Eh Voila! Here is a review of Glutano brand Custard Cream Biscuits. These are gluten-free sandwich cookies with vanilla cream filling.
The cookies contain: Vanilla cream (unhardened vegetable oil, sugar, sweet whey powder, whole milk powder, lactose, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural flavour, maize starch, sugar, maize flour, unhardened vegetable oil (palm oil), lupin flour, fructose, sea salt, thickener guar gum, raising agent (ammonium hydrogen carbonate).
Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 2 biscuits
Calories: 180
Fat Cal: 80
Total fat: 9 g
Sat. fat: 4g
Cholest.: 5 mg
Sodium: 110 mg
Total carb: 23 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugars: 9 g
Protein: 1 g
My first thought on these custard creams is that they seem so European -(which of course they are). After tasting, they seem like a cookie intended to be eaten occasionally, and not in large quantity. They certainly could not be consumed like say, a handful of oreos with a glass of milk- though that's probably a good thing. Appearance-wise, the custard creams are much lighter than they appear on the face of the package. After sinking my teeth in, I was met with a rather unexpected rush of sugar.
I instantly thought cavities!
Seriously the custard cream is a thick slab of pure sucrose-flavored vanilla. Once into the cream, I realized I had a second cookie to get through to finish the biscuit. The cookie wafers themselves also seemed to be denser and heavier than necessary. Perhaps if the wafers were lighter in taste- or even half as sweet, the cream wouldn't seem so overwhelming. But then again, maybe it's me. I'll check to see what Rob thinks. He's the one who's craving the sweets!
Update: Rob tried them and they were too sweet for his taste, but then again we both try to eat healthy.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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As a sugar lover, I'll admit that I eat a ton of these cookies. You're right that the cookie part is really heavy. Definitely I don't want to be eating them without milk. I usually pull off one side, then eat the other along with the cream, then I feel like the leftover half is a real drag. I kind of choke it down. But compared to a lot of other gluten free cookies (like the shortbread ones in a very similar package) they didn't have a horrible aftertaste or a texture that seemed gross to me, so they're on my good list.
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