Cookies as Food 2008-03-07

2008-03-07 Cumberland Times-News-Cookie Company

Diana Loar, foreground, executive director of the Western Maryland Food Bank, helps Lori Kooken, left, program director of the Girl Scouts of the Shawnee Council, and Kathy Koelker, the councils cookie manager, pull Girl Scout cookie orders Tuesday afternoon at the Cumberland food bank. More than 2,100 cases of cookies were ordered by Scouts in Allegany and Mineral counties; each case contains 12 boxes. The Girl Scouts will have a cookie booth and informational display at the Country Club Mall in LaVale from Sunday through where cookies will be available for purchase. Funds raised in the area stay in the Shawnee Council to support programs and activities.

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2008-03-07 News:Out with the junk (food)

Hambright fourth-grader Brooke McElroy has no trouble picking healthier foods. On Wednesday, she could have chosen cupcakes from the lunch line (They are low-fat and in place of frosting is a dab of non-dairy whipped cream. )

Gavin Scayler is the food-services director for the Pequea Valley, Manheim Township and Hempfield school districts.

School lunches and classroom parties now feature more fruits and veggies and fewer cookies and brownies, as districts adhere to new state nutrition guidelines.

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Cupcakes, listen up. Your days as ruler of the classroom party are over. Schools want parents to bring fewer desserts for their childrenand no. 39;s birthdays and other celebrations. If cupcakes are on the menu for a party, then schools want also to see healthy stuff such as fresh fruit with yogurt dip and veggie trays with ranch dressing, not just brownies, doughnuts and cookies. The push toward

2008-03-07 Tagatose acceptable sucrose-replacer for cookies, says study

As a sucralose replacer. They were motivated particularly by the drive towards healthier eating and the appearance of nutraceutical ingredients that can bring health benefits to mainstream foods.

Tagatose is suitable as a partial replacer for sucrose in cookies, according to a new study in sensory attributes, and could be used to reduce metabolized sugars in the diet and as a prebiotic.

The researchers from Wacker Fine Chemicals and Auburn University in the US set out to test the potential for tagatoses use in cookies

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Tagatose acceptable sucrose-replacer for cookies, says study Tagatose is suitable as a partial replacer for sucrose in cookies, according to a new study in sensory - Arla tagatose prebiotic cookies

2008-03-07 Mango to offer fibre boost for cookies

This is not the first time that researchers have looked at the potential of mango to boost the dietary fibre content of food. Previously, researchers from Venezuela and Ecuador extracted dietary fibre from unripe mangoes and formulated them into cookies

The research, by scientists at Indias Central Food Technological Research Institute, adds to earlier reports of the potential of mango to increase dietary fibre.

Thus, mango peel, a by-product from the mango processing industry, could be utilised for the preparation of biscuits and other food products with improved functional and nutraceutical properties. "

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Mango to offer fibre boost for cookies Extracts from mangos are a rich source of antioxidants and dietary fibre and can easily be used in - Mango fibre cookies

2008-03-06 City Council panel OKs ban on trans fat -

Edward Dopkin, who owns several Baltimore restaurants, including Alonsos and Miss Shirleys - which, he said, do not use trans fats - handed out cookies and snacks to council members at the hearing. His point: The ban does nothing to address trans fats in packaged food sold in corner stores and gas stations.

Trans fats, often found in oils used for fast food and packaged snacks, can clog arteries and lead to heart disease. Some studies blame the fats for as many as 50,000 fatal heart attacks a year. The American Heart Association recommends that people limit trans fats to less than 1 percent of their daily calories.

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Baltimore leaders are poised to approve a ban on trans fats in restaurant food, putting the city on the front edge of a trend that supporters argue will reduce the incidence of heart disease. - City council committee oks ban on trans fats

2008-03-06 Businesses take root at agricultural incubator Democrat and Chronicle

At the same time, demand is growing not only for all-natural foods but for "functional foods foods that are healthy for you," Isaacs said. Thats where the cherry juice drink comes in: Its marketed to athletes to help muscle recovery and to baby boomers to mitigate health concerns.

The incubator building was designed for food research labs, but the immediate demand has been more for small-scale production space. When another building is constructed, Isaacs said, he hopes to create more production slots so future pilot plants can go there.

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2008-03-06 Food Police Chief Watches What We Eat-Health-redOrbit

Most trans fat is found in shortening, stick (or hard) margarine, cookies, crackers, snack foods, fried foods (including fried fast food), doughnuts, pastries, baked goods and other processed foods. Consumption of trans fat causes blockage of the arteries that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney problems.

Jacobson is the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, also known as the food police. CSPI is based in Washington, D. C. , but Jacobson was inSacramento last week to garner support for AB 97, a bill by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia. The bill would prohibit food facilities from storing, distributing, using in food preparation or serving food containing artificial trans fat. The measure has passed the Assembly but failed in the Senate. It is currently on the inactive list.

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Lunch with the food police is no laughing matter. Nor is it extravagant: an organic apple, bottled water, a sandwich on whole wheat bread with plenty of fresh vegetables, no mayo, no chips and apparently no cheese. - Food fat jacobson trans cspi nutrition foods king restaurants burger cheese eat fats list health

2008-03-06 Midwest Airlines to sell cookie dough in K. C. -The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

Midwest began baking the popular cookies for passengers in 1986. The airline launched the sale of its cookie dough at Sendiks Food Market stores in the Milwaukee area on . The stores sold out of initial supplies of the product on the first day.

Through the years, our passengers have repeatedly asked where they could buy our fresh, baked-onboard chocolate chip cookies," Susan Kerwin-Hagen, Midwest Airlines marketing programs specialist, said in a release. "And we are pleased to partner with one of the Kansas City areas finest grocers -- Hen House Market -- to make Midwest Airlines Genuine Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough available to the public. "

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2008-03-05 Spring is in the air.

Food items most sought after include cereal, snacks for lunches, cookies, granola bars, canned pasta and pasta sauce, pork and beans, macaroni and cheese and stews. As well, food bank officials are seeking canned vegetables, Cheese Whiz spread, canned fruit, applesauce, juice boxes, canned tuna, instant coffee or tea and toiletries.

We still depend on this food drive and (the communitys) donations to keep our shelves stocked and allow our supply to last throughout the summer," stress food bank officials in a press release promoting the upcoming effort.

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2008-03-05 Cheating Isnt Always the Explanation-Freakonomics-Opinion-New York Times Blog

Times metro reporter Jennifer 8. Lee has turned her fortune cookie explorations into a book: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food. The book goes beyond just cookies, according to its Web site, which promises a look at the enduring mysteries of Chinese cuisine through a mix of in-depth research and ()

Investigators visited dozens of Chinese restaurants, takeouts and buffets. Then they called fortune cookie distributors and learned that many different brands of fortune cookies come from the same Long Island City factory, which is owned by Wonton Food and churns out four million a day.

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