Cookies: Glutano Ginger Cookies

Well, Rob keeps bringing home the Glutano gluten free celiac products- so here is another review to add to the collection.

Glutano’s Ginger Cookies are wheat free, gluten free and suitable for vegetarians. As Glutano is based in the U.K., the products tend to have a decidedly European slant. The ginger cookies are no exception. I certainly don’t bring this up as a criticism- it is purely meant as a guide in the world of gluten free! These cookies are fairly small and come about 20 to a package, are less sweet and more like a tea biscuit than a big snacking cookie.

Taste:

The gluten free ginger cookies are a rich molasses color. On first bite, I noticed a ginger tang within the crumbly inside. I was hoping for a crisper, crunchier cookie instead of the one I was eating. At first I thought maybe the cookies were stale- but the end of the box was stamped fresh until August, 2007. So what can I say- the ginger cookies just aren’t that good. Perhaps they sat on a hot shelf somewhere. Though I would say the gluten free ginger cookies do resemble a gluten cookie of sorts, they are decidedly more like a ginger shortbread cookie with a whopping 4 g of saturated fat and 60 of the total 130 calories from fat, per serving. That’s steep for a not so great tasting cookie!

Ingredients:

Raw sugar, unhardened vegetable oil, rice flour, maize starch, maize flour, lupin flour, caramelized sugar syrup, spice (ginger), raising agent (ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate), sea salt, thickener guar gum. May contain traces of nuts, eggs, and milk products.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 4 cookies (25 g)

Servings Per Container: 5

Calories: 130

Calories from fat: 60

Total fat: 7 g

Sat. fat: 4 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Sodium: 60 mg

Total Carb: 16 g

Dietary fiber: 0 g

Sugars: 7 g

Protein: 1 g