![]() Why in the world would you trust these people to make your food? Would you go to a restaurant if the cook was found guilty of spiking the food with addictive and harmful chemicals and then lying to a judge about it? Just prior to the creepy Phillip Morris-Kraft marriage (1989), Kraft created a parent company called “Atria” so the American people didn’t see “Phillip Morris purchases Kraft” they saw “Altria purchases Kraft.” The same Phillip Morris which put an addictive chemicals (nicotine) in its product for years and lied about the impact and harm under oath during congressional testimony. Remember too, that Fig Newtons are manufacturers by Nabisco, which has a track record of producing products with harmful ingredients and whose parent company Altria, was once owned by Phillip Morris, the tobacco giant. The good news is these withdrawal symptoms rarely last more than four days. If you start getting headaches or other withdrawal symptoms in the first 2-3 days without it, that’s your indicator that you’re hooked. If you’re skeptical that HFCS is addictive, simply avoid it for a week. Why? Because HFCS his addictive and can lead to over eating and obesity, which, of course, increase profits of food companies. If you see high fructose corn syrup on products, I highly recommend avoiding it at all costs. The presence of high fructose corn syrup is especially concerning. Two different sweeteners in the first three ingredients on a package is more than a red flag, it’s factory with no windows that operates only at night and manufacturers nothing but giant red flags. With this in mind, it’s tragic that there is more high fructose corn syrup and sugar in Fig Newtons than there is fig. Remember that the earlier an ingredient is listed on a label, the more of that ingredient is in the product. ![]() I guess having a fig-based cookie that had fig in the name was just too much of a barrier for modern kids.In this video health tip, Tony is back in the grocery store to look at the ingredients on two different versions (original and blueberry) of the popular snack Fig Newtons. That’s right, we’ve been calling them the wrong name! Fig Newtons dropped the Fig and rebranded as Newtons. In 2012, the former cake-now-doughy-cookie underwent another change. The marketing worked and in the 1990s Fig Newtons were Nabisco’s third highest selling cookie brand, right behind Oreo and Chips Ahoy. Around the same time, advertising popped up declaring that a cookie is just a cookie, but a Fig Newton is fruit and cake. Fig Newton packaging called them cake from the 1890s all the way until the 1980s, when Nabisco began referring to them as a doughy cookie. Is a Fig Newton a cookie?įig Newtons are found in the cookie aisle, but from the day they were invented, they were called cakes. The dough is made of flour and starch, which contain gluten. However, Fig Newtons are not gluten-free. There is no dairy in there or any animal based products, so, yes, Fig Newtons are vegan. The label lists flour, figs, sugar, corn syrup, vegetable oil, salt, corn fiber, oat fiber, baking soda, calcium lactate, malic acid, soy lecithin, sodium Benzoate, and sulfur dioxide. Of course, being a mass produced, shelf-stable product, they include a whole host of ingredients. ![]() What is in Fig Newtons?īasically, Fig Newtons are made of dough and fig paste. Kennedy Biscuit Company named their products after local Boston area communities, and they named the Fig Newton after a nearby town called Newton. Soon they were making an industrialized fig roll. In the 1890s, Kennedy Biscuit Works in Boston invented a cookie extrusion press that could squeeze out two mixes at once, such as fig jam inside of dough. It was commonly believed that fruit, particularly figs, and biscuits were a great digestion aid and could improve overall health. Back in the 1800s, a pastry called a fig roll was a popular snack. What is a Fig Newton?įig Newtons are a soft, doughy, chewy treat filled with a sticky and sweet fig paste. But what exactly are Fig Newtons? Are Fig Newtons cookies? Let’s bite into this and find out the answers. If you grew up in the ‘80s or ‘90s, chances are you occasionally had a Fig Newton or two in your school lunchbox. ![]()
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