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Chocolate chip cookies

Cookies

Checked by us One serving: 30 g (about 2 cookies) · 148 kcal

Some omega-3: ALA.

Nothing to watch for most people.

Worth knowing for some people: gluten.

Good for

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What one serving (30 g) gives you.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

21 more nutrients at a little or less

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How we counted this
  • 3-MCPD and its esters

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 15 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.

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    One serving carries 6 µg

    How we got this

    A serving a day adds 12–43% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 39–50% of the limit.

    The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 35% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.

    Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 700 g a day would reach the limit.

    Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 30 g a day, which stays within the 460 g of room left before the limit.

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    No cap: EFSA's group tolerable daily intake for 3-MCPD and its fatty acid esters is 2 µg/kg body weight/day (2018), 140 µg/day. About 700 g of cookies a day would reach it, eaten alone. One 30 g serving is 6.0 µg, 4.3% of the daily limit and +12-43% of the adult mean (EFSA 2018 update, adults: 0.2 to 0.7 µg/kg body weight/day, 14-49 µg/day), short of doubling it. EFSA names cookies a main contributor to 3-MCPD exposure in toddlers and infants; this rating is for adults.

    EFSA CONTAM Panel. Risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and glycidyl fatty acid esters in food. EFSA Journal 2016;14(5):4426 · grade B

    Every food with 3-MCPD and its esters

  • Aluminum

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 30 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to reach the limit.

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    One serving carries 336 µg

    How we got this

    A serving a day adds 2.2–17% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit.

    6,200 g a week reaches the limit

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week (2008), 70,000 µg a week for 70 kg. About 6,247 g a week would reach it, eaten alone. One 30 g serving is 0.48% of the weekly limit and seven daily servings are 3.4% of it; they add 2.2-16.8% to the adult weekly mean (0.2-1.5 mg/kg body weight/week, 14-105 mg/week), under the doubling line.

    Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A

    Every food with aluminum

  • You’d need about 4 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the glycidyl esters (glycidol) an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.

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    A serving a day adds 19–29% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.

    One serving carries 4.02 µg

    How we got this

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake

    No cap: glycidol (from glycidyl esters) is genotoxic and carcinogenic, so no safe threshold is set and it is judged by margin of exposure; EFSA (2016) counts 25,000 or higher, on a T25 of 10.2 mg/kg body weight/day, as low concern. One 30 g serving is 4.0 µg, 0.057 µg/kg body weight: +19-29% of the adult mean (EFSA 2016, adults: 0.2 to 0.3 µg/kg body weight/day, 14-21 µg/day), under doubling it. The serving alone gives a margin of exposure of about 178,000, against the 25,000 line.

    EFSA CONTAM Panel. Risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and glycidyl fatty acid esters in food. EFSA Journal 2016;14(5):4426 · grade B

    Every food with glycidyl esters (glycidol)

  • Acrylamide

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 4 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the acrylamide an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.

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    A serving a day adds 13–28% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.

    One serving carries 7.92 µg

    How we got this

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake

    No cap: no safe threshold is set for acrylamide (EFSA 2015 benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL10) 0.17 mg/kg body weight/day; a margin of exposure of 10,000 is low concern). One 30 g serving is 7.92 µg, 0.113 µg/kg body weight: +12.6-28.3% of EFSA's adult mean (0.4-0.9 µg/kg body weight/day, 28-63 µg/day) and +39-72% of Health Canada's (0.157-0.288 µg/kg body weight/day, 11-20 µg/day). At the highest sample (930 ng/g) a serving is 27.9 µg, +44-100% of EFSA's mean. At the mean, a serving stays under the doubling line against EFSA's mean.

    CFIA, FSAP Targeted Survey – Acrylamide 2013–2015 · grade A

    Every food with acrylamide

Checked for nickel, deoxynivalenol, cadmium, glyphosate residues, ochratoxin A and lead: fine at normal amounts.
  • Nickel

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 37 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.

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    One serving carries 18.3 µg

    How we got this

    A serving a day adds 7.7–9% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 28–29% of the limit.

    The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 26% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.

    Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 1,500 g a day would reach the limit.

    Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 30 g a day, which stays within the 1,100 g of room left before the limit.

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    No cap: nickel is rated against EFSA's tolerable daily intake of 13 µg/kg body weight/day (2020). The average adult already takes in 22-26% of it, under half, so a food would have to reach the limit on its own to matter. About 1,492 g a day would reach it, eaten alone; one 30 g serving is 2.01% of it. Cocoa-bearing cookies carry 20 times the nickel of a sugar cookie.

    Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A

    Every food with nickel

  • You’d need about 50 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.

