How healthy, or unhealthy, are girl scout cookies?”
Below is my ranking, from most figure-friendly to least, of popular Girl Scout Cookie options. The ones with asterisks beside their names were superlative in some category (like lowest in fat or highest in sugar) among those ranked. 1. *Reduced-Fat Daisy Go Rounds (1 pouch) *Lowest in fat; lowest in saturated fat; lowest in calories Fat grams: 2 Saturated fat grams: 1 Calories: 100 Sugar grams: 8 Total carbohydrate grams: 19 Fiber grams: less than 1 First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, palm oil, and high fructose corn syrup 2. *Shortbread (4 cookies; 26 grams) *Lowest in sugar among the regular cookies Fat grams: 4.5 Saturated fat grams: 2 Calories: 120 Sugar grams: 4 Total carbohydrate grams: 19 Fiber grams: less than 1 First 3 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, and palm oil; cookies contain less that 2% of the remaining ingredients 3. Do-si-dos (2 cookies; 24 grams) Fat grams: 5 Saturated fat grams: 1.5 Calories: 120 Sugar grams: 7 Total carbohydrate grams: 16 Fiber grams: le
Unfortunatly, when pasting the nutritional charts into the answer box, it loses all formatting. If you will allow me, here at two locations that have charts for all Girl Scout cookies: The nutritional charts are located at: http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/nutrition_info_2008_2009.asp and at:http://www.fitsugar.com/1106800 Here is an article you might also be interested in: The Girl Scouts have the 100 calorie pack of cookies now: Last year we saw Girl Scout Cookies go trans-fat free and this year they’re taking a step even further to sell to us calorie-conscious folks. Meet Cinna-Spins 100-Calorie Packs. Yes that is right, like many major brands, the Girl Scouts of America are trying to lure us to buy more cookies (as if we needed convincing). Not all Scouts will be selling them though, so the next time they come knocking at your door be sure to ask if they’re available. One box contains five 100-
