There's Something Missing from Michael's Famous Cookie Dough:
Trans Fat

For immediate release: Oct. 14, 2005
Contact: Debbie Camp, (858) 578-0888
info@michaelscookies.com

SAN DIEGO -  Starting on Nov. 1, there will be something missing from Michael’s Cookies famous Cookie Dough, but it won’t be either the flavor or the quality of these award-winning delectables.

Michael’s Cookies announced today that its entire line of cookie dough, distributed nationally to some of the hospitality industry’s most recognized names, will be zero grams trans-fats.  This step makes Michael’s one of the first domestic cookie dough manufacturers to offer a full line of zero grams trans-fat products, including their baked, traditional, and sugar-free cookies.

“Michael’s Cookies is excited to be one of the very first manufacturers of gourmet cookie dough to offer our customers a zero grams trans-fat product line that sacrifices none of the flavor or quality of the original,” said Michaels’ Cookies Founder, Michael Radeczki.  “With our products distributed by so many leading hotels and other outlets, we have a responsibility to offer a range of products so our customers have more healthy choices. This product line is the result of a long development process to create a healthier cookie dough that is indistinguishable from the original.”

Trans-fats are created when hydrogen is added to liquid oil (a process called hydrogenation), creating a solid fat, like shortening.  The Federal Food and Drug Administration says, "trans-fat raises low-density lipoprotein or 'bad' cholesterol levels, which increases risk of coronary heart disease." In its new dough formulation, Michael’s Cookies utilizes non-hydrogenated shortening with zero grams trans-fat.

About Michael’s Cookies
Founded in 1987, Michael's Cookies provides ready-to-bake frozen cookie dough to elite purveyors throughout the US.  Why cookies?  If you ask Michael, he'll explain how cookies are the perfect comfort food, helping customers recall fond childhood memories.

Michael's Cookies mission is twofold: First, to produce cookies so good that they're the closest a customer can come to fresh-from-the-oven homemade.  Second, to instill the notion that gourmet cookies like these can't be found just anywhere.  Only the finest venues serve Michael's Cookies.

Michael's Cookies has succeeded with both endeavors as business continues to grow steadily, primarily through the word-of-mouth referrals of satisfied customers.  Today, Michael's Cookies offers more than 20 premium flavors served by some of the hospitality industry's most recognized names.

Since opening its doors, Michael's Cookies has become a recognized hallmark in the hospitality industry, capturing First Place for Best Product in Outstanding Food Service, at the National Association for Specialty Foods New York Trade Show and the American Taste Award conferred by the American Tasting Institute of San Francisco.

With its superior selection of all-natural, certified kosher ingredients, wide variety of flavors, advanced packaging, and high emphasis on customer satisfaction, Michael's Cookies is the cookie of choice among discriminating gourmet chefs and quality food service establishments.

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