Trader Joe's mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Trader Joe's mini Chocolate Chip Cookies scores 83/100 on Tallow — our clean 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 mini Chocolate Chip Cookies lists 7 ingredients, starting with Unbleached Enriched Flour, Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips, Unsalted Butter, Cane Sugar and Brown Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 83/100 Trader Joe's mini Chocolate Chip Cookies sits in our top band, among the better cookies we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cookies is Simple Mills Mini Cookies Almond Flour Chocolate Chip at 91/100.