 15
Natures Warehouse Fat Free Fig Bars
(2)(1) 120 0 15
Nabisco SnackWell's Devil's Food (2) 100 0 18
11% to 20% of calories from fat
A Heaven Scent 96% Fat Free (1)(1) 73 1 6
B Sunshine Low Fat Golden Fruit (1)(1) 77 1 7
A Pride O' the Farm Premium (1)(1) 113 2 6
B Keebler Cinnamon Graham Selects
Low Fat (8) 115 2 9
B Murray Low Fat (7)(1) 110 2 10
B Splurge! Chocolate Chip (8)(1) 110 2 11
B Weight Watchers Smart Snackers
Vanilla Sandwich (2) 140 3 10
Cookies Calories Fat Sugars
(g) (g)
21% to 30% of calories from fat
A MI-DEL 100% Whole Wheat
Honey Grahams (2) 120 3 6
A New Morning Honey Grahams (2) 120 3 6
A Small World Animal Grahams (7)(1) 120 3 6
B Nabisco Honey Maid Honey Grahams (4) 120 3 7
A Hansa Amaranth Biscuits (3) 120 3 8
B Murray Fig Bar (2) 120 3 9
A Archway Old Fashioned Molasses (1) 120 3 10
A Mrs. Wright's Whole Wheat Fig Bars (2) 120 3 11
B Ruger Marie Biscuits (6) 150 4 6
A Peek Freans Ginger Crisp (4) 150 4 11
B Keebler Elfin Delights 50% Reduced Fat
Fudge or Vanilla Creme Sandwich (2) 110 3 9
B Archway Hermits or Oatmeal (1) 110 3 10
B Nabisco SnackWell's Creme Sandwich (2) 110 3 10
B Nabisco SnackWell's Oatmeal Raisin (2) 110 3 10
Nabisco Fig Newtons (2) 110 3 13
Nabisco Teddy Grahams (24)(1) 140 4 8
Nabisco SnackWell's Chocolate Sandwich
(2) 100 3 11
Nabisco SnackWell's Chocolate Chip (13) 130 4 10
Sunshine Reduced Fat Vienna Fingers (2) 130 4 10
Sunshine Reduced Fat Hydrox (3) 130 4 12
Entenmann's 50% Less Fat Chocolate Chip
(3) 120 4 12
31% to 40% of calories from fat
Nabisco Nilla Wafers (8) 140 5 12
Nabisco Reduced Fat Oreo (3) 140 5 13
Archway Gingersnaps (5) 130 5 12
Nabisco Reduced Fat Chips Ahoy! (3) 150 6 10
Keebler Reduced Fat Pecan Sandies (2) 140 6 6
Keebler Reduced Fat Chips Deluxe (2) 140 6 8
Sunshine Vienna Fingers (2) 140 6 8
Keebler Soft Batch Oatmeal Raisin (2) 140 6 12
Nabisco Oreo (3) 160 7 13
More than 40% of calories from fat
Nabisco Nutter Butter (2) 130 6 8
Sunshine Hydrox (3) 150 7 11
Keebler E. L. Fudge Sandwich (3)(1) 167 8 12
Pepperidge Farm Sausalito (1) 140 7 8
Frookie Chocolate Chip (3) 140 7 9
Nabisco Chips Ahoy! (3) 160 8 10
Entenmann's Chocolate Chip (3) 140 7 11
Pepperidge Farm Milano (3) 180 10 11
Keebler Chips Deluxe (2) 160 9 10
Girl Scout Thin Mints (4) 160 9 11
Keebler Pecan Sandies (2) 160 10 6
A = Best Bite.
B = Honorable Mention.
(1) = Average for the entire line.
(2) = Average for the entire fat-free line except fig bars.
(3) = Average for the entire line except Cherry Chocolate
and Devil's Food.
Information obtained from manufacturers.
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