Product Description

Nell Newman loves chocolate and can't go too long without dreaming up a new use for it. This time it's Newman-O's Original Vanilla Creme cookies: delicious, rich chocolate cookie sandwiches made with real chocolate and filled with creamy vanilla filling.

All Newman's O's chocolate cookies include organic cacao that comes from small farmers in the Talamanca region on the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica and Panama. Some of these farms provide important buffer zones for the La Amistad Biosphere Reverse, a habitat for endangered mammal and bird species. Methods of farming and harvesting are used that do not require the destruction of the rain forests.

Newman's Organics sources their organic chocolate from producers in Central and South America. Their producers take measures to certify that all of the cocoa they purchase is produced without the use of forced labor. Their group of cooperatives are inspected to verify compliance with organic standards. They require written verification from the inspector that each farm is "slavery-free."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2367 in Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Size: 16-Ounce Packages (Pack of 12)
• Brand: Newman's Own® Organics
• Released on: 2005-12-07
• Number of items: 12

Features

• Case of 12 16-ounce packages of cookies (192 total ounces)
• Made with organic flour, organic sugar, organic cocoa, organic palm fruit oil, and real chocolate
• No trans fat, no hydrogenated oil, no cholesterol
• Certified organic ingredients; cocoa is grown and harvested according to fair trade certification
• Product of the USA

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About the Brand
Newman's Own is a food company that was founded by Paul Newman in 1982. The company makes all-natural salad dressing, pasta sauce, salsa, lemonade and steak sauce.

Newman's Own Organics was founded in 1993 by Paul Newman's daughter, Nell Newman, as a division of Newman's Own. It became a separate company in late 2001. Their motto is "Great Tasting Food That Happens to Be Organic." Their products include organic pretzels, cookies, popcorn, chocolate bars, peppermint cups, peanut butter cups, olive oil and vinegar, dried fruit, fair trade coffee and pet food. Recently, Newman's Own Organics launched a line of fresh produce that includes organic lettuce mixes, baby spinach and carrots.

Newman's Own Organics follows in the charitable tradition established by Paul Newman, and all its profits are donated to charitable and educational causes.

Customer Reviews

A Comparison of Sandwich Cookies: Mathematical and Political Considerations.
In this multi-level analysis of Newman-O's vs. Oreos, we consider three areas: Taste, Values, and Nutrition (as always, consult a physician or other professional about nutritional concerns).

1) Taste. A Draw--Newman-O's for adults/Oreos for kids:
Nutritional considerations aside, Kraft (which owns Nabisco) Oreos have the advantage of more sugar and a familiarity that does not bring contempt. Newman's have a more "mature" taste, heavier on the cocoa side with hints of dark chocolate, and not as sweet as Oreos. Newman-O's, however, are somewhat of an acquire d taste: At first I didn't like them, then began to appreciate the more subtle cocoa flavors. My hunch, though, is that kids will prefer Oreos.

2) Values. Newman 1, Kraft 0 (maybe even -1):
Threatened by a lawsuit and federal truth-in-labeling regulations, Kraft finally removed the trans fat (probably the worst kind of fat) from Oreos in 2006, even though a company spokesperson once said this would be "difficult," and that trans fat availability should be left to nutritionists, not to legislators or the courts. (Perhaps Oreos are "red state" cookies, and Newman's are for "blue staters?") Before legislation requiring labeling of any trans fat of half a gram or more, Kraft did not list it; Newman)'s never had it.

Newman's, as always, donates all after-tax profits to charity; Kraft donates an unknown amount, because they don't publicize it, and because you can bet the CEO's stock options that they're not donating all of it. While I don't want to get too political here, Newman's uses a number of organic ingredients, and organic food proponents cite the resulting health and environmental benefits.

3) Nutrition. Advantage, Newman-O's, but 2 cookies or 3?
It turns out that nutritional information for Oreos is based on a 34 gram, three cookie serving size; Newman-O's uses a 28 gram, 2 cookie serving size. As shown below, the 2 cookie serving size outclasses Oreos on having more of the good and less of the bad. One could argue, however, that this is an unfair comparison, because a serving size of Newman-0's is % smaller than that for Oreos. (Although one could also argue that Newman's supports "portion control." However, if your portion control isn't controlled and you have 3 Newman-O's, the nutritional edge decreases. Still, even 3 Newman's (compared to 3 Oreos) gives you 3.57% less total fat, and less sodium. However, you'll consume 11% more saturated fat, more carbohydrates (47.25 grams to 25 for 3 Oreos), more calories (195 to 160). Some people may also prefer Newman-O's wheat-free ingredients and use of sweeteners, rather than the often maligned high-fructose corn syrup found in Kraft Oreos.

