Wendy’s Sugar Cookie: 330 Calories
Don’t forget a sweet treat with your order! This soft sugar cookie is fresh-baked and a tasty complement to any of Wendy’s burgers or chicken sandwiches. This post is your guide to the calories, nutrition facts, and ingredients in this popular menu item.
Nutrition Facts and Calories
Let’s start with an overview of the calories.
Calories
There are 330 calories in one sugar cookie. Most of the calories are derived from carbohydrates. Specifically, there are 44 grams of carbohydrates, which deliver about 175 calories, or 53% of the total calories. Approximately 44% of total calories are from fat and the remaining 3% of calories is from protein.
- Carbs: 175 calories
- Fat: 145 calories
- Protein: 10 calories
- Total: 330 calories
Saturated Fat
For anyone who is monitoring their cholesterol and consumption of fat, you should be aware that there are 8 grams of saturated fat in a single cookie. That’s 40% of the daily value recommended by the FDA.
Total Sugars
Wendy’s doesn’t provide a breakdown between natural sugars and added sugars. However, we do have the nutrition facts label, which confirms a total of 24 grams of total sugars in one cookie.
As you can see from the list of ingredients below, sugar is second only to flour. Given that ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, I make the assumption that the majority (quite possibly nearly all) of the Total Sugars are Added Sugars.
Nutrition Facts
Ingredients and Allergens
Wendy’s Sugar Cookie Ingredients
Here is the list of ingredients in the popular sugar cookie treat from Wendy’s restaurant.
Enriched Bleached Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil, Eggs, Butter (cream, lactic acid), Baking Soda, Salt, Natural Flavors, Acetic Acid, and Annatto Extract (for color).
The Enriched Bleached Flour includes bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid.
What is Thiamine Mononitrate?
The bleached flour used to make these sugar cookies is enriched with Thiamine Mononitrate, a form of Vitamin B1.
During the production of certain foods such as breads and other baked goods, certain minerals and natural vitamins are stripped away to improve texture or shelf life. For example, the bran and the germ are extracted from the wheat. In an effort to improve the nutritional value, food producers add back vitamins and minerals.
Thiamine Mononitrate is one of the supplements typically added back to processed flour. It’s a nitrate salt form of water-soluble vitamin B1.
Enriched flour will also typically contain Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), and Folic Acid (B9).
Natural food sources containing thiamine include whole grains, fish, and meat.
Allergens
The sugar cookie served at Wendy’s is made with ingredients that contain egg, dairy, and wheat.
Nutrition, ingredients, product image source: The Wendy’s Company.
Ingredients, allergens, and nutrition facts are based on available information as of the date this article was published and/or updated. Restaurants and food manufacturers may change their recipes without notice. Check directly with the food provider for the most accurate and up-to-date information. NutritionandIngredients.com does not provide health or wellness advice or dietary recommendations. Our aim is to research commercially processed food and publish articles for informational purposes only. Unless otherwise stated, % Daily Value is based on 2,000 calories per day, but calorie needs vary by individual. Always consult your physician for any healthcare or dietary advice.
