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Taste Test Tuesday: Dueling Multigrain Tortilla Chips
A side-by-side taste test!
I'm a fan of "2-minute Nachos" that you make in a microwave. You make a bed of tortilla chips then drop spoonfuls of canned fat free or vegetarian refried beans, sprinkle some shredded cheese over the top and top that with chopped tomatoes, green onions, or anything else that appeals to you.
Microwave for about 1 minute and your snack or meal is ready!
I ALWAYS use multi-grain tortilla chips for this and other recipes that call for tortilla chips. Well I found two new brands of multi-grain tortilla chips on my last trip to Whole Foods, so I thought my family would test them out side by side with some guacamole.
In one corner we've got Garden of Eatin' Multi Grain Tortilla Chips (with flaxseed).
And in the other corner we've got Kettle brand Multi Grain Tortilla Chips.
My two teenage daughters preferred the Kettle Chips but liked the other chips too. My husband liked the roasted flavor in the Garden of Eatin' chips but liked the other ones as well. I couldn't decide which ones I liked better, so I guess you could say I would be happy with either.
Nutritionally, they both have 7 grams of fat per ounce with 1 gram of saturated fat and zero trans fat. The only differences I could find were that the Kettle Chips contained 2 grams of fiber per serving while the Garden of Eatin' chips have 3 grams of fiber per serving (maybe from the added flaxseed?)
Next important question is, what type of oil is used to make the chips? Garden of Eatin' uses expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil...which doesn't really help me because they've given us too many oil possibilities here. Reading the ingredient list though does definitely show that these are "multi-grain" with ingredients like steel cut oats, organic brown flaxseed, barley grits, soybean grits, wheat bran, etc...
The Kettle chips list expeller pressed high monounsaturated safflower and/or sunflower oil as their oil with their "multigrain" major ingredient being multigrain flour, which contains organic whole wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, and millet.
Per ounce they contain:
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I'm a fan of "2-minute Nachos" that you make in a microwave. You make a bed of tortilla chips then drop spoonfuls of canned fat free or vegetarian refried beans, sprinkle some shredded cheese over the top and top that with chopped tomatoes, green onions, or anything else that appeals to you.
Microwave for about 1 minute and your snack or meal is ready!
I ALWAYS use multi-grain tortilla chips for this and other recipes that call for tortilla chips. Well I found two new brands of multi-grain tortilla chips on my last trip to Whole Foods, so I thought my family would test them out side by side with some guacamole.
In one corner we've got Garden of Eatin' Multi Grain Tortilla Chips (with flaxseed).
And in the other corner we've got Kettle brand Multi Grain Tortilla Chips.
My two teenage daughters preferred the Kettle Chips but liked the other chips too. My husband liked the roasted flavor in the Garden of Eatin' chips but liked the other ones as well. I couldn't decide which ones I liked better, so I guess you could say I would be happy with either.
Nutritionally, they both have 7 grams of fat per ounce with 1 gram of saturated fat and zero trans fat. The only differences I could find were that the Kettle Chips contained 2 grams of fiber per serving while the Garden of Eatin' chips have 3 grams of fiber per serving (maybe from the added flaxseed?)
Next important question is, what type of oil is used to make the chips? Garden of Eatin' uses expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil...which doesn't really help me because they've given us too many oil possibilities here. Reading the ingredient list though does definitely show that these are "multi-grain" with ingredients like steel cut oats, organic brown flaxseed, barley grits, soybean grits, wheat bran, etc...
The Kettle chips list expeller pressed high monounsaturated safflower and/or sunflower oil as their oil with their "multigrain" major ingredient being multigrain flour, which contains organic whole wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, and millet.
Per ounce they contain:
140 calories
7 grams of fat
1 gram saturated fat
0 mg cholesterol
18 or 19 grams of carbohydrate
2 or 3 grams of fiber (Garden of Eatin' has the 3 grams)
2 or 3 grams of protein
100 or 140 milligrams of sodium (Kettle has the 100 mg)
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Taste Test Tuesday, multigrain, tortilla chips, nachos, healthy diet
2 Comments:
If you are a weight watcher, neither is acceptable becasue 7 grams of fat is too much!!
The Kettle chips are the way to go. Or, do like I do and go with no salt chips. Sometimes they can be hard to find. My 3 year old even likes the no salt chips.
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