AJITAS Vege Chips
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Nutrients |
per 100g |
How much? |
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Total fat |
19.5 g |
 |
OK |
| Saturated fat |
2.2 g |
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OK |
| Sugars |
< 9 g |
 |
A little |
| Sodium |
812 mg |
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A lot |
What we say
AJITAS Vege Chips are 50% cassava (a potato-like root vegetable) with tapioca flour, sunflower oil and sesame seeds as the next major ingredients. Their 6% vegetable content is a mix of Chinese cabbage, garlic and shallot leaves.
Unlike other chips ARNOTT'S Thins, for example –– AJITAS Vege Chips get an orange rather than a red light for fat, so live up to their on-pack claim of '40% less fat than most potato chips'. But they've got added sugar (presumably to make up for the loss of flavour-promoting fat) and get a red light for sodium –– just one 21g pack provides 10 to15% (depending on the flavour) of the upper level of daily sodium intake that's acceptable for an eight-year-old. So they're still not exactly a health food.
There's nothing wrong with a packet of chips as an occasional treat, but even though these can be found in the supermarket's health food aisle, there are many healthier options to include in kids' lunchboxes.
Additives listed: Natural: none. BBQ: Food acid (330). Sweet and sour: Food acid (262, 330). French onion: none.
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