Which Has More Sugar, Tate's or Chips Ahoy? Tate's Does

Tate's has more sugar: 12 g of added sugar per 2-cookie serving (28 g), against 10 g per 3-cookie serving (33 g) of Chips Ahoy! Original. Tate's lists butter and no palm oil or high fructose corn syrup; Chips Ahoy! Original lists palm oil and high fructose corn syrup and no butter.

Key takeaways

• Per serving, Tate's (2 cookies, 28 g) lists 12 g added sugar and Chips Ahoy! Original (3 cookies, 33 g) lists 10 g. Tate's also has more added sugar per gram and per cookie, so always state the serving size.
• Tate's lists 4.5 g saturated fat per serving (22% DV) and Chips Ahoy! Original lists 3 g (15% DV). Sodium is 160 mg versus 105 mg per serving.
• Tate's ingredient list includes butter and no palm oil or high fructose corn syrup. Chips Ahoy! Original lists soybean and/or canola oil, palm oil, and high fructose corn syrup, and no butter.
• Check current packages, because the values come from brand panels and recipes can change.

At a glance: Tate's vs Chips Ahoy! Original

Measure	Tate's (2 cookies, 28 g)	Chips Ahoy! Original (3 cookies, 33 g)
Added sugar per serving	12 g (24% DV)	10 g (20% DV)
Added sugar per 100 g (arithmetic)	About 43 g	About 30 g
Saturated fat per serving	4.5 g (22% DV)	3 g (15% DV)
Sodium per serving	160 mg (7% DV)	105 mg (5% DV)
Butter in ingredient list	Yes	No
Palm oil in ingredient list	No	Yes
High fructose corn syrup in ingredient list	No	Yes

The per-100 g figures are arithmetic from the two nutrition panels, not numbers printed on either package.

How much added sugar is in Tate's vs Chips Ahoy! Original per serving?

Tate's lists 12 g of added sugar per 2-cookie serving (28 g) on its product page, which is 24% of the Daily Value. Chips Ahoy! Original lists 10 g per 3-cookie serving (33 g) on its Snackworks product page, which is 20% of the Daily Value.

On both brand panels, total sugars and added sugars are the same number: Tate's shows 12 g total sugars with 12 g added, and Chips Ahoy! shows 10 g total sugars with 10 g added. Because the serving sizes differ, the per-serving gap does not describe one cookie.

Which has more sugar, Tate's or Chips Ahoy!?

Tate's has 2 g more added sugar per serving (12 g vs 10 g), and it also has more added sugar per gram and per cookie. Its serving is 2 cookies (28 g), while Chips Ahoy! Original's serving is 3 cookies (33 g), so the larger Chips Ahoy! serving still contains less added sugar.

Readers comparing other snacks on the same measure can read Which Has More Sugar, Zebra Cakes or Twinkies? 34 g vs 31 g.

How much added sugar is there per gram and per cookie in each brand?

Per 100 g, the arithmetic from the two nutrition panels gives about 43 g of added sugar for Tate's and about 30 g for Chips Ahoy! Original, so Tate's has more added sugar per gram.

• Tate's: 12 g added sugar divided by 28 g, or about 43 g per 100 g
• Chips Ahoy! Original: 10 g added sugar divided by 33 g, or about 30 g per 100 g
• Per cookie, Tate's is about 6 g (12 g divided by 2 cookies)
• Per cookie, Chips Ahoy! Original is about 3.3 g (10 g divided by 3 cookies)

These are calculations from the two nutrition panels, not figures printed on either package. The per-cookie figures assume each cookie in a serving weighs the same, which the labels do not establish.

Which cookie has more saturated fat per serving and per gram?

Tate's has more saturated fat per serving, at 4.5 g in 2 cookies (22% DV), compared with 3 g in 3 cookies for Chips Ahoy! Original (15% DV). Per 100 g, the arithmetic gives about 16 g for Tate's and about 9 g for Chips Ahoy! Original, so Tate's is also higher per gram.

Per cookie, the arithmetic gives about 2.25 g for Tate's and about 1 g for Chips Ahoy! Original. Saturated fat is one of the fat types the Nutrition Facts panel reports in grams and as a percent of Daily Value. It is listed separately from total fat, so a product can have more total fat and less saturated fat than another.

The panels show total fat of 7 g per Tate's serving (9% DV) and 8 g per Chips Ahoy! Original serving (10% DV). Tate's lists 25 mg cholesterol (8% DV) per serving, and Chips Ahoy! Original lists 0 mg. Both list 0 g trans fat.

