Meiji Chocolate creme filled cookies

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Ultra-processed · 6 ingredients to avoid

Meiji Chocolate creme filled cookies scores 5/100 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.

Meiji Chocolate creme filled cookies lists 13 ingredients, starting with Enriched Flour, Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Chocolate and Whole Milk Powder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Meiji Chocolate creme filled cookies scores worse than most cookies we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cookies is Ava Organics Organic Coconut Crispy Rollers Original Coconut at 100/100.