Trader Joe's Cranberry Butter Cookies

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Trader Joe's Cranberry Butter Cookies scores 26/100 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.

Trader Joe's Cranberry Butter Cookies lists 16 ingredients, starting with Unbleached Enriched Flour, Rolled Oats, Light Brown Sugar, Sweetened Dried Cranberries and Margarine. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 26/100 Trader Joe's Cranberry Butter Cookies 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.