on my post yesterday i used CalorieKing.com to find out the amount of calories, fat and sugar in 4 oreo cookies. however, after posting, i realized that i used a 'serving' amount of 1.2 g- which instead of one cookie, could have been two. i was thinking that 640 calories for 4 cookies was way too many calories. thinking about this led to my search today on the Oreo Cookie, Nabisco brand website. let me tell you- it is NOT easy to find out how many calories are in 4 cookies! the nabisco site has listed a serving of cookies to be 34g. there are 15 servings in a package. again this is leading me to believe that 2 cookies equals one serving. why can they not just give you a serving by cookie? from a health stand point, and the idea behind listing nutrition facts on any product, is to know WHAT and HOW MUCH you are eating! i really doubt whoever is busting out the oreo's is going to be 'weighing' them on their food scale because they are worried about calories!?! it is absurd and frustrating. regardless here are the corrected facts (or what i believe to me the corrected facts) on 4 oreo cookies:
320 cal
14 g fat
320 g sodium
50g carbs
28 g sugar
bottom line: choose a banana over 4 oreo cookies.
in the middle of this ridiculous search- i have never spent so much time looking up junk food- i found the ingredients- close your eyes if you LOVE oreos:
Ingredients: SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON,
THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID),
HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL AND/OR PALM OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL
,
COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORNSTARCH,
LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT,
SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), VANILLIN - AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE.
CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY.
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