Moms are known for lines like “drink your milk” and “eat your vegetables,” but a new generation of moms may be saying “eat your cookies” if Sun Core Products, the creator of WhoNu? cookies, has anything to do with it. According to its website (www.whonucookies.com), WhoNu? cookies are “nutrition rich cookies” “fortified with various sources of vitamins and minerals.” Sun Core claims these cookies have as much fiber as a bowl of oatmeal, as much calcium and Vitamin D as an 8 ounce glass of milk, as much Vitamin C as one cup of blueberries, as much Iron as one cup of spinach, as much Vitamin E as two cups of carrot juice, as much Vitamin B12 as one cup of cottage cheese and fruit, and as much Vitamin A as an 8 ounce glass of tomato juice (based on a serving size of 3 cookies). These claims sound too good to be true, and time and testing may prove that they are.
Even if WhoNu? cookies are indeed “nutrition rich,” they nevertheless cause a concern that consumers will believe that eating these cookies is a substitute for drinking milk, carrot juice or tomato juice, or eating spinach, blueberries, oatmeal, and cottage cheese. Indeed, it is likely that consumers will believe that if 3 cookies are healthy, then 6 cookies or 9 cookies must be even healthier. What WhoNu? cookies does not disclose is that milk, spinach, blueberries, oatmeal, carrot juice, tomato juice, and cottage cheese, all contain many additional vitamins and nutrients that WhoNu? cookies do not contain. For example, in addition to Iron, spinach contains beta-carotene, Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, Bc, C, E and K. For that reason alone, spinach is clearly a healthier choice than three (or more) WhoNu? cookies.
While consumers no doubt love the idea of eating cookies instead of spinach, they should be aware that while WhoNu? cookies may be a healthy alternative to Mallomars and Oreos, they are not a healthy alternative to drinking milk and eating your fruits and vegetables.
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