The Verdict. A great Paul Newman movie! Oh, and if I have to choose, I'd say at least try the Newman-O's. You (the adult, but perhaps not your kids) may like the taste better than Oreos, and the 2 cookie serving size handily beats the 3 serving-size of Oreos on total and saturated fat, sugar, calories, and sodium (as well as containng more organic ingredients). At three cookies each, the difference begin to disappear, though with Newman-O's you satisfy not your appetite for cookies, but your hunger for helping people in need. I know, it sounds touchy-feely, but it's true.

Ingredients--Kraft Regular Oreos:
SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL AND/OR PALM OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BAKING SODA, CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), VANILLIN-AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE.

OREOS, Nutritional Information. 3 cookies (34 grams):
Total fat (7 grams), Saturated fat (2 g). Trans fat (0 g), calories (160), sugar (14 grams), Total Carbohydrates, (25g), dietary fiber (1 g), protein (2 g), sodium (190 mg), no cholesterol, iron (10% ofrecommended daily requirement--based on a 2,000 calorie diet), sodium

Ingredients, Newman-O's (information from drugstore.com):
Organic barley flour, organic sugar, powdered sugar, organic palm oil, organic corn flour, organic rice flour, canola oil (expeller pressed), organic cocoa, cocoa (processed with alkali), organic unsweetened chocolate, natural flavor, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin (an emulsifier). No hydrogenated oil, no trans-fatty acids. Manufactured on equipment that may process products containing peanuts, other nuts, and milk powder. Wheat Free, dairy-free, kosher (OU-D).

Nutrition, Newman-O's (3 methods of calculation).
A. 2 cookies, (28 grams):
Total fat (4.5 grams), Saturated fat (1.5 g). Trans fat (0 g), calories (130), sugar (10.0 grams), Total Carbohydrates, (31.5g), dietary fiber (1 g), protein (2 g), sodium (85 mg), no cholesterol, iron (8% of recommended daily requirement--based on a 2,000 calorie diet), sodium

B. 3 cookies (42 grams):
Total fat (6.75 grams), Saturated fat (2.25 g). Trans fat (0 g), calories (195), sugar (16.5 grams), Total Carbohydrates, (31.5g), dietary fiber (0 g), protein (1.5 g), sodium (120 mg), no cholesterol, iron (10% of recommended daily requirement--based on a 2,000 calorie diet).

C. Serving Sizes Equal (Multiply values above by 34 grams/28 grams, round off to nearest tenth):
Total fat (5.5 grams), Saturated fat (1.8 g). Trans fat (0 g), calories (157.9), sugar (12.1 grams), Total Carbohydrates, (38.3g), dietary fiber (1.2 g), protein (2.4 g), sodium (103.2 mg), no cholesterol, iron (9.7% of recommended daily requirement--based on a 2,000 calorie diet).

Note: For "cookie sandwich" filling fans, Newman's version is also easier to separate.

Awesome! Better than Oreos!
Our family has started to make the switch to organics after doing quite a bit of reading as to what ingredients are in the foods that we eat. We tried these not expecting anything, but boy were we pleasantly surprised! They taste even better than Oreos! These cookies are much more flavorful and don't have any artificial color or flavor or any transfats like regular Oreos. We will never go back!

High-Sodium, Tasty Cookies
These high-sodium ginger cookies are too tasty to have around - you'll easily surpass your RDA of sodium in one sitting.

The nutrition facts that Amazon neglected to post are: Serving size is 2 cookies (28 g). Each serving has 160 mg of sodium, 4.5 mg of fat (2 g saturated, 0 g transfat), 19 g of total carbs (10 g sugars), and 0 g of cholesterol.

The ingredients in these "Made in U.S.A." cookies are organic unbleached wheat flour, powdered sugar, organic palm fruit oil, organic molasses, organic sugar, sodium bicarbonate (leavening), ground ginger, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), salt, monocalcium phosphate (leavening), and nutmeg. There are no hydrogentated oils or trans fats.

On the back of the package is an Ode to Ginger-O's, which reads: "You might, m'lady tweak my nose. You could, m'lord step on my toes. But Heaven help those poor bozos, who try to filch my Ginger-O's ".

Again, these high-sodium cookies taste too good in order to effectively exercise self-discipline to limit the quantity eaten.

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