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For that afternoon or evening snack, we often turn to chips, but what’s best and best for you?
Take care with what you choose for yourself or your kids. Some options that seem healthier are not.
Consumer Reports put chips to the test, and the results might surprise you.
Plenty of kids munch on veggie chips, often because well-intentioned parents think they are a healthier alternative to potato chips.
The experts at Consumer Reports, who evaluated 18 different chips, says that’s not always so.
Five of the snacks, which call themselves ‘veggie chips,’ are actually made from potato flour, and you might be quite surprised to learn they are not nutritionally superior to potato chips.
They do have a dash of vegetable powder, which seems mostly to add color, but they have about as much fat and calories as potato chips and a lot more sodium.
They also cost an average of 30% more.
They’re still fried and loaded with fat and calories. Chips made from beans offer a nutritional boost. Boulder Canyon Natural Foods hummus chips stood out in the taste tests.
When you have a salty itch that only potato chips will scratch, Consumer Reports says consider Lay's Classics - top-rated potato chips in previous tests.
And some consolation, potato chips on average have a lot less sodium than those potato-based vegetable chips!