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Trader Joe's Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-18 · Trader Joe's

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Trader Joe's petite pumpkin spice cookies received a Longevity Score of 24 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Refined-flour cookie with sugar and palm oils, multiple colorings and emulsifiers; low fiber and protein for the calories. Strengths include small 4-cookie serving size, low sodium for a baked snack, and some dairy protein, while main considerations include sugar is the top ingredient group; 13g per serving, palm kernel and palm oils; saturated fat 4.5g, and enriched flour with minimal fiber.

Longevity Score 24/100

What helped the score?

  • Small 4-cookie serving size
  • Low sodium for a baked snack
  • Contains some dairy protein

What held the score back?

  • Sugar is the top ingredient group; 13g per serving
  • Palm kernel and palm oils; saturated fat 4.5g
  • Enriched flour with minimal fiber

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Trader Joe's Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies
Category
Snacks
GTIN / UPC
00000078522275
Serving size
28 g (4 cookies (28g))
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Trader Joe's

Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

Refined-flour cookie with sugar and palm oils, multiple colorings and emulsifiers; low fiber and protein for the calories.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

0g fiber

0% DV

High Sat. Fat

4.5g saturated fat

23% DV

High Added Sugar

13g added sugar

26% DV

Refined Grains

Enriched refined flour

Artificial Colors

Paprika extract for color

Added Sweetener

Sugar (multiple forms)

Contains Seed Oils

Palm kernel oil

Whole Foods

Whole wheat flour blended in en…

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Small 4-cookie serving size
  • Low sodium for a baked snack
  • Contains some dairy protein

Key Concerns

  • Sugar is the top ingredient group; 13g per serving
  • Palm kernel and palm oils; saturated fat 4.5g
  • Enriched flour with minimal fiber
  • Artificial-style colors (annatto, paprika, vegetable juice) and emulsifiers

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Whole wheat flour blended in enriched flour baseCinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice spices

Processing signals

Enriched refined flourMultiple sugar-based coatings and nonpareilsMilk and whey powdersUltra-processed flavored coating

Additives

Soy lecithin emulsifierLeavening (baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate)Natural flavorsCarnauba wax

Seed oils

Palm kernel oilPalm oil

Artificial colors

Paprika extract for colorAnnatto extract for colorVegetable juice for color

Added sweeteners

Sugar (multiple forms)Molasses

Ingredients

Ingredient list

YOGURT COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, YOGURT POWDER [CULTURED WHEY PROTEIN, CULTURED SKIM MILK], SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], SALT), PUMPKIN PIE FLAVORED COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL AND PALM OIL], NONFAT DRY MILK, WHOLE MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], NATURAL FLAVOR, COCOA POWDER, SALT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT [FOR COLOR], AND ANNATTO EXTRACT [FOR COLOR]), ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, PALM OIL, ORANGE NONPAREILS (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, RIBOFLAVIN, VEGETABLE JUICE [FOR COLOR], CARNAUBA WAX), WHITE NONPAREILS (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, CARNAUBA WAX), CORN STARCH, MOLASSES, NATURAL FLAVORS, CINNAMON, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN (AN EMULSIFIER), ALLSPICE, NUTMEG, GINGER

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

130

7% DV

Total Carbs

18g

7% DV

Protein

1g

2% DV

Saturated Fat

4.5g

23% DV

Fiber

0g

0% DV

Net Carbs

18g

7% DV

Sugar

13g

Added Sugar

13g

26% DV

Total Fat

6g

8% DV

Sodium

50mg

2% DV

Unsaturated Fat

1.5g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1307% DV
Total Carbs18g7% DV
Protein1g2% DV
Saturated Fat4.5g23% DV
Fiber0g0% DV
Net Carbs18g7% DV
Sugar13g—
Added Sugar13g26% DV
Total Fat6g8% DV
Sodium50mg2% DV
Unsaturated Fat1.5g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

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  • Low-Spike Stability

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    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (13g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

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    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher saturated fat (4.5g)

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

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    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (1g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (13g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (13g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

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    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (13g of 18g carbs)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Trader Joe's Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Trader Joe's Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Trader Joe's Petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies: 13g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Sugar (multiple forms), Molasses. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Small 4-cookie serving size; Low sodium for a baked snack; Contains some dairy protein.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Sugar is the top ingredient group; 13g per serving; Palm kernel and palm oils; saturated fat 4.5g; Enriched flour with minimal fiber.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same snacks differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Snacks, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

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