Cookies Squares

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 6 ingredients to avoid

Publix Cookies Squares 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. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 1g protein and 16g sugar. 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.

Publix Cookies Squares lists 16 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin and Reduced Iron. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

180 kcal per serving, or 500 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Publix Cookies Squares on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Publix Cookies Squares scores worse than most bakery we have scored. A higher-scoring option in bakery is jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.