What makes a biscuit "healthy"?
Most biscuits sold for children in India are built on three things: maida, refined sugar and palm oil. The front of the pack talks about calcium, energy or the goodness of atta; the ingredient list on the back says refined wheat flour first and sugar second.
A biscuit worth calling healthy has to change the base, not add a vitamin back in. Ours are built on ragi and other millets, sweetened with jaggery, with no maida and no refined sugar in any product on this page.
The range
Ragi Chocolate Millet Cookies — the most popular, in 75g and 300g. Chocolate from real cocoa, sweetness from jaggery.
Oats Chocolate Millet Cookies — oats and millets together, same chocolate appeal.
Coconut Millet Cookies — real coconut, mild sweetness, the one adults tend to finish.
Peanut Butter Millet Cookies — made with real peanut butter.
ChocoChip Millet Cookies — the millet answer to chocolate-chip biscuits.
Assorted packs — four flavours in one box, for gifting or for finding a favourite.
Why ragi instead of maida
Ragi (finger millet) is among the richest cereal sources of calcium, and also contributes iron and dietary fibre. Refined wheat flour has had much of its fibre and mineral content removed during milling; whole millet flour retains it.
That difference in the grain itself is the reason we build our biscuits on ragi rather than maida.
The jaggery question
Jaggery is still sugar, and we won't pretend otherwise. What it isn't is refined — unrefined jaggery retains minerals that are removed when sugar is refined to white, and it is less intensely sweet, so less is needed for the same effect.
Our cookies are noticeably less sweet than commercial biscuits. Some children take a week to adjust. Most then find shop biscuits cloying.
From what age?
One year and above. Before that, stick to stage-appropriate porridges. For toddlers between one and two, break cookies into smaller pieces and supervise.
How to read any biscuit label
- First ingredient. Ingredients are listed by weight. If refined wheat flour or sugar comes first, that is what the biscuit is mostly made of.
- "Atta biscuits" is not a guarantee. Many are a blend of atta and maida. Look for the actual proportions.
- Palm oil. Cheap, stable, and in a great many packaged biscuits. Worth checking for.
- Added vitamins. Fortification added back into a refined product is not the same as nutrients that were never removed.
What's not in ours
No maida, no refined sugar, no palm oil, no preservatives, no artificial flavours or colours. Baked in our own facility and lab-tested in-house to BIS standards.
Read more
- Healthy biscuits for kids: how to choose — reading a label in thirty seconds, and what the marketing words mean
- Ragi biscuits: what makes them different — what ragi brings, and what to check on a pack
- Homemade ragi biscuits — a simple recipe, and how to tell when they're done
Frequently asked questions
Are these suitable for a one-year-old?
Yes, from one year, broken into small pieces and with supervision.
Are they gluten-free?
Millets are naturally gluten-free, but our cookies are made in a facility that handles oats and other grains, so we cannot describe them as gluten-free. Not suitable for coeliac disease.
How long do they keep?
Shorter than commercial biscuits, because there are no preservatives. Check the pack and store airtight once opened.
My child finds them less sweet than usual biscuits.
That's intended. Palates adjust in about a week.
Which flavour should I start with?
Ragi chocolate is the reliable first choice with children. The assorted pack is the low-risk way to try all four.
Nutrition information here is general and is not medical or dietary advice.