Delicious Kookies

New Packaging & A Sweet Review

The above photo is of KK's new packaging. They are proud to introduce their new logo and matte white clean look. Indulge, from gliving.tv, recently posted a great review on kookie karma products. Here is what Indulge has to say about it:

‘Low Carb’ and Cookies don’t usually get along together. It’s either pure white flour indulgence or some half baked tasteless cardboard rock claiming to be ‘healthy’, while only half true and not the least bit enjoyable anyways. Juli Novotny has created something entirely different and she has called her treats ‘kookies’ as the healthy alternative to cookies. While they don’t taste exactly like cookies, they are not supposed to. Kookie Karma cookies taste like indulgent desert versions of the finest whole food bars. They sell these at my Whole Foods, of course right smack in front of every cash register as you check out to tempt you to splurge. I’ve tried the Raw Cherry Cashew, the Raw Granola Bar, the Raw Lemon Fig and the Holistic Chocolate Chip. I can’t wait to try all the flavors. The Holistic Chocolate Chip is not a raw one. There is quite a bit of natural sea salt in it, which makes it surprisingly good.

The ‘kookies’ are on the more expensive side, although they cannot be compared to standard cookies. With the quality of ingredients and type of ingredients in these cookies, like organic nuts and seeds, a closer comparison would be to organic food bars, and they are just as filling. They are comparable in nutrition and health to any pure organic nutrition bar on the market, and are date-free. And they are comparable in price to them at about $2 each. At 2 ounces per cookie they are denser then non-organic Lara Bars, and have a lot more flavor. They contain no cheap flours, no grains, no dairy, no cooked oils, and no high glycemic sweeteners. Sweetened with just Agave and/or Xylitol. These cookies might as well be called karma-free kookies, cause it’s the indulgence without paying a price afterwards. I love Uncle Eddie’s Cookies, but I don’t deny that I feel the negative health effects almost immediately when I eat them. Just very heavy and oily, and very sugary. I guess it’s a cost/rewards calculation. Luckily with these there is nothing to compute, except for how many are in your budget.

They have a sweet site too, where you can order online!

Mom's Love Kookie Karma

New Foods & Snacks for those with Food Allergies

On-The-Road with Safe Snacks!

By Kim Koeller and Robert La France

Allergen-free foods are starting to reach the mainstream and the food industry is beginning to hear our needs! We hope that you are as excited about being able to open pre-packaged individual-serving size allergen-free snacks while on-the-go as we are. Finally, no more putting allergen-free foods in zip lock bags to carry with you!

Some delicious travel-size allergen-free snacks that are manufactured in peanut and tree nut-free facilities include:

A short-list of delicious individually packaged allergen- free cookies that are also manufactured in shared facilities include:

Andean Dream (www.andeandream.com) - dairy, egg, gluten & soy- free
Arico Natural Foods Co. (www.aricofoods.com) - dairy and gluten-free
Glutino (www.glutino.com) - dairy, egg and gluten- free
Kookie Karma (www.kookiekarma.com) - dairy, egg, gluten & soy- free
Nana’s Cookie Co. (www.healthycrowd.com) - corn, dairy, egg, gluten & soy- free
Pamela’s Cookies (www.pamelasproducts.com) - gluten-free
We hope that you take the opportunity to enjoy these goodies, depending upon your specific allergen concerns, while at home, on-the-road or anywhere your life may take you!

Remember that as of January 1 2006, the US Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) went into effect. The presence of eight allergens including: dairy, eggs, fish, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat are now declared on ingredient lists. However, those following a gluten-free diet have not had their concerns sufficiently addressed since wheat, and not gluten, is included in the current allergen labeling. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently developing a definition for the term “gluten-free,” as there is currently no approved legislature for U.S. food manufacturers or consumers.