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Cookies and gout: which to pick, which to skip

By Patricia Lu & Allan Lu, creators of SuitBite · Updated 2026-09-06

Cookies often lean on invert sugar or honey for chew — so we read each label. We read the full ingredient list of 6 cookies & biscuits and scored each for gout specifically: 2 rate as a pick, 4 to limit or skip, and 3 carry a hidden trigger (HFCS, fructose or yeast extract) we flag by position.

See also how to spot hidden gout triggers on a label and how we score.

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Best pick
Organic Cinanon Harvest Whole Wheat Biscuits with Sweet Cinnamon
Organic Cinanon Harvest Whole Wheat Biscuits with Sweet Cinnamon
Kashi
100
Best pick
Almond Cookie
Almond Cookie
Larabar
84
Eat sparingly
Honey Fortune Cookies
Honey Fortune Cookies
Luv Yu Bakery Inc.
56
Eat sparingly
Fudge mint whoopsy! fudge stripes cookies
Fudge mint whoopsy! fudge stripes cookies
Keebler
51
Eat sparingly
Walkers assorted shortbread cookies
Walkers assorted shortbread cookies
Walkers
46
Skip
Madeleines Cookies
Madeleines Cookies
Signature Select
39
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Written by Patricia Lu & Allan Lu, creators of the SuitBite food-label scanner. Medical claims follow the American College of Rheumatology 2020 gout guideline; see how we score. Data source: Open Food Facts, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Product photos © their respective contributors. Nutrition and ingredient data reflect the label as recorded and may lag the latest packaging. This is shopping guidance, not medical advice — during an acute gout flare, follow your own clinician.