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    One serving carries 0.41 µg

    How we got this

    A serving a day adds 0.8–2% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 71% of the limit.

    The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 70% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.

    Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 5,100 g a day would reach the limit.

    Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 30 g a day, which stays within the 1,500 g of room left before the limit.

    general_acute: 41,000 g in one sitting.

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    No cap: EFSA's group tolerable daily intake for deoxynivalenol (2017) is 1 µg/kg body weight/day, 70 µg/day. About 5,122 g of cookies a day would reach it, eaten alone (an upper bound). A 30 g serving is 0.41 µg, 0.59% of it and +0.8-2.0% of the adult mean (21-49 µg/day); at the maximum (37.7 ng/g), 1.1 µg, 1.6%. Only 3 samples.

    CFIA, Food Safety Action Plan Targeted Survey - Deoxynivalenol in Selected Foods - 2011-2012, open.canada.ca dataset 30484e10-f94e-4580-999f-3dc54eb75106 (resource cef65485-68e2-4580-8bd4-aa47c5a84c96); report page "2011-2012 Deoxynivalenol in Selected Foods" · grade B

    Every food with deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin)

  • Cadmium

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 9.5 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.

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    One serving carries 0.77 µg

    How we got this

    A serving a day adds 4.4% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 74% of the limit.

    An average adult already takes in about 71% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.

    Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 6,800 g a week would reach the limit.

    Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 210 g a week, which stays within the 2,000 g of room left before the limit.

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    A daily serving adds 4.4% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap.

    Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A

    Every food with cadmium

  • Glyphosate residues

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need more than 100 servings in a day of this food alone to reach the limit.

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    One serving carries 2.07 µg

    How we got this

    510,000 g a day reaches the limit

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    No cap: against EFSA's acceptable daily intake for glyphosate of 0.5 mg/kg body weight/day (2023), 35,000 µg/day, about 507,384 g a day would reach it, eaten alone (an upper bound, since non-detects count as zero). One 30 g serving is 2.1 µg, 0.006% of it. No adult average intake is recorded, so only the serving's share of the limit is shown.

    CFIA, Pesticides and Metals in Grain Products and Ready-to-Eat Meals, April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 · grade A

    Every food with glyphosate residues

  • Ochratoxin A

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 23 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the ochratoxin A an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.

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    A serving a day adds 1.2–4.5% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.

    One serving carries 0.01 µg

    How we got this

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake

    No cap: no safe threshold for ochratoxin A; EFSA (2020) counts a margin of exposure of 10,000 as low concern. A 30 g serving at the mean is 5.2 ng: +1.2-4.5% of the EFSA adult means (116-422 ng/day); at the maximum (4.42 ng/g), 133 ng: +31-114%.

    CFIA, Food Safety Action Plan Targeted Survey - Ochratoxin A in Selected Foods, 2012-2018 and 2019-2022 · grade A

    Every food with ochratoxin A

  • Lead

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the lead an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.

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    A serving a day adds 1% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.

    One serving carries 0.35 µg

    How we got this

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake

    No cap: a 30 g serving carries 0.35 µg, 1.00% of the average adult's lead intake of 35 µg/day, well under doubling it. No safe threshold is set for lead (EFSA 2010 benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL01) 0.50 µg/kg body weight/day).

    Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A

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For some people

Worth knowing

No limit applies, so none is rated.

  • Sugar

    9.9 g of sugar in a 30 g serving, natural and added together.

    Learn more

    Shown, not rated. The food tables we read give total sugar, and few give added sugar, so the site can’t yet tell sugar added in making a food from the sugar in fruit or milk.

Also checked (nothing to act on) · 1

Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.

  • Shown as context, not rated: EFSA's 2024 reference (benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL05) 0.06 µg/kg body weight/day) is for inorganic arsenic; only total arsenic was measured.

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More of what it’s good for

More omega-3: ALA

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Name in the database: Cookies (category row; representative: chocolate chip cookies, commercial; incl. brownies, creme sandwich, oatmeal, sugar and graham cookies)

How the serving was set: 30 g (Health Canada Table of Reference Amounts, row A.10: cookies, with or without coating or filling; graham wafers, macarons, coconut macaroons; bite-sized cookies: fraction of a cup (30 g)). Brownies, dessert squares and bars are A.4 (40 g).