How much sodium is in Tate's vs Chips Ahoy! Original per serving?

Tate's lists 160 mg sodium per 2-cookie serving (7% DV), and Chips Ahoy! Original lists 105 mg per 3-cookie serving (5% DV). Per gram, that is about 5.7 mg for Tate's and about 3.2 mg for Chips Ahoy! Original. Per cookie, the arithmetic gives about 80 mg and about 35 mg.

Sodium adds up across everything eaten in a day, so one package's panel covers only one portion. People tracking sodium for medical reasons should follow guidance from their own clinician rather than a single snack label.

Is butter or palm oil plus high fructose corn syrup in each cookie's ingredient list?

Tate's ingredient list includes butter and does not list palm oil or high fructose corn syrup, while Chips Ahoy! Original lists soybean and/or canola oil, palm oil, and high fructose corn syrup and does not list butter. Ingredient lists cover the whole package, so the serving sizes used above do not change them.

The Tate's Chocolate Chip ingredients PDF lists butter, sugar, and brown cane sugar as separate ingredients. Its semi-sweet chocolate chips contain cocoa butter and milk fat. The label does not say where the butter is sourced.

The Chips Ahoy! Original ingredient list on the brand's Snackworks page includes soybean and/or canola oil and palm oil as separate ingredients, and its semisweet chocolate chips contain cocoa butter and nonfat milk.

Does Chips Ahoy! have high fructose corn syrup?

Yes. The current Original ingredient list on the Snackworks product page includes high fructose corn syrup as a separate ingredient.

Does Tate's Chocolate Chip Cookies contain palm oil?

Not according to the ingredient list in the brand's Chocolate Chip ingredients PDF, which lists no palm oil. The chocolate chips in that list contain cocoa butter, which is a different ingredient from butter.

For a different butter-versus-oil snack comparison, see Ritz vs Club Crackers: Does Either Contain Butter?. For how another brand's oil is labeled, see Does Simple Mills Have Seed Oil? Yes, Like Wheat Thins.

What does the FDA added sugar Daily Value mean for these two cookies?

The FDA Daily Value for added sugars is 50 grams per day. A food at 20% DV or more is classed as high in added sugars, and 5% DV or less is classed as low.

For a single serving, Tate's 2-cookie serving (28 g) provides 24% DV and Chips Ahoy! Original's 3-cookie serving (33 g) provides 20% DV, so both fall in the high range. Because the serving sizes differ, the percentages describe different amounts of cookie.

The FDA added sugars page explains how the Daily Value and the low and high categories are defined.

How do the cookies' ingredient lists differ for flavors, colors, and sweeteners?

The two ingredient lists differ most in flavors, colors, and sweeteners.

• Flavors: Tate's lists natural flavor inside the chocolate chips and natural vanilla flavor in the cookie. Chips Ahoy! Original's current brand page lists NATURAL FLAVOR.
• Colors: The Tate's ingredients PDF lists no color additive. Chips Ahoy! Original lists CARAMEL COLOR.
• Sweeteners: Tate's lists sugar and brown cane sugar, plus sugar inside the chips. Chips Ahoy! Original lists sugar, dextrose inside the chips, and high fructose corn syrup.

The Open Food Facts entry for the same UPC lists 'artificial flavor' alongside 'natural flavor,' while the current brand page lists only NATURAL FLAVOR. Labels change over time, so readers can compare the Open Food Facts entry with the package in hand.

How can you check current labels for Tate's and Chips Ahoy! before you buy?

Read the Nutrition Facts panel and ingredient list on the package in hand, since brand pages and databases can differ from the physical label. Pack sizes and formats also change the numbers you see.

• Serving size and servings per container: Tate's lists 7 servings per container, and Chips Ahoy! Original lists about 11 servings per 13 oz container
• Added sugars line, including grams and % DV
• Saturated fat and sodium per serving, with the serving weight noted so the two packages can be compared on the same basis
• Ingredient list for butter, palm oil, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, and artificial flavor
• Allergen statement: Tate's lists wheat, milk, eggs, and soy; Chips Ahoy! Original lists milk, wheat, and soy

People with milk, wheat, egg, or soy allergies should read the allergen statement on each package, because recipes can change.

These comparisons have clear limits. The values come from brand nutrition panels and food databases, and the per-cookie and per-gram figures are arithmetic rather than printed numbers. The per-cookie figures assume equal cookie weights. This article does not cover Chewy Chips Ahoy!, Tiny Tate's, or other formats, and no study tests how these specific cookies affect health or how any individual responds to them.