I write very few reviews compared to the number of purchases I make on Amazon (at least 5 orders a week). But I am taking my time (and yours) to write this review today, so please read. My son is 8 months old, and I have been noticing, since the introduction of solids, that my milk supply has diminished despite increasing pumping to make up for his occasionally fuller tummy and disinterest in nursing.
I saw this product in my search for ways to increase production, and thought, wow, a $20 bag of cookies (this bag make 12 cookies)! But because of the overwhelming number of 5 star reviews, I bit the bullet. I got my mix and proceeded to make the cookies (I used the coconut oil option instead of butter for added health benefits). I ate a staggering 3 of these cookies a day (that's an extra 630 calories per day NOT counting the huge mound of oil I added!!!!) for 4 days with NO notable increase in breast milk production. Ouch.
So, here are the KEY TAKEAWAYS from this experience:
1. This is a $20 bag of oatmeal cookies (and not even very tasty oatmeal cookies... my 3 year old described them as "Ehh" before handing the rest of his cookie back to me). By day four, I was grudgingly shoving them in my mouth for the principle of it all.
2. The "breast milk producing" ingredients are oatmeal and brewer's yeast. Why not just eat a bowl of oatmeal and get a brewer's yeast supplement at a fraction of the cost?
3. This product contains soy lecithin, and it doesn't say it's NON GMO certified, so chances are it's from GMO soy. The wheat is probably also from GMO crops because it's not organic either. But the chocolate is! Hooray! (can you feel the sarcasm?)
4. I don't need another reason to keep the pregnancy weight on. ("But I HAVE to eat them for the sake of the baby!!!")
5. If I'm gonna ingest that many extra calories, I choose my usual gluten-free, non GMO cookie of choice. At least I know what I'm eating.
6. Better yet, go online and find a truly oatmeal cookie that isn't made with wheat.
Those are my thoughts. But I know I'm in the minority, so what do I know?
Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Organic Brown Sugar, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Chocolate Chips* (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract), Brewer’s Yeast, Organic Flaxseed Meal, Salt, Baking Soda, Madagascar Vanilla Bean Powder (Dextrose).
