The [Un]healthy Potato Snacks Alternatives
Are Consumers being conned by the new trend for Chips and Crisps Alternatives?
We have raised this issue within many of the reviews for these modern Chips alternatives.
Whether they be made from Sweet Potato or extruded snacks of different ingredients, its seems many are either higher in calorific content, salt and even sugar.
Of course, none taste as good as good old fashioned Potato Chips and Crisps, but consumers are being persuaded, whether literally or with clever marketing tricks to believe they are better for them.
Fortunately the national media are gradually learning about what we have only been too aware of from the beginning of this new snacks fashion.
We have raised this issue within many of the reviews for these modern Chips alternatives.
Whether they be made from Sweet Potato or extruded snacks of different ingredients, its seems many are either higher in calorific content, salt and even sugar.
Of course, none taste as good as good old fashioned Potato Chips and Crisps, but consumers are being persuaded, whether literally or with clever marketing tricks to believe they are better for them.
Fortunately the national media are gradually learning about what we have only been too aware of from the beginning of this new snacks fashion.
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Crisps are the snack trend of choice at the moment, but are they guilt-free snacks worth their salt? Or are they just... Chip tricks!
By Charlotte Hobbs For The Mail On Sunday PUBLISHED: 22:04, 5 November 2016 It is the snack trend of the moment: crisps made from root vegetables, beans, chickpeas, egg-whites or, if it must be potato, baked rather than fried. They promise not only to preserve our waistlines but also boost our health. But are they as ‘guilt-free’ as they seem? No, says nutritionist Fiona Hunter, who warns that hiding behind the virtuous promises are hefty doses of fat, salt and additives. She says: ‘Yes, some have less fat and salt than a pack of Golden Wonder or Walker’s, but that doesn’t make them vastly better for you.’ We asked Fiona to examine some of the most popular ‘healthy crisps’ in the shops – and her verdicts may come as a surprise… Read More HERE |
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