Where the Chips Fall.Fun food. That's what the snack industry calls the mountain of chips, pretzels, and extruded whatevers that Americans gobble up Verb 1. gobble up - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake" garbage down, shovel in, bolt down eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" each year. Salty salt·y adj. salt·i·er, salt·i·est 1. Of, containing, or seasoned with salt. 2. Suggestive of the sea or sailing life. 3. Witty; pungent; earthy: salty humor. snacks are for fun ... but only for fun. Don't expect most of them to give you much of anything else, despite chipmakers' efforts to convince you otherwise. They sell chips that are organic, baked, cooked in olive oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. , made with the fake fat olestra olestra Sucrose polyester, Olean® A proprietary synthetic–no-calorie fat, approved by the FDA–for use in savory snack foods–eg, tortilla chips, potato chips, and crackers; Side effects GI discomfort including cramps, diarrhea; it , sprinkled with powdered vegetables or yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk. yogurt Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world. , and more. But the bottom line hasn't budged: Some salty snacks are better than others, but none are worth eating because they're good for you. Here's a quick guide to the chip and pretzel aisles of your supermarket. Potato & Vegetable Chips The classic potato chip, like Lay's (the company controls two-thirds of the chip market), starts out with a number of strikes against it. Surprisingly, fat isn't one of the major ones. Chips are usually fried in largely unsaturated unsaturated /un·sat·u·rat·ed/ (un-sach´ur-at?ed) 1. not holding all of a solute which can be held in solution by the solvent. 2. denoting compounds in which two or more atoms are united by double or triple bonds. oils. So just two or three of the ten-or-so grams of fat in each ounce of most chips are saturated. That means they will have little effect on your cholesterol. Our Best Bites had no more than three grams of sat fat. That may seem high, but those three grams should be neutralized neu·tral·ize tr.v. neu·tral·ized, neu·tral·iz·ing, neu·tral·iz·es 1. To make neutral. 2. To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective. 3. by the chips' unsaturated fat unsaturated fat: see saturated fat. . (You're better off with chips fried in any oil than with chips fried in Olean. That's the trade name for olestra, the fake fat that may cause diarrhea or cramps and that can keep your body from absorbing carotenoids Carotenoids Carotenoids are yellow to deep-red pigments. Mentioned in: Vitamin A Deficiency carotenoids (k and other valuable phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables.) The problem with the fat in chips isn't that it raises cholesterol, but that it's loaded with calories. Calorie calorie, abbr. cal, unit of heat energy in the metric system. The measurement of heat is called calorimetry. The calorie, or gram calorie, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1°C;. Density "Bet you can't eat just one," teased tease v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es v.tr. 1. To annoy or pester; vex. 2. To make fun of; mock playfully. 3. the famous ad for Lay's. Precisely. An ounce of ordinary chips has about 150 calories. No problem ... if that's all you eat. But for many munchers Munchers was a series of educational/edutainment computer games produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) for several operating systems. They were popular among American schoolchildren in the 1980s and 1990s and were the recipients of several awards. , an ounce--anywhere from one to two dozen chips, depending on the brand --is just the beginning. Bags sold at some sandwich shops contain two ounces or more. It's not just the salty, fatty flavor of chips that makes them irresistible. Like other fatty foods, they also pack a lot of calories into a small volume. That high calorie density means that you can crunch away for some time before you feel full enough to stop. Baked or reduced-fat chips are calorie-dense as well (though not quite as dense as the regulars). They pack 110 to 140 calories per ounce. Our favorite: Delicious Kettle Crisps are real slices of potato, unlike Baked Lay's, which are a mixture of dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). potato and food starch starch, white, odorless, tasteless, carbohydrate powder. It plays a vital role in the biochemistry of both plants and animals and has important commercial uses. pressed into a chip shape. Missing Nutrients Each time you dig in to a bag of chips, you're missing an opportunity to dig in to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure s>. To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; - used of warfare or negotiating situations. See also: Dig Dig to a bag of baby carrots In North America the term baby carrot is commonly applied to either miniature carrots harvested before their roots develop or adult carrots chopped into smaller pieces. Taking fully grown carrots and chopping them into smaller pieces was the idea of California farmer Mike Yurosek. , a bowl of berries, a peach, or some other fruit or vegetable. Yes, potatoes are vegetables, and they do supply some vitamin C vitamin C or ascorbic acid Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism. Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, other primates, and guinea pigs need it in the diet to prevent scurvy. . But they're not packed with phytochemicals that might cut your risk of cancer, stroke, and heart attack. You might honestly believe that you'll get around to eating your five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables after you finish off that bag of chips. But unless your snacks include fruits and veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. , chances are you'll never hit your goal. Somehow, the food industry has convinced us that we can eat junk between meals as long as we eat reasonably well at meals. In fact, most sedentary sedentary /sed·en·tary/ (sed´en-tar?e) 1. sitting habitually; of inactive habits. 