Girl Guides look to reduce trans fat in cookies
November 25, 2008
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
REGINA – A new recipe has been baked up for a much-loved Canadian treat – the Girl Guide cookie.
Girl Guides of Canada says that starting in the spring, the classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies will have 90 per cent less trans fat.
The group says it has been working closely with cookie baker Dare Foods to reduce the trans fat content while maintaining the same taste.
There's no word on what changes, if any, will be made to the chocolate mint cookies currently on sale.
The move to cut trans fat in Canada comes nearly two years after the Girl Scouts organization in the U.S. announced that it was eliminating most of the artificial fat in its cookies.
The Girl Guide cookie originated in Regina in 1927 and more than four million boxes are sold each year.
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