Sold as a dry mix, to use Pillsbury Sugar Cookies, you need to add additional ingredients. Pillsbury's latest release includes "Funfetti" with an added packet of colorful candy toppings, available in several varieties. When compared with homemade, these cookies fall short due to the list of additives and artificial ingredients used to enhance the taste and extend its shelf life.
Serving Size And Varieties
One serving of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Mix equals two cookies with approximately 18 cookies per box of premixed ingredients. Pillsbury Sugar Cookie mix comes in "Funfetti" Holiday, "Funfetti" Halloween and Reduced Sugar.
Calories, Fat, Cholesterol And Sodium
Two cookies, made from the Pillsbury Sugar Cookie mix, have 110 calories with 20 calories from fat and a total fat content of 2.5 g with 1 g of saturated fat, no cholesterol and 180 mg of sodium. The Reduced Sugar mixture has 90 calories with 15 calories from fat and a total fat content of 2 g, no cholesterol and 135 mg of sodium.
Carbohydrates and Protein
A single serving of two sugar cookies has 23 g of total carbohydrates, with no dietary fiber, 16 g of sugars and 1 g of protein. The Reduced Sugar cookies have 19 g of total carbohydrates, no dietary fiber and 6 g of sugars and 4 g of sugar alcohol. Pillsbury claims that this mix has 50 percent less sugar when compared with other leading brands of sugar cookie mix. However, this mix is not a reduced calorie food. Their claim is that the sugar content has been lowered from 12 g of sugars to 6 g of sugars per serving of two cookies.
Vitamins And Minerals
One serving of two Pillsbury sugar cookies provides 2 percent of the recommended daily value of niacin, iron and riboflavin, 4 percent of folic acid and 6 percent of thiamin. The Reduced Sugar mix provides 2 percent daily value of niacin, riboflavin and iron and 4 percent of folic acid and thiamin. It is safe to say that this mix alone does not provide a significant amount of vitamins and minerals. However, additional ingredients need to be added to make these cookies, such as butter or margarine and eggs, which may increase their nutritional value, as well as their calorie, fat, cholesterol and sodium content.
Ingredients
A box of Pillsbury Sugar cookie mix contains enriched bleached flour, sugar, malititol, maltodextrin, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, 2 percent or less of propylene glycol monoesters, baking soda, natural and artificial flavor, salt, mono and diglycerides, nonfat dry milk, corn starch, polysorbate 60, sucralose-a non nutritive sweetener, TBHQ-Tert-butylhydroquinone, used to preserve oils, fats and food items and citric acid.
Additives
Knowing what these additives are will help you decided its nutritional value. Malititol is a sugar alcohol obtained from corn syrup, and not absorbed well by the body. Maltodextrin, made from starch, is used to simulate dietary fiber as it cannot be broken down by digestive enzymes. Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or hydrogenated vegetable oil is trans fat, a form of fat that should be avoided. Polysorbate 60 is an emulsifier used in baked goods to keep them from going stale, extending their shelf life. Sucralose, marketed as Splenda, is a synthetic compound made by chemically reacting sugar with chlorine.
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