2. pertaining to a sitting posture. sedentary of inactive habits; pertaining to a fat, castrated or confined animal. Americans just don't have an extra 150 largely empty calories to waste on junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food , no matter when we eat them. Exceptions: Olive Oil, Route 11, Terra, and a few other companies sell chips made of sweet potatoes sweet potato, trailing perennial plant (Ipomoea batatas) of the family Convolvulaceae (morning glory family), native to the New World tropics. Cultivated from ancient times by the Aztecs for its edible tubers, it was introduced into Europe in the 16th cent. and other root vegetables. They're still calorie-dense (that's what happens when you deep-fry), but at least you're getting some phytochemicals and nutrients with those calories. Pretzels Pretzels don't have a fat problem, but it's still easy to eat too many of them. And most are made of refined wheat flour, which means largely empty calories. (Even most pretzels with "wheat" or "whole wheat" in their names contain more refined flour than whole wheat.) What's more, unlike potato chips, pretzels are high in sodium. (Chips taste salty because their salt is on the surface, but sodium seldom exceeds 200 milligrams per ounce.) Your best bet: unsalted pretzels. If they don't have enough flavor for you, check the labels of salted brands. Sodium ranges from about 200 mg to nearly 700 mg. The saltiest brand: Rold Gold Rold Gold is the name of a brand of pretzels, now owned by Frito-Lay. The original company started in 1917. Frito Lay purchased Rold Gold in 1999. While on-bag advertising states that Rold Gold is "America's No. (which controls about a third of the pretzel market). Instead, try Chile Today Hot Tamale Tamale (təmä`lē), town (1984 pop. 136,828), capital of the Northern Region, N Ghana. It is a road junction and agricultural trade and education center. Pretzel Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
Tortilla & Corn Chips Tortilla chips (like Doritos) are lower in fat than potato chips. Corn chips (like Fritos) aren't. But both have about the same amount of sodium as potato chips and slightly less saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be . What's more, the manufacturers of all the brands we looked at told us that their tortilla and corn chips are made with whole-grain corn. That's a plus. But you still get a lot of largely empty, hard-to-stop-eating calories in a small volume of food. Curls, Puffs, Stix, etc. A few individual brands worth noting, for better or worse: * Chee-tos. Think of Chee-tos as potato chips without the potatoes' vitamin C. * Bugles This is about the snack food; please see "Bugle" for other uses of this word. Bugles are a corn chip snack food from General Mills. They come in the following flavors: Chile Cheese, Nacho Cheese, Original, Sour Cream & Onion, Salsa, Smokin' BBQ, Churros, Southwest . They're in a class of their own: the only salty snack that's loaded with saturated fat, thanks to the coconut oil coconut oil n. A pale yellow to colorless oil or a white semisolid fat obtained from the flesh of the coconut, widely used in food products and in the production of cosmetics and soaps. Noun 1. they're deep-fried in. Baked Bugles are better, but they're still salty; empty-calorie junk. * Sun Chips  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . Multigrain Snacks with "30% Less Fat Than Regular Potato Chips," boasts the label. Translation: corn flour and oil mixed with a small amount of whole wheat, rice flour Rice flour is a finely ground powder of rice. The husk of rice or paddy is removed and raw rice is obtained. The raw rice is then ground to form rice powder, also known as rice flour. The rice flour is used in making neer dosa, golibaje (Mangalore bajji), and rotti. , and oat oat member of the plant genus Avena in the family Poaceae. oats see avenasativa. oat grain seed of Avena sativa, and as 'oats' the favored grain for the feeding of horses. flour (not to mention the "imitation parsley parsley, Mediterranean aromatic herb (Petroselinum crispum or Apium petroselinum) of the carrot family, cultivated since the days of the Romans for its foliage, used in cookery as a seasoning and garnish. " in the French Onion flavor that's made from corn starch, gums, and artificial colors like Blue 1 and Red 40). Bottom line: they're no better than tortilla chips. * Veggie Stix. Bags of Good Health Natural Foods Veggie Stix show luscious photos of vegetables. Yet an ounce of Broccoli broccoli (brŏk`əlē) [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the cauliflower and is similarly cultivated. or Spinach Veggie Stix contains just two percent of the Daily Value for vitamin A--about what you'd get in two teaspoons of cooked broccoli or a third of a teaspoon tea·spoon n. Abbr. tsp., tsp A measure of about 1 fluid dram or 5 milliliters. teaspoon a household unit of volume or capacity approximately equal to 5 milliliters. of cooked spinach. And the Carrot Veggie Stix have four percent of the DV--like eating a hundredth of a carrot. * Terra Stix. Try these delicious Best Bites as a colorful garnish garnish v. to obtain a court order directing a party holding funds (such as a bank) or about to pay wages (such as an employer) to an alleged debtor to set that money aside until the court determines (decides) how much the debtor owes to the creditor. on salads or soups. The information for this article was compiled by Ingrid Van Tuinen and Jackie Adriano. SALT OF THE EARTH A one-ounce serving of our Best Bites has no more than three grams of saturated fat and 200 mg of sodium. Best Bites also list sweet potato as the first or second ingredient. Within each category, products are ranked from least to most saturated fat, then total fat, then sodium. Exception: chips made with the fake fat olestra (Olean) appear at the end of each section.
