CSPI Blasts Girl Scouts of America for Misleading Consumers

Girl Scouts of America is facing sharp criticism from the Center for Science in
the Public Interest (CSPI) for marketing new mango-flavored crème cookies as
a “delicious” and “nutritious” snack, with “all of the nutrient benefits of eating
cranberries, pomegranates, oranges, grapes, and strawberries.” In a letter to
Girl Scouts of America CEO Anna Maria Chávez, CSPI asserts that by marketing
these new cookies as a “delicious new way to get your vitamins,” the youth
organization is “misleading its members and undermining their health.”

CSPI further alleges that the cookies not only lack the “nutrient benefits” claimed on the Girl Scouts’ website, but contain “4 grams of heart disease promoting saturated fat and 11 grams of tooth-decaying sugars per three-cookie serving.” The health advocacy watchdog encourages the organization to stop marketing the cookies as “healthful” and seek other ways of fundraising.