Okay, I’ve been slacking and procrastinating about updating the spreadsheet of Costco calories for long enough. This morning I finally added in the information I had received from Costco regarding the nutritional information for a variety of their cakes and bagels. So, I’ve added sheets for each of these categories to the Google Docs spreadsheet that I had created a while back for the 16″ pizzas.
- Costco Calories spreadsheet – anyone can view this document, even without a Google account.
Since it really is quite obvious that no one is eating a piece of cake for the healthfulness, you won’t be shocked to see the calorie and nutrition information for any of these items. I was a bit surprised that the news wasn’t worse actually. It still turns out that the worst Costco cake you can eat is the Cinnamon Butter Pound Coffeecake (read my earlier post about why you might want to blow your diet for it). There’s just no getting around that one; at almost 115 calories an ounce it is even a bit worse than the Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting (109 calories per ounce). Almost all of the cakes have around 100 calories per ounce though, so certainly, none will be on your low cal diet plan.
With regards to the bagels, you won’t be too surprised here either. The Whole Grain bagel is the lowest in calories at just 300 and the Chocolate Chip is the highest at 340 calories. All of the other bagels come in at 330 calories, so there isn’t a grand calorie difference between any of them really. If only Chocolate Chips had higher nutritional value….well, that would just be my dream world. But alas, that is not the case so I’m sure we can all figure out that the Whole Grain bagel wins the overall nutrition prize here. Unfortunately, I don’t have serving sizes in grams or ounces for the bagels, so it is hard to compare them directly to someplace like Einstein Brothers.
Go check out the spreadsheet for the complete nutritional information low down on the pizzas, cakes, and bagels from Costco.
- Costco Calories spreadsheet – anyone can view this document, even without a Google account.
By the way, I am also trying to get the nutritional information for the muffins, cookies, and the rotisserie chicken wrap, as well as some of the other prepared foods to add to the spreadsheet soon.
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FlatGreg //
2008.07.15 at 12:42 pm
Regarding the pizza calories – is that for the take & bake pizzas?
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Kimberly //
2008.07.15 at 12:44 pm
Right, those are the take and bake pizzas you can buy in the fridge section of the store. The ones they sell in the Costco food court are 18″ pizzas and have a different crust and sauce.
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Lindsey //
2010.11.01 at 10:50 pm
Has anyone found the nutrition info on the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies?
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Carrie //
2011.06.17 at 3:21 pm
I just moved and the Costco by me has a much smaller bakery and they’re just not as good as the one I used to go to. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a chocolate chip bagel here.
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bgwillia //
2011.09.08 at 6:44 am
I like to thank you for your service in providing this food guide. I visit Costo about once a month to refill prescriptions and always get something at the food court. Last night it was the chicken bake and berry sunday and tried to find out the calories to add to my diet diary. As much as I enjoy the items, those two alone would almost equal a 1400 calorie a day diet. But that doesn’t mean I’m giving them up, just have them for a “splurge” day once a month.
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Donna //
2011.10.31 at 9:49 am
I wish they would put nutrition labels on the food in the Costco bakery and nutrition information online for both the bakery and food court items.
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Matt //
2011.12.24 at 12:52 pm
It’s awesome that you put this together. I’m pretty surprised that the delicious cheese bagels only have 1.5g of fat vs. 5g in the whole grain. Is the cheese made of plastic or something?
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Kimberly //
2012.01.08 at 7:07 am
@Matt – LOL My guess is that the cheese isn’t plastic. But really, there isn’t a whole lot on there anyway since they just sprinkle it over the top in a thin layer so it probably doesn’t add all that much fat. It could also be that it is a really hard, naturally low-fat cheese, you know like Parmesan or something like that.