Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls®

Name: Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls®
Brand: Girl Scout Cookie®

0Avoid

Breakdown

6 contaminants flagged · 5 ingredients to avoid

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−72

glyphosate−22

aluminum−12

lead−12

cadmium−12

mercury−10

arsenic−4

Ingredients

−63

corn syrup−20

natural and artificial flavor−19

soy lecithin−6

caramel color−5

vegetable oil shortening−5

5 more deductions−8

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+35

Minimum score+35

Final score0

Contaminants · 6

3 at/over limit

Some of these were measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits. The rest are listed from this product’s label.

Aluminum18.8 ppmof 0.2 ppm

Over the limit — 94×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality (secondary/aesthetic), 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.2 mg/L. NOTE: this is a bottled-water level; it is not an FDA limit for aluminum in solid foods, where no comparable federal limit exists.

Cadmium16.9 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 3.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead9.79 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Mercury1.6 ppbof 2 ppb

80% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Arsenic2.91 ppbof 10 ppb

29% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Glyphosate

Not measured in this product

Ingredients · 14

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Common questions

Is Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® healthy?

Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls®?

Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® lists 14 ingredients, starting with Soy Lecithin, Sea Salt, Caramel Color, Sugar and Corn Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® contain seed oils?

Yes. Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® lists Vegetable Oil Shortening in its ingredients.

How processed is Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls®?

We don’t have a NOVA classification on file for Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® yet, so the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® compare to other cookies?

At 0/100 Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® scores worse than most cookies we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cookies is Simple Mills Mini Cookies Almond Flour Chocolate Chip at 91/100.

Is Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® organic?

Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® is not certified organic in our data.

Has Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® been lab tested?

Yes. 5 substances in Girl Scout Cookie® Adventurefuls® have an independent laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Full methodology: how we score products.