A Healthier You, One Step at a Time
Looking for a healthy chip… I suppose one has many features to consider, flavour, crispness, crunch, mouth appeal when looking for a snack. Also calories, fat, net carbohydrates and sodium are of concern if you are trying to maintain a healthier weight, reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes and reduce your blood pressure.
For a healthier chip, with fewer additives, no salt added, one could consider the sweet potato or beet chips by Terra, they have medium carb (net 17g) and a good source of fibre (4g)m low in protein and are the lowest in sodium.
Three Farmers have come up with the nice product, roasted Lentils, not quite a chip but modest in carb (net 23g), highest in fibre (9g) and very low in salt.
Of the tortilla chips, they are fairly equal in calories, and fat (except the Old Dutch baked salt & vinegar chips) which are higher in carb (net 38g) , all of the are high in carbohydrate actually (net 27-29g) and not too bad in sodium as long as you can stop eating them after eating one serving (defined as 23-40 chips).
The Dare Veggie chips taste better than Quakers Crispy Minis but they have sea salt added, making them a high sodium choice and they are not gluten free, the crispy minis have a slight after flavour and many additives .
Next time we’ll look at crackers.
One of the most recent publications from Greta Podleski who has co-authored the Looneyspoons Collection, without the looney titles. Nutritious recipes that you’ll want to make over & over!