Companies have been enhancing common foods for a while now. They add calcium to orange juice, omega-3s to yogurt, and caffeine to energy drinks. I don't have a problem with any of these products, and think they're great for people who want more from their food. Just recently though I saw a newcomer to this word of enhanced foods — Snacktrition Nuts.
I have to admit that when I found out these nuts had fiber added to them, I was a little skeptical. Don't nuts contain fiber already? I guess for some people who don't get enough fiber, these would be great to add to their diet. So how does the fiber content in these nuts compare to regular nuts? To find out read more
Here's the nutritional information for 1/4 cup of nuts:
| Regular Cashews (dry roasted with salt) |
Regular Cashews (dry roasted, no salt) |
Snacktrition Sea Salt Cashews |
Snacktrition Salt & Pepper Cashews |
|
| Calories | 195 | 195 | 160 | 170 |
| Total Fat | 15.8g | 15.8g | 12g | 13g |
| Saturated Fat | 3.1g | 3.1g | 2g | 2.5g |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0mg | 0mg | 0mg |
| Sodium | 218mg | 5mg | 150mg | 35mg |
| Carbs | 11.1g | 11.1g | 9g | 9g |
| Fiber | 1g | 1g | 3g | 3g |
| Sugars | 1.7g | 1.7g | 2g | 2g |
| Protein | 5.2g | 5.2g | 3g | 4g |
Well now you can see that these Snacktrition cashews only have two extra grams of fiber. I was expecting these nuts to have more than that since their whole marketing thing is that they are "health baked with fiber." The fiber comes from added inulin, which is an soluble fiber that usually comes from the chicory plant. I don't know if it's the inulin that made these nuts taste a little weird, but I think I'll stick to regular cashews.
Have any of you tried these nuts? Tell me what you thought in the comments section below.
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Nicole Farhi
how can the fat content be less? something ain't right. plus if it's heated too high the oil can turn rancid.
1The main reason I'd say no is that these special nuts have lower protein. That just seems dumb. Less calories and fat are a nice plus though
2i'll stick to my regular nuts. mmmm cashews. . .
3they probably have less calories because its a smaller portion size. anyway this seems really ridiculous. why can't people just enjoy good, whole foods in their NATURAL state?
4It can't be a smaller portion because the info is for 1/4 cup of nuts.
5hmm i dont know if you really need to ADD fiber to nuts but i guess if you can get more substantial things from them, then it's ok. i use nuts as one of my main sources of protein...
6I'm mostly after the fat & protein when I eat nuts (and the yumminess, of course), so reducing those things would be counterintuitive for me. If I want fiber I'll get it somewhere other than processed nuts, the raw variety are already perfect.
7How did they reduce the calories and fat of the nuts? That's kind of weird. I would just rather eat regular nuts, especially since they're probably 1/2 the price of the "enhanced" ones.
8I dont know if anyone seen Rachel Raes show the other day about eating more calories in order to burn more calories but your body actually needs the fat in order to metabolize and burn off the fat we all( including me) are so concerned about! I LOVE any type of nut although I appear to be allergic to soy products.
9Interesting...
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