Girl Scout Cookies; Should They be Compared to Fruit?
The Center for Science in Public Interest questions the Girl Scouts' comparison of a cookie to a fruit.
The Girl Scouts of the USA caught quite a bit of heat over the past week after introducing its new Mango Creme, and suggesting that the cookie has the nutritional equivalent of fruit. "It's bad enough that the Girl Scouts of the USA sells cookies to raise money, but it shouldn't pretend that its new 'Mango Crèmes with NutriFusion' are nutritionally equivalent to fruit, wrote the Center for Science in the Public Interest in a recent press release. The Center said, "the cookies at issue are 98 percent white flour, sugar, palm oil, and dextrose (sugar made from corn). Yet marketing copy on the manufacturer's website claims that its filling has 'all the nutrient benefits of eating cranberries, pomegranates, oranges, grapes, and strawberries…
Cookie lover
12:19 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
The mango cookies are delicious! I have bought four kinds - six boxes so far and I normally only eat healthy fruits and veggies, but made an exception for the girl scouts. However, no cookie, girl scout or otherwise, is healthy. They should not even be called food. They should only be a treat for the healthiest of people, if anything. I happen to be too weak to avoid cookies. Someday, maybe that … more ›