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You might wonder why we're stacking up the sugar in reduced fat
foods. After all, they're not making any claims about reducing sugar.
Well, we were curious. And we wanted to point out that just because a
cookie is touted as low fat, that doesn't mean it has less sugar than
its regular counterpart. And as we discovered, a reduction of fat
does not necessarily even mean a major reduction in calories. |
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The Reduced Fat Oreos
won't help you much if you're counting calories - they have almost as
many calories as the regular ones. And the sugar content is the same.
The Snack Cakes do have fewer calories, but a comparable amount of
sugar.
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Reduced Fat Oreos
3 cookies (34g)
Sugars, total: 14g
Calories, total: 150
Calories from sugar: 56
Oreo Snack Cakes
1 package (24g)
Sugars, total: 9g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 36
Oreos
3 cookies (34g)
Sugars, total: 14g
Calories, total: 160
Calories from sugar: 56
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The portion size is a little disappointing here. This is a very small handful. But they did manage to pack in the sugar.
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Oreo Candy Bites
1 package (22g)
Sugars, total: 12g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 48
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All those little cookie wafers will last longer, but in the end, they have just as much sugar, and about as many calories as two regular (and much better tasting) Chips Ahoy cookies.
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Chips Ahoy (regular)
2 cookies (20g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 98
Calories from sugar: 28
Chips Ahoy Thin Crisps
1 package (23g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 28
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These cute little bite-size cupcakes are about equivalent to a half of a regular cupcake, in terms of sugar and calories.
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Hostess Cupcake
100 Calorie Pack (37g)
Sugars, total: 10g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 40
Hostess Cupcake
1 Regular (49.5g)
Sugars, total: 22g
Calories, total: 175
Calories from sugar: 88
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That's a pretty average amount of sugar for two cookies, and that's the same amount of calories you'd get in two regular Oreos.
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Snackwell Creme Sandwiches
2 cookies (25g)
Sugars, total: 9g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 36
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These stats seem less impressive when you realize that this is only one not very substantial cookie.
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Snackwell Devil's Food Cookies
1 cookie (16g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 50
Calories from sugar: 28
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Not really a surprise, since they didn't make any claims about less sugar. In this case, the fat reduction actually did make a significant impact on the calorie count.
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Chocolate Pudding
Regular Pudding (99g)
Sugars, total: 16g
Calories, total: 130
Calories from sugar: 64
Low Fat Pudding (99g)
Sugars, total: 15g
Calories, total: 80
Calories from sugar: 60
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Another case where the low fat version has almost as many calories as the original, and the same amount of sugar. And you know it's going to be dry and taste weird. Unless you're really concerned about fat, might as well get the regular ones.
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Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
Chocolate Chip (regular) (24g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 28
Low Fat Chocolate Chunk (24g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 90
Calories from sugar: 28
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