Snack noteHow to read a cookie label
Three lines on the Nutrition Facts panel do most of the work: the serving size, the calories and the added sugars. Here is what each one says on a Nabisco pack.
Start with the serving size
Every number on the panel belongs to one serving, and the serving is smaller than most people guess. On OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, Party Size, 24.16 oz it is 3 cookies (34g). On a snack pack it is the whole pack.
The FDA sets these sizes so that two packs of the same kind of food can be compared line by line.
Serving sizes are standardized to make it easier to compare similar foods; they are provided in familiar units, such as cups or pieces, followed by the metric amount, e.g., the number of grams (g).
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label, read 4 October 2026
What one serving is, aisle by aisle
| Pack | One serving | Calories | Servings in the pack |
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| OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, 3 × 18.12 oz packs | 3 cookies (34g) | 160 | about 15 in each inner pack |
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| CHIPS AHOY! Original Chocolate Chip Cookies, 13 oz | 3 cookies (33g) | 160 | 11 |
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| RITZ Original Crackers, Party Size, 27.4 oz | 5 crackers (16g) | 80 | 49 |
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| belVita Breakfast Bars Biscuits, Blueberry, 12 packs, 4 biscuits each | 1 pack (50g) (4 biscuits) | 230 | 12 |
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| NEWTONS Soft Baked Real Fruit Fig Bars, 12 × 6.5 oz boxes | 3 pieces (43g) | 150 | about 4 in each inner pack |
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| HONEY MAID Graham Crackers, 27 × 4.8 oz packs | 8 crackers (31g) | 130 | about 118 |
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| Chicken in a Biskit Original Baked Snack Crackers, Family Size, 12 oz | 12 crackers (31g) | 160 | 11 |
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Calories count per serving, not per pack
A Party Size, 24.16 oz tray holds about 20 servings at 160 calories each. Eat a third of the tray and you have had six or seven servings.
The panel gives the size of a serving so you can do that sum. It does not tell you how much to eat.
It is not a recommendation of how much you should eat or drink.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label, read 4 October 2026
Packs where one pack is one serving
$42.0335¢ per oz
CHIPS AHOY!
60 snack packs
4.5· 20,929 ratings
$8.4840¢ per oz
belVita
12 packs, 4 biscuits each
4.7· 18,201 ratings
$23.8245¢ per oz
belVita
30 packs, 1 biscuit each
4.7· 18,201 ratings
$8.4840¢ per oz
belVita
12 packs, 4 biscuits each
4.7· 13,910 ratings
Added sugars, and what counts as a lot
Total sugars include the sugar that fruit or milk brings. Added sugars are the part put in during baking, and the panel lists them on their own line.
The FDA ties that line to a daily reference of 50 grams. Its rule of thumb reads the percent column: 5% or less is low, 20% or more is high.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends limiting calories from added sugars to less than 10 percent of total calories per day.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Added Sugars on the Nutrition Facts Label, read 4 October 2026
For example, if you consume a 2,000 calorie daily diet, that would be 200 calories or 50 grams of added sugars per day.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Added Sugars on the Nutrition Facts Label, read 4 October 2026
Added sugars in one serving
| Pack | One serving | Added sugars | Share of 50 g |
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| OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, 3 × 18.12 oz packs | 3 cookies (34g) | 13g | 26% |
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| CHIPS AHOY! Original Chocolate Chip Cookies, 13 oz | 3 cookies (33g) | 10g | 20% |
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| RITZ Original Crackers, Party Size, 27.4 oz | 5 crackers (16g) | 1g | 2% |
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| belVita Breakfast Bars Biscuits, Blueberry, 12 packs, 4 biscuits each | 1 pack (50g) (4 biscuits) | 11g | 22% |
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| NEWTONS Soft Baked Real Fruit Fig Bars, 12 × 6.5 oz boxes | 3 pieces (43g) | 12g | 24% |
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| HONEY MAID Graham Crackers, 27 × 4.8 oz packs | 8 crackers (31g) | 8g | 16% |
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| Chicken in a Biskit Original Baked Snack Crackers, Family Size, 12 oz | 12 crackers (31g) | 2g | 4% |
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Short answers
How many calories are in one OREO cookie?
About 53 calories. The label of OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, Party Size, 24.16 oz gives 160 calories for a serving of 3 cookies (34g), and that divides to roughly 53 per cookie.
Is the serving size on a cookie pack a recommendation?
No. The FDA says the serving size reflects what people typically eat and is not advice on how much to eat. A serving of OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, Party Size, 24.16 oz comes to 3 cookies (34g).
This note explains what the label says. It is not medical or dietary advice. If you manage a food allergy or a medical diet, follow your doctor and the label on the pack in your hand.