Here’s what to look for on your food labels to make sure you’re getting the most out of your grocery store picks.
, and are more calorie-dense as they do not have the water content and come with added fats.”
In other words, just because they are made with vegetables doesn’t mean they’re an adequate substitute for fresh versions. “A problem arises when people end up eating more than an appropriate serving,” Bonci says.Another category of veggie snacks are packaged sticks and puffs that are typically made with potato starch and potato flour , vegetable oil, and some spinach or other vegetable powder as almost an afterthought in the ingredient mix.
“Many people will eat these and think they are having a serving of vegetables and the nutrients they contain, when in fact they are just getting a serving of nutrition-poor starchy carbs,” Bonci says. Often, they have a fewer calories and grams of fat than regular potato chips, but sometimes they deliver morethan their spud counterparts.
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