Ok so hubby and I had a recent conversation about an article he saw that says veggie straws are just as bad if not worse than regualr chips. He doesn't remember where he saw the article but didn't see any reference to any actual amounts. He looked at me and said "looks like something you can look into for a blog post or a vlog." So lets take a look and see what we can find that might be the same and what might be different between the two. For this comparison we will be looking at Veggie Straws with sea salt with sweet potato added (we got ours from Samsclub) and a bag of Great value original potato chips (the red bag).
So there is the front of the bag. Sorry for the crumpled great value chips the kids had already started eating them prior to me deciding to write this. Ok so here is a picture of the backs so we can see the nutritional information and then we will start comparing them.
Ok so now that you can see everything for yourself so you can see where my information is coming from.
Ok so based on that chart you get more veggie straws per serving, less calories, less total fat, less saturated fat, and less protein than a standard chip. However you are getting more sodium and 1 more gram of carbs than standard chips.
So I 'm not sure which would be worse healthwise. Maybe if you are trying to watch your sodium intake then the Great Value would be a better choice. For me I prefer the veggie straws. While it says they have more sodium they don't taste as salty to me or as greasy.
So one last test lets lay one of each chip on a napkin and see how much grease transfers from chip/straw to napkin after 5 minutes.
Ok so after 5 minutes we can see there is slightly more grease on the right from the standard chip but not much of a difference. Sorry my daughter decided she was going to help and that Poppy needed to help out too.
So after seeing the nutritional info I would still choose to eat veggie straws over regular chips. Which do you prefer? Does this info change your thoughts on which you would choose?