Snack
Total Saturated
Potato Chips Fat Fat Sodium
(number of chips in one ounce) Calories (grams) (grams) (mg)
Kettle Crisps 95% Fat Free,
Lightly Salted (35) 110 2 0 135
Baked Lay's (11)(1) 120 3 0 190
Baked Ruffles (10)(1) 120 3 0.5 210
Cape Cod 40% Reduced Fat (19) 130 6 0.5 110
Michael Season's Reduced Fat,
Lightly Salted (20) 140 7 0.5 130
Terra Yukon Gold (9)(1) 130 5 1 90
Terra Red Bliss (12)(1) 140 7 1 90
Ruffles, Reduced Fat (16) 130 7 1 160
Olive Oil (12)(1) 140 7 1 160
Michael Season's Kettle Cooked,
Lightly Salted (20) 140 8 1 110
Kettle Chips' Lightly Salted
or Organically Grown (13) 150 9 1 110
Barbara's Bakery (1 1/4 cups)(1) 150 10 1 160
Route II Lightly Salted (18) 150 8 1.5 45
Pringles Right Crisps (16)(1) 140 7 2 150
Cape Cod (20)(1) 150 8 2 140
Munchos Potato crisps (16) 160 10 2 230
Lay's HomeStyle Classic (20)(1) 150 8 2.5 200
Lay's Classic (20) 150 10 2.5 180
Wavy Lay's Original (11) 150 10 2.5 180
Wise Smoky Mountain BBQ (15) 150 10 2.5 230
Lay's (17)(2) 150 10 2.5 250
Ruffles Flavor Rush (13)(1) 160 10 2.5 300
Pringles (14)(1) 160 11 2.5 180
Wise All Natural (16) 150 10 3 190
Ruffles (12)(1) 160 10 3 190
Fat Free Pringles (15)(1)(#) 70 0 0 190
Ruffles WOW! (16)(1)(#) 80 0 0 220
Lay's WOW! (20)(1)(#) 80 0 0 230
Other Vegetable Chips
(number of chips in one ounce)
Terra Taro Chips (10)(1) 140 6 0.5 140
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Potato Chips (11) 140 7 1 55
([check][check])Terra Sweet
Potato Chips (17)(1) 140 7 1 65
([check][check])Terra Chips,
Original (9) 140 7 1 70
([check][check])Olive Oil Sweet
Potato Chips (12) 140 7 1 190
([check][check])Route II Mixed
Vegetable Chips (11) 140 8 1 65
Hain Carrot Chips (22) 160 9 1 170
Pretzels (number of pretzels
in one ounce)
Snyder's of Hanover Sourdough
Fat Free Nibblers (16) 120 0 0 200
Snyder's of Hanover Sourdough,
Hard (1) 100 0 0 240
Snyder's of Hanover Organic
Oat Bran Sticks (18) 120 0 0 320
Rold Gold Fat Free (15)(1) 100 0 0 470
Rold Gold Sticks (48) 100 0 0 690
Wege Honey Wheat (1) 100 1 0 20
Snyder's of Hanover Unsalted
Olde Tyme (3) 120 1 0 75
Newman's Own Organics Unsalted
Rounds (10) 110 1 0 105
Snyder's of Hanover Olde
Tyme (3) 120 1 0 120
Rold Gold Honey Mustard (16) 110 1 0 370
Newman's Own Organics Salted
Rounds (10) 110 1 0 400
Snyder's of Hanover Rods (3) 120 1 0 400
Rold Gold Hard Sourdough (15) 100 1 0 500
Rold Gold Classic, Thins
or Tiny Twists (13)(3) 110 1 0 570
Rold Gold Rods (3) 110 1 0 610
Harry's Whole Wheat Honey (1) 120 2 0 20
Snyder's of Hanover Organic
Honey Wheat Sticks (15) 130 2 0 210
Chile Today Hot Tamale Pretzel
Nuggets (16)(1) 130 2 0 260
