Biscuits compared: which ones and how to choose?

If we enter any supermarket we are faced with large shelves full of biscuits of all kinds. But how to orient yourself in the choice? Are there better products than others and what to watch out for on the label?

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If we enter any supermarket we are faced with large shelves full of cookies of all kinds. But how to orient yourself in the choice? There are better products than others and what to watch out for on the label?

When you are talking about cookies you have to focus in particular on the amount of sugar present, which in some cases is really disproportionate, on the type of fat used (now, for example, there are many palm oil-free biscuits), sul total saturated fat but also, for a better understanding of the nutritional value of that product, evaluate the intake of proteins and fibers.

Read also: COOKIES WITHOUT PALM OIL, THE LIST
Reading the labels well and comparing different products you can find for example that some cookies have it sugar at the top of the ingredients list (this means that it is present in a greater quantity than all the others), that there are those who use wholemeal flours and therefore the product ensures a higher fiber intake and that still others mix different types of fats: butter, vegetable oil, cream, etc. with the result of creating a biscuit loaded with saturated fats. The choice is obviously up to you! The important thing is to always be aware of what you are buying by not being duped by the images and slogans that are often found on the packaging and which in most cases are misleading.

Let's put it now comparing the best known and most used cookies, the most loved ones, which you probably also have at home or have ever bought.

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COMPARING LABELS

PAN DI STELLE - WHITE MILL

Biscuits compared: which ones and how to choose?

ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, sunflower oil, butter, 3,6% cocoa, 3,5% chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, natural vanilla flavoring, emulsifier: soy lecithin), skimmed milk in powder, 2% sugar granules, fresh eggs, honey, 0,8% hazelnuts, raising agents (sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, monopotassium tartrate), wheat starch, salt, flavorings (milk), egg white egg powder, corn starch. It may contain traces of: other nuts and sesame.

EMBRACES - WHITE MILL

ingredients: Wheat flour, sugar, butter, sunflower oil, fresh eggs, cocoa 2,4%, pasteurized fresh cream 1,7%, wheat fiber, skimmed milk powder, honey, salt, raising agents (acid carbonate of sodium, monopotassium tartrate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), vanillin flavor.

GRAN TURCHESE - COLUSSI

ingredients: Wheat flour - sugar - vegetable sunflower oil 13,4% - skimmed milk powder - eggs from free-range hens - raising agents: ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate - dextrose - salt - flavorings. May contain soy and nuts.

Biscuits compared: which ones and how to choose?

RINGO - PAVESI

ingredients: Biscuits (75%): wheat flour, sunflower oil, sugar, wheat starch, low fat cocoa, glucose syrup, whey powder, salt, raising agents (sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate ), vanillin aroma. Cream (25%): non-hydrogenated vegetable oil and fat (rapeseed, shea), sugar, dextrose, whey powder, wheat starch, 0,1% vanillin flavor. It may contain traces of: peanuts, nuts, sesame, soy and eggs.

DROPS - PAVESI

ingredients: Wheat flour, sugar, chocolate 14,6% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, low fat cocoa, emulsifier: soy lecithin), sunflower oil, butter, glucose syrup, wheat starch, raising agents ( sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), salt, vanillin flavor May contain traces of: nuts, sesame and eggs.

PAVESINI - PAVESI

ingredients: Sugar 49,2%, wheat flour, fresh eggs 23,5%, raising agents (ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), caramelized sugar, flavorings. It may contain traces of: peanuts, nuts, milk, sesame and soy.

ORO SAIWA – SAIWA

ingredients: Wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, glucose-fructose syrup, raising agents (ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates, potassium tartrates), salt, wheat starch, flavorings. It can contain milk.

RICE ON RICE, CEREALS AND FRUITS - GALBUSERA

ingredients: Flour and cereal flakes 40% (wheat, oats), rice 30% (rice flour, crispy rice), sugar, corn oil 8,6%, fruit 5,5% (raisins 2,8%, hazelnuts 1,7 , 1%, apple 2,5%), dietary fiber (inulin), apple jam 35% (invert sugar syrup, apples 1% corresponding to 2,5% of the product, sugar, lemon juice, gelling agent: pectin, corrector of acidity: citric acid), candied fruit 0,2% (apricot, glucose-fructose syrup, orange peel, sugar, acidity regulator: citric acid), barley malt extract, glucose-fructose syrup, agents raising agents (ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, XNUMX% whole sea salt, flavorings. The product may contain traces of milk, egg, soy and other nuts.

PRIVATE - MISSURA

ingredients: Wheat flour - Sugar - Sunflower vegetable oil 12% - Honey (3,5%) - Glucose syrup - Raising agents: ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate - Salt - Flavors.

ORGANIC WHOLEMEAL FROLLINI - BLACK ALCE

ingredients: Whole wheat flour * (wheat flour *, wheat bran *) (61,9%), cane sugar *, extra virgin olive oil * (13%), wheat starch *, rice syrup *, agents leavening agents (ammodium carbonates, sodium carbonates), salt. *Biological
Now let's compare the best known and most loved biscuits, the ones that you probably have at home or have happened to buy.

COMPARATIVE TABLE

Now let's compare specifically in the different biscuits: the amount of sugar (and the relative teaspoons), saturated fats and fiber intake. This comparison table will make it easier for you.

THE NUTRITIONIST'S ADVICE TO CHOOSE COOKIES

We asked the nutritionist Irene Tornisello to give us some useful advice to keep in mind when buying cookies. Here's what he told us:

"To choose the healthiest biscuits for breakfast, read thelist of ingredients remembering that more corto is that list, the fewer ingredients are used for manufacturing. The nutritional table is also a useful support in the selection, especially for oneselfchoose those containing less simple sugars and limit the glycemic impact they may have. Then prefer products with wholemeal cereal flour (be it wheat, rice, kamut). Watch out for the words 'multigrain' or 'enriched in fibers' which does not necessarily mean that they are integral. Reading the label and the order in which the ingredients are entered is important because the former are found in greater quantities. Pay attention again to the greases used, prefer those obtained with vegetable oils (eg EVO) and without hydrogenated fats. Finally, biscuits are not low in calories, so it is important not to overdo the consumption ".

HOME MADE COOKIES

Even with regard to cookies, we recommend self-production whenever possible. Prepare at home tasty and healthy cookies it's quick and easy. The advantages are undoubtedly many: having a fresh product made with the best quality ingredients, the ability to limit the amount of sugar (you can also choose other types of natural sweeteners), the use of orthem healthier vegetables or, if you prefer, theexclusion of some ingredients like milk and eggs. Here are some recipes you can experiment with: