A butter cookie
that leads with protein.
Read the ingredient list in order. Isolated soy protein is 20.9% of this cookie — the largest single component, ahead of the sugar at 12.8% and more than double the wheat flour. That is 9g of protein in a 40g bag of chocolate chip cookies that still eats like chocolate chip cookies.
The flavour comes from dairy, not from a flavour sachet.
The thing that makes a butter cookie taste like one is butterfat, and there is no shortcut for it. LABNOSH uses processed butter at 7.83% of the cookie, built on New Zealand milk fat and cream — printed on the Korean pack as 뉴질랜드산, because it is a claim they are prepared to make on the label.
That is what you are tasting on the finish: a proper dairy note rather than the flat sweetness a protein biscuit usually lands on.
Then the chocolate. Real dark chocolate at 10.44% — cocoa mass and cocoa butter, not compound coating — folded through as chips rather than mixed into the dough.
Percentages are of the finished product by weight, from the manufacturer's specification sheet dated 22 January 2026.
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Short and crumbly, not dense and chewy.
The failure mode of every high-protein baked good is the same: dry, dense, and it sits in your mouth. LABNOSH gets around it with fat rather than syrup — butter at 7.8% and coconut oil at 6.5% — which is what makes a shortbread crumb instead of a protein-bar chew.
They are also genuinely small. Each one is about a mouthful, so you get a handful out of a 40g bag rather than one large disc you have to commit to.
The trade-off is honest and it is on the panel: 12g of fat per pack, 8g of it saturated — about a third of an adult's daily reference intake for saturated fat. Real butter, coconut oil and chocolate is what buys the texture.
More protein isolate than sugar. And than flour.
A protein claim on the front of a biscuit is easy. What is harder to fake is the recipe order. Here is what each part takes up in the finished cookie, by weight.
Isolated soy protein
20.87%
Sugar
12.78%
Dark chocolate
10.44%
Wheat flour
9.13%
Processed butter
7.83%
Coconut oil
6.52%
Soy protein isolate is a complete protein — it contains all nine essential amino acids. The finished cookie is 22.5g of protein per 100g, which is 9g in the 40g pack.
40 grams of mini cookies. One serve.
A resealable stand-up pouch of small one-bite cookies. Nothing to scoop, mix or refrigerate — you open it and eat them.
Because they are mini, the pack is easy to ration or easy to finish. Both are legitimate.
It contains wheat, gluten, egg, milk and soy. All five. The dough is built on soy protein isolate, real butter and whole egg, so there is no version of this without them.
Made in South Korea to HACCP-certified standards. There is a silica gel sachet in the pouch to keep the cookies crisp — do not eat it.
Wherever a biscuit was going to happen anyway.
With the afternoon coffee
The slot a shortbread usually fills. Same five minutes, 9g of protein attached to it.
After training
Not a shake and not a meal — something solid to eat while dinner is still an hour away.
In the bag or the desk drawer
Shelf stable, no fridge, no melt in the bag. A flat 40g pouch that survives being forgotten about.
It is a snack, not a meal replacement. One pack is 210 Calories and 9g of protein — enough to close the gap to dinner, not enough to be lunch.
Against the things you would actually buy instead.
A protein bar
More protein — usually 15–20g — and cheaper per gram of it. If protein per dollar is the whole goal, buy a bar. People choose these because a bar is something you get through and a cookie is something you enjoy.
A packet of chocolate chip biscuits
Cheaper, and honestly the eating experience is close. The difference is the recipe order: here the protein isolate outweighs the sugar. In a biscuit aisle cookie, sugar and flour are the top two and protein is a rounding error.
Double Choco, the other flavour
Identical chocolate at 10.44%, but with cocoa powder worked into the dough as well, so it reads as chocolate first. Butter Choco Chip is the one to pick if you want it to taste like a bakery cookie — buttery dough, chocolate as the punctuation.
Protein figures for bars are a general market range, not a measurement of any specific competitor — check the panel on whatever you are comparing.
One pouch. Nothing to wash.
A single 40g stand-up pouch, roughly the footprint of a phone. It lives in a drawer, a glovebox or the side pocket of a bag.
Nothing needs refrigerating. If the chocolate chips pick up pale marks after a warm delivery run, that is fat bloom — cocoa butter coming to the surface. It is harmless and the cookies are fine to eat.
Both flavours are the same price. The 10-pack saves $3.80.
Questions answered.
Is it real butter?
Yes, as processed butter at 7.83% of the cookie — milk fat and cream, with palm and canola oil in the blend. The Korean pack declares the milk fat as New Zealand origin. There is margarine in the recipe as well, which is normal for a shelf-stable cookie; the butter is what carries the flavour.
Is it actually a protein snack, or a cookie with a claim on the front?
Look at the ingredient order. Isolated soy protein is the first ingredient at 20.87% of the finished cookie — ahead of the sugar (12.78%) and more than double the wheat flour (9.13%). That is what gets 9g of protein into a 40g pack. It is still a treat with fat and sugar in it. It is just not a biscuit with a scoop of protein dusted over the top.
Why is the fat 12g?
Because the texture comes from fat, not syrup. Margarine, butter (7.83%) and coconut oil (6.52%) are what make it short and crumbly instead of the dense chew most protein baked goods land on. 8g of the 12g is saturated — about a third of the daily reference intake for an adult. Worth knowing if you are watching that number specifically; it is the honest cost of the texture.
What allergens are in it?
It contains wheat, gluten, egg, milk and soy. Whole egg liquid is one of the ingredients, so egg is unavoidable in this product. The Australian pack's precautionary line names peanuts and walnuts; the Korean packaging lists a longer shared-facility list that also includes buckwheat, mackerel, crustacea, molluscs, peach, tomato, pork, chicken, beef, squid, sulphites and pine nut. Not suitable if you are coeliac, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free or vegan.
Is it vegan?
No — there is whole egg, butter and cream in it. If you want a plant-based option, the yohemite Daily Protein Shake is pea-protein based and certified vegan.
How many cookies are in a pack?
It is sold by weight — 40g net — not by count, and the cookies are small enough that the number varies pack to pack. Expect a handful of one-bite cookies rather than two or three large ones.
There are white marks on the chocolate chips. Is it off?
No. That is fat bloom — cocoa butter migrating to the surface after a warm patch in transit. It changes how the chocolate looks, not whether it is safe or how it tastes. Store the pouch somewhere cool and dry and it will not happen again.
Which flavour should I start with?
If you want it to taste like a bakery cookie — buttery, with chocolate as the punctuation — this one. If you want chocolate to be the headline, take the Double Choco. Same price, same 9g of protein, same chocolate — the dough is the only thing that changes.
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Butter Choco Chip, in full.
Nutrition Information
Servings per pack: 1 · Serving size: 40 g
| Average quantity | Per pack | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 879 kJ | 2198 kJ |
| Calories | 210 | 525 |
| Protein | 9 g | 22.5 g |
| Fat, total | 12 g | 30 g |
| Saturated | 8 g | 20 g |
| Trans | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 17 g | 42.5 g |
| Sugars | 9 g | 22.5 g |
| Sodium | 300 mg | 750 mg |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg | 25 mg |
Do not consume after the best before date, which is printed on the pack.
New Zealand butter, real chocolate, and protein at the top of the list.
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- Made in Korea, HACCP certified
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