Snyder's of Hanover Honey
Mustard & Onion
Nibblers (13) 130 3 0 95
Snyder's of Hanover Savory
Nibblers (13) 130 3 0.5 200
Snyder's of Hanover Buttermilk
Ranch Pieces (1/3 cup) 130 5 1 250
Combos (1/3 cup)(1) 130 5 1 310
Tortilla & Corn Chips
(number of chips in one ounce)
Garden of Eatin' Baked Tortilla
Chips (15)(1) 120 2 0 65
Guiltless Gourmet Tortilla
Chips (18)(1) 110 2 0 160
Boston's Low Fat Tortilla
Chips (13) 110 2 0 200
Baked Tostitos (16)(1) 120 2 0 200
Kettle Tortilla Chips (11)(1) 140 6 0.5 80
Garden of Eatin' Tortilla
Chips (13)(1) 150 7 0.5 70
Bearitos Tortilla Chips (15)(1) 140 7 0.5 75
Newman's Own Organics Tortilla
Chips (9)(1) 150 7 0.5 140
Skinny Natural Corn Chips
(2 cups)(1) 120 3 1 200
Harry's Garden Vegetable Beet
Garlic Chips (9) 130 5 1 80
Santitas Tortilla Chips (9)(1) 130 6 1 110
Garden of Eatin' Corn
Chips (15)(1) 150 7 1 65
Tostitos Tortilla Chips (11)(1) 140 7 1 130
Harry's Rio Grande Blue
Tortilla Chips (9) 140 6 1.5 150
Harry's Rio Grande Tortilla
Chips (9) 140 6 1.5 150
Doritos 3D's (29)(1) 140 6 1.5 320
Doritos Tortilla Chips (12)(1) 140 7 1.5 180
Fritos Corn Chips (23)(1) 160 10 1.5 200
Tostitos WOW! Restaurant Style
Tortilla Chips (6)(#) 90 1 0 105
Doritos WOW! Tortilla Chips,
Nacho Cheesier (11)(#) 90 1 0 240
Curls, Puffs, Stix, Etc.
(number of curls, etc,
in one ounce)
Baked Bugles (1 1/2 cups) 130 4 0.5 380
Bearitos Crunchitos,
Extra Cheddar (1 cup) 130 6 0.5 230
Sun Chips Multigrain
Snacks (11)(1) 140 6 1 160
Michael Season's Cheese
Curls (3/4 cup) 150 8 1 250
([check][check])Terra Stix (50) 150 9 1 110
Veggie Stix Shoestring Potato
Sticks (3/4 cup) 160 9 1 200
Good Health Veggie Rings
(1/4 pkg.) 140 7 1.5 230
Funyuns Onion Flavored
Rings (13) 140 7 1.5 270
Good Health Veggie Stix,
Broccoli, Carrot, Spinach,
or Tomato (2 cups)(3) 150 7 1.5 290
Barbara's Bakery Cheese Puffs,
Jalapeno (3/4 cup) 150 9 1.5 250
Barbara's Bakery Cheese Puffs,
Original (3/4 cup) 150 10 1.5 130
Boston's Less Fat Cheez
Bopps (28) 130 6 2 250
Planters Cheez Mania, Original
Cheez Curls (42) 150 10 2 300
French's Potato Sticks (3/4 cup) 180 12 2 190
Chee-tos(21)(1) 160 10 2.5 300
Planters Cheez Mania, Original
Cheez Balls (34) 160 10 2.5 300
Michael Season's Cheese Puffs
(2 cups)(1) 180 13 3 270
Bugles (1 1/3 cups)(1) 160 9 7.5 310
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(1) Average for the entire line.
(2) Average for ail flavors except Classic.
(3) Average for the flavors listed.
(#) Contains the fake fat olestra.
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Source: Manufacturers.
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