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

NutrientPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Omega-3: ALA0.877 g0.26 g0.18 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Calcium · may be added · varies by brand, check your label21 mg6.3 mg4.27 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
34.935 mg10.48 mg7.1 mgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3812C
Carbohydrate65.36 g19.61 g13.28 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Choline · may be added · varies by brand, check your label10.5 mg3.15 mg2.13 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Energy492 kcal147.6 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
Omega-3: EPA + DHA0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fat24.72 g7.42 g5.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Cholesterol0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fatty acids, total saturated8.091 g2.43 g1.64 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fibre2 g0.6 g0.41 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Folate · may be added · varies by brand, check your label72 µg21.6 µg14.63 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Iron · may be added · varies by brand, check your label5.58 mg1.67 mg1.13 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Magnesium · may be added · varies by brand, check your label41 mg12.3 mg8.33 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents) · may be added · varies by brand, check your label3.268 mg0.98 mg0.66 mglisted usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3812C
Phosphorus · may be added · varies by brand, check your label109 mg32.7 mg22.15 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Potassium · may be added · varies by brand, check your label171 mg51.3 mg34.76 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Protein5.1 g1.53 g1.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Riboflavin (B2) · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.297 mg0.09 mg0.06 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Selenium · may be added · varies by brand, check your label3.9 µg1.17 µg0.79 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Sodium311 mg93.3 mg63.21 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Sugars32.9 g9.87 g6.69 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Thiamin (B1) · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.292 mg0.09 mg0.06 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin A · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin B12 · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.03 µg0.01 µg0.01 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin B6 · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.058 mg0.02 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin C · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin D · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin E · may be added · varies by brand, check your label2.01 mg0.6 mg0.41 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin K1 · may be added · varies by brand, check your label33.7 µg10.11 µg6.85 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Water3.57 g1.07 g0.73 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Zinc · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.72 mg0.22 mg0.15 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
NutrientPer 100 gPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Beta-carotene · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Copper · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.323 mg0.1 mg0.07 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Ash1.25 g0.38 g0.25 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Starch28.32 g8.5 g5.76 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Sucrose31.29 g9.39 g6.36 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Glucose1.21 g0.36 g0.25 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fructose0.39 g0.12 g0.08 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Maltose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Alcohol, ethyl0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Caffeine11 mg3.3 mg2.24 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Theobromine83 mg24.9 mg16.87 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Energy2,060 kj618 kj418.7 kjlisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Galactose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin A, IU1 iu0.3 iu0.2 iulisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Carotene, alpha0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units0 iu0 iu0 iulisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Cryptoxanthin, beta0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Lycopene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocopherol, beta0.28 mg0.08 mg0.06 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocopherol, gamma9.76 mg2.93 mg1.98 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocopherol, delta2.89 mg0.87 mg0.59 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocotrienol, alpha0.07 mg0.02 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocotrienol, beta0.61 mg0.18 mg0.12 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocotrienol, gamma0.08 mg0.02 mg0.02 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tocotrienol, delta0.04 mg0.01 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin K (Menaquinone-4)0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin K (Dihydrophylloquinone)1 µg0.3 µg0.2 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Folic acid29 µg8.7 µg5.89 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Folate, food43 µg12.9 µg8.74 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Folate, DFE92 µg27.6 µg18.7 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Betaine16.6 mg4.98 mg3.37 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tryptophan0.079 g0.02 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Threonine0.135 g0.04 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Isoleucine0.146 g0.04 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Leucine0.292 g0.09 g0.06 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Lysine0.067 g0.02 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Methionine0.022 g0.01 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Cystine0.101 g0.03 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Phenylalanine0.213 g0.06 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Tyrosine0.079 g0.02 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Valine0.202 g0.06 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Arginine0.157 g0.05 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Histidine0.079 g0.02 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Alanine0.157 g0.05 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Aspartic acid0.247 g0.07 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Glutamic acid1.325 g0.4 g0.27 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Glycine0.168 g0.05 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Proline0.393 g0.12 g0.08 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Serine0.213 g0.06 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin E, added0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Vitamin B-12, added0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fatty acids, total trans0.684 g0.21 g0.14 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 4:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 6:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 8:00.003 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 10:00.01 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 12:00.011 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 14:00.064 g0.02 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 16:04.451 g1.34 g0.9 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 18:03.308 g0.99 g0.67 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 20:00.118 g0.04 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 18:16.188 g1.86 g1.26 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:27.519 g2.26 g1.53 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:30.877 g0.26 g0.18 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 20:40.009 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 22:00.059 g0.02 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 16:10.033 g0.01 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 20:10.033 g0.01 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 22:10.007 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated6.272 g1.88 g1.27 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated8.417 g2.53 g1.71 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 15:00.009 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 17:00.034 g0.01 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
SFA 24:00.026 g0.01 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
TFA 16:1 t0.003 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
TFA 18:1 t0.607 g0.18 g0.12 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
TFA 22:1 t0.004 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
TFA 18:2 t not further defined0.071 g0.02 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:2 CLAs0.014 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 24:1 c0.002 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c0.006 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 16:1 c0.03 g0.01 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 18:1 c5.581 g1.67 g1.13 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:2 n-6 c,c7.434 g2.23 g1.51 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 22:1 c0.003 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c0.035 g0.01 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 17:10.009 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 20:30.005 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic0.613 g0.18 g0.12 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Fatty acids, total trans-polyenoic0.071 g0.02 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
MUFA 15:10.001 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA)0.842 g0.25 g0.17 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 20:3 n-30.005 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 20:3 n-60 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 18:3i0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
PUFA 22:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Lactose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Lutein + zeaxanthin1 µg0.3 µg0.2 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Manganese · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0.62 mg0.19 mg0.13 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Niacin (B3, preformed) · may be added · varies by brand, check your label2.665 mg0.8 mg0.54 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C
Retinol · may be added · varies by brand, check your label0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #172716C

Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.

Absorption studies

Studies of how much of a nutrient gets in; those done in animals are marked. This page quotes a figure only from a study that passes our screen: adults, graded A, of this food in this preparation, with a test dose on record and a source that has passed our evidence check. The exception is calcium on our calcium card: its figure comes from the card’s own study, checked with the card, and is marked “used” even where that study misses a step of this screen. The others are listed so nothing is hidden, each with the first check it fails.

No study of this food passes the screen yet, so no absorption figure is quoted.

StudyNutrientAbsorbedTest dosePeopleGradeOn this page
Weaver 1991 study 3: calcium from unleavened cookies, light baking (light)

unleavened cookie, light baking · unleavened cookies baked to two degrees of browning (L value 59.1 light, 51.1 dark); dough of powdered sugar, margarine, egg and flour, 15% of which was intrinsically 45Ca-labelled wheat flour and the rest Pillsbury bread flour; serving 4 cookies

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Calcium64.8 %20 mg15BNot used: not graded A, so not a direct human study of this food and preparation.
Weaver 1991 study 3: calcium from unleavened cookies, dark baking (dark)

unleavened cookie, dark baking · unleavened cookies baked to two degrees of browning (L value 59.1 light, 51.1 dark); dough of powdered sugar, margarine, egg and flour, 15% of which was intrinsically 45Ca-labelled wheat flour and the rest Pillsbury bread flour; serving 4 cookies

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Calcium65.4 %20 mg15BNot used: not graded A, so not a direct human study of this food and preparation.

Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

  • Acrylamide · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: no safe threshold is set for acrylamide (EFSA 2015 benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL10) 0.17 mg/kg body weight/day; a margin of exposure of 10,000 is low concern). One 30 g serving is 7.92 µg, 0.113 µg/kg body weight: +12.6-28.3% of EFSA's adult mean (0.4-0.9 µg/kg body weight/day, 28-63 µg/day) and +39-72% of Health Canada's (0.157-0.288 µg/kg body weight/day, 11-20 µg/day). At the highest sample (930 ng/g) a serving is 27.9 µg, +44-100% of EFSA's mean. At the mean, a serving stays under the doubling line against EFSA's mean. · CFIA 2013–2015 · A
  • Aluminum · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week (2008), 70,000 µg a week for 70 kg. About 6,247 g a week would reach it, eaten alone. One 30 g serving is 0.48% of the weekly limit and seven daily servings are 3.4% of it; they add 2.2-16.8% to the adult weekly mean (0.2-1.5 mg/kg body weight/week, 14-105 mg/week), under the doubling line. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • Arsenic, all forms · Context · Shown as context, not rated: EFSA's 2024 reference (benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL05) 0.06 µg/kg body weight/day) is for inorganic arsenic; only total arsenic was measured. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • Cadmium · Nothing to watch: under the limit · A daily serving adds 4.4% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • Gluten (celiac disease) · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with celiac disease: wheat, barley, rye and their hybrids trigger it. · Health Canada, celiac disease · A
  • Deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's group tolerable daily intake for deoxynivalenol (2017) is 1 µg/kg body weight/day, 70 µg/day. About 5,122 g of cookies a day would reach it, eaten alone (an upper bound). A 30 g serving is 0.41 µg, 0.59% of it and +0.8-2.0% of the adult mean (21-49 µg/day); at the maximum (37.7 ng/g), 1.1 µg, 1.6%. Only 3 samples. · CFIA 2011 · B
  • Egg allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with an egg allergy: egg is a Health Canada priority food allergen. Some people with egg allergy tolerate extensively baked egg, with an allergist's advice. · Health Canada, Eggs - A priority food allergen · A
  • Glycidyl esters (glycidol) · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: glycidol (from glycidyl esters) is genotoxic and carcinogenic, so no safe threshold is set and it is judged by margin of exposure; EFSA (2016) counts 25,000 or higher, on a T25 of 10.2 mg/kg body weight/day, as low concern. One 30 g serving is 4.0 µg, 0.057 µg/kg body weight: +19-29% of the adult mean (EFSA 2016, adults: 0.2 to 0.3 µg/kg body weight/day, 14-21 µg/day), under doubling it. The serving alone gives a margin of exposure of about 178,000, against the 25,000 line. · DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4426 · B
  • Glyphosate residues · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: against EFSA's acceptable daily intake for glyphosate of 0.5 mg/kg body weight/day (2023), 35,000 µg/day, about 507,384 g a day would reach it, eaten alone (an upper bound, since non-detects count as zero). One 30 g serving is 2.1 µg, 0.006% of it. No adult average intake is recorded, so only the serving's share of the limit is shown. · CFIA 2016–2017 · A
  • Lead · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: a 30 g serving carries 0.35 µg, 1.00% of the average adult's lead intake of 35 µg/day, well under doubling it. No safe threshold is set for lead (EFSA 2010 benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL01) 0.50 µg/kg body weight/day). · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • 3-MCPD and its esters · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's group tolerable daily intake for 3-MCPD and its fatty acid esters is 2 µg/kg body weight/day (2018), 140 µg/day. About 700 g of cookies a day would reach it, eaten alone. One 30 g serving is 6.0 µg, 4.3% of the daily limit and +12-43% of the adult mean (EFSA 2018 update, adults: 0.2 to 0.7 µg/kg body weight/day, 14-49 µg/day), short of doubling it. EFSA names cookies a main contributor to 3-MCPD exposure in toddlers and infants; this rating is for adults. · DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4426 · B
  • Milk allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a milk allergy: milk is a Health Canada priority food allergen. The cookie behind this page is made with butter or shortening, so the flag is for the category, not every recipe. · Health Canada, Milk - a priority food allergen · A
  • Nickel · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: nickel is rated against EFSA's tolerable daily intake of 13 µg/kg body weight/day (2020). The average adult already takes in 22-26% of it, under half, so a food would have to reach the limit on its own to matter. About 1,492 g a day would reach it, eaten alone; one 30 g serving is 2.01% of it. Cocoa-bearing cookies carry 20 times the nickel of a sugar cookie. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • Ochratoxin A · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: no safe threshold for ochratoxin A; EFSA (2020) counts a margin of exposure of 10,000 as low concern. A 30 g serving at the mean is 5.2 ng: +1.2-4.5% of the EFSA adult means (116-422 ng/day); at the maximum (4.42 ng/g), 133 ng: +31-114%. · CFIA ochratoxin A survey (2012–2022) · A
  • Wheat allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a wheat allergy: wheat is a Health Canada priority food allergen. · Health Canada, Wheat & Triticale - Priority food allergens · A

Oxalate, phytate and gut-tolerance measurements

  • fodmap fructan: 1.82 g/100 g as eaten; 0.21 g per 11.6 g (1 biscuit); enzymatic total-fructan assay; Australian composite of purchased chocolate chip biscuits g/100 g fresh weight (as eaten) · fresh weight, as eaten · commercial chocolate chip biscuit (cookie), composite of purchases · grade A · Biesiekierski 2012
  • fodmap fructan: 1.04 +/- 0.09 g/100 g edible portion (group mean, gluten-containing 'Biscuits', n per group not printed); excess fructose 0.00; sorbitol 0.00; raffinose 0.20 +/- 0.05 g/100 g edible portion · as purchased (edible portion) · gluten-containing biscuits sold in Spanish supermarkets (group mean) · grade B · Matias 2024
  • fodmap fructan: total fructans 1.739 g/100 g 'as is'; total oligosaccharides (fructans + GOS) 0.642; FOS 0.461; GOS 0.179; excess fructose, lactose 0; total polyols 0.006 (wholegrain wheat flour 100%, sucrose 20%, shortening 20%) g/100 g as is · as is · lab-baked wholegrain wheat cookie, control recipe WCo1 · grade B · Torbica 2025
  • lactose: 0.28 g/100 g as eaten (0.03 g per 11.6 g); cream-filled chocolate-coated 0.34, shortbread 0.20, sweet plain not detected g/100 g fresh weight (as eaten) · fresh weight, as eaten · commercial chocolate chip biscuit, composite · grade A · Biesiekierski 2012

Sources

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.