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Girl Scouts Peanut Butter Patties
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
- Contains artificial flavors
Why it scores 1
Girl Scouts Peanut Butter Patties scores 1 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Corn syrup solids: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Peanut Butter Patties
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Corn syrup solids minus 20 points
- Molasses minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 4 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 4.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 32 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Saturated fat 16 g / 100 g minus 9 points
- Salt 1 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 520 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 4 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 99.5 = 0.5 → 1
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat, saturated fat and sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 520 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 28 g |
| Saturated fat | 16 g |
| Carbohydrates | 60 g |
| Sugars | 32 g |
| Added sugars | 32 g |
| Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Salt | 1 g |
Serving: 2 cookies (25 g)
Ingredients
- sugar (high concern)
- peanut butter
- peanuts
- salt
- hydrogenated palm oil
- corn syrup solids (high concern)
- molasses (high concern)
- honey (high concern)
- partially defatted peanut flour
- dextrose (high concern)
- whey
- soy lecithin
- enriched wheat flour
- flour
- niacin
- reduced iron
- thiamine mononitrate
- riboflavin
- folic acid
- vegetable oil
- shortening
- palm oil
- palm kernel oils
- cocoa
- processed with alkali (not recognized)
- invert sugar (high concern)
- leavening
- baking soda
- monocalcium phosphate
- ammonium bicarbonate
- soy lecithin
- salt
- natural and artificial flavor
Label text, as published
sugar, peanut butter, peanuts, salt, hydrogenated palm oil, corn syrup solids, molasses, honey, partially defatted peanut flour, dextrose, whey, soy lecithin, enriched wheat flour, flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, vegetable oil, shortening, palm oil, palm kernel oils, cocoa, processed with alkali, invert sugar, leavening, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, salt, natural and artificial flavor
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Not vegan
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Girl Scouts
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu