New among the Scout cookie line for 2013 is the Mango Creme with Nutrifusion, a creamy fruit tasting cookie with Vitamins A, B1, B6, C, and D. ABC Bakers, the company that bakes the Girl Scout Cookies, touts the mango cookie as a cookie that can be eaten "with health in mind."
The Mango Creme is considered healthy because of a key ingredient, Nutrifusion TM, a powdery blend of apples, oranges, cranberries, pomegranate, limes, strawberries and, yes, even shiitake mushrooms.
Unfortunately, the new Girl Scout cookie many not be the healthy cookie that the Scouts and ABC Bakers want, especially when you talk calories.
Compare the Mango Creme with two long-time Girl Scout Cookie favorites - the Thin Mints and the Tagalong. Vitamin-wise, the mango cookie has 15% of a daily recommended dose of Vitamin B1 plus a lot of other alphabet vitamins. The Thin Mint and Tagalong are vitamin-free.
But when it comes to calories, the story is different. A serving of Mango Cremes (3 cookies) is 180 calories. Now compare that to four Thin Mints with a calorie count of 170 calories or to the peanut buttery chocolate Tagalong with 140 calories for two cookies.
In today's world of battling childhood and adult obesity, calorie counting may be more important than having a small percentage of vitamins in a cookie. Cookies should be enjoyed as a treat, not as vitamin sources. Besides, isn't that what the Flintstone Gummies vitamins are for?
You can read more about the great mango cookie controversy at these news sources.
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