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Siete Mexican Wedding Grain Free Cookies
16 oz
Score
- High in sugar
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains caffeine
- Seed-oil free
Why it scores 18
Siete Mexican Wedding Grain Free Cookies scores 18 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Coconut sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Powdered sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 11 points Sugars 26.7 g / 100 g: Very high in sugar. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Mexican Wedding Grain Free Cookies
Ingredients
- Coconut sugar minus 20 points
- Powdered sugar minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 10 points
Processing
- Processed (NOVA 3) minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 26.7 g / 100 g minus 11 points
- Saturated fat 15 g / 100 g minus 9 points
- Salt 0.9 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 500 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 3.3 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 82 = 18
Can’t score above 79. Contains coconut 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 | 500 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 30 g |
| Saturated fat | 15 g |
| Carbohydrates | 53.3 g |
| Sugars | 26.7 g |
| Added sugars | 26.7 g |
| Fiber | 3.3 g |
| Protein | 3.3 g |
| Salt | 0.9 g |
Serving: 5 cookies (30 g)
Ingredients
- Grain free flour blend (almond flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot flour, cassava flour, chickpea flour)
- coconut sugar (high concern)
- coconut oil
- powdered sugar (sugar, tapioca flour) (high concern)
- pecan pieces
- avocado oil
- apple cider vinegar
- sea salt
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- orange peel powder
- vanilla extract
- jasmine tea extract
Label text, as published
Grain free flour blend (almond flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot flour, cassava flour, chickpea flour), coconut sugar, coconut oil, powdered sugar (sugar, tapioca flour), pecan pieces, avocado oil, apple cider vinegar, sea salt, baking soda, cinnamon, orange peel powder, vanilla extract, jasmine tea extract.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Tree nuts, Wheat
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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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Spilling the Beans: How Much Caffeine is Too Much?
“For most adults, the FDA has cited 400 milligrams* a day — that's about two to three 12-fluid-ounce cups of coffee — as an amount not generally associated with negative effects.”
fda.gov
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Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III point 4.1 (beverages with high caffeine content)
“‘High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women’”
eur-lex.europa.eu