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Calorie Counts You Can't Trust

Calorie Counts You Can't Trust
Nana's all-natural oatmeal-raisin and sunflower cookies are yummy and huge. Both treats claim to have less than 300 calories. Since these babies are almost CD-size and more than half an inch thick, that count struck us as too good to be true. An independent laboratory confirmed that the oatmeal-raisin cookie, listed on the label as having only 264 calories, actually has 460! The sunflower flavor, labeled as 240, has 436. What's more, the sunflower cookie has twice as much fat as the label claims; the oatmeal flavor is almost as bad. Both are sold nationwide at Whole Foods Market and health food stores, so buyer, beware, unless you want to splurge.
—Delia A. Hammock, M.S., R.D.

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