What is sodium citrate?

Q: What is sodium citrate?

Sodium citrate is the sodium salt of citric acid. It's a mild alkali often used to regulate acidity or as an emulsifying agent. As an emulsifier, the additive holds fat and water together, resulting in a smooth texture. It's commonly used in cheese sauces, jam, ice cream, and other foods.

Pepperidge Farm Verona Strawberry Cookies Calories

The Verona cookies are a shortbread style cookie with a center thumbprint filled with strawberry flavored filling. A 6.75 ounce package contains 18 sweet cookies.

There are 130 calories in one serving of the strawberry flavored cookie.

Read this post for a complete overview of the calories, nutrition facts, and ingredients in the Pepperidge Farm Verona Strawberry cookies.

Strawberry Cookies Nutritional Information

Calories and nutrition facts are based on a single serving, measured as three cookies weighing a total of 32 grams.

Calories in Verona Strawberry

There are 130 calories in each serving of three Verona Strawberry cookies.

Here is a summary of calories by macronutrient, per serving:

40 calories from fat
85 calories from total carbs
5 calories from protein

Carbohydrates make up 66% of the total calories. Dietary fats contribute approximately 31% of total calories and the remaining 3% is from protein.

Pepperidge Farm Strawberry Cookies

% calories from fat, carbs and protein

31% FAT

65% CARBS

4% PROTEIN

The caloric breakout by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts label printed on the cookie packaging.

FITNESS TIME TO BURN CALORIES

Run 10 minutes
Walk 40 minutes
Swim 20 minutes

Estimate based on moderate level of activity by an adult with average BMI.

Nutrition Facts

Amount per 3 Cookies (32g)

Red indicates a high %DV.

Calories

130

% Daily Value

Total Fat	4.5g	6%
Saturated Fat	2.5g	13%
Trans Fat	0g
Cholesterol	10mg	3%
Sodium	70mg	3%
Carbohydrates	22g	8%
Dietary Fiber	<1g	4%
Total Sugars	10g
Added Sugars	10g	20%
Protein	1g

%DV based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calorie needs vary and your %DV may be higher or lower. Provided for informational purposes only. Consult with your physician for dietary or healthcare advice.

Price Per Cookie

I stopped by the grocery store this afternoon to check the current price of Pepperidge Farm Verona Strawberry cookies. One 6.75 ounce package is $5.09 at a Publix in South Florida.

There are 18 cookies in each package. At $5.09 for the container, that equals $0.28 per cookie.

Packages of strawberry flavored cookies on shelf at grocery store. — Current price of Pepperidge Farm cookies: $5.09 (*as of August 1, 2024*)

Strawberry Jam Cookies Ingredients and Allergens

Pepperidge Farm Verona Strawberry cookies are not dairy-free. The recipe includes butter and nonfat milk.
Contains high fructose corn syrup.

Here is the list of ingredients used in the Strawberry flavored thumbprint cookies.

Ingredients
Enriched Wheat Flour, Sugar, Butter, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Strawberry Puree, Cornstarch, Vegetable Oils, Strawberry Juice Concentrate, Eggs, Pectin, Nonfat Milk, Baking Soda, Soy Protein, Citric Acid, Cream of Tartar, Strawberry Seeds, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Caramel Color Wheat Flour is enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid. The vegetable oils used include palm and/or soybean and hydrogenated soybean.

Ingredients

Enriched Wheat Flour, Sugar, Butter, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Strawberry Puree, Cornstarch, Vegetable Oils, Strawberry Juice Concentrate, Eggs, Pectin, Nonfat Milk, Baking Soda, Soy Protein, Citric Acid, Cream of Tartar, Strawberry Seeds, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Caramel Color

Wheat Flour is enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid.
The vegetable oils used include palm and/or soybean and hydrogenated soybean.

Sodium citrate is the sodium salt of citric acid. It’s a mild alkali often used to regulate acidity or as an emulsifying agent.

As an emulsifier, the additive holds fat and water together, resulting in a smooth texture. It’s commonly used in cheese sauces, jam, ice cream, and other foods.

Allergens

The Verona Strawberry Cookies contain eggs, milk, soy, and wheat.

Packages of Pepperidge Farm Verona Strawberry cookies with text '130 calories. — One serving contains 130 calories.

Learn more about the nutritional value of packaged cookies. Check ingredients in Pepperidge Farm Sausalito Milk Chocolate Macadamia Cookies.

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Nutrition facts and ingredients source: Pepperidge Farm