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Low Calorie Crackers and Potato Chips
2011 Summer

Beach Bound? Low-Cal Chips and Crackers to Take With You

Sunscreen, a hat, and towel always make it in my beach bag, and when it comes to snacks, I always need to pack something salty and crunchy.
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Sunscreen, a hat, and towel always make it in my beach bag, and when it comes to snacks, I always need to pack something salty and crunchy. Chips and crackers are so ridiculously good, and it doesn't help that they can conveniently be enjoyed from a bag or box while you munch away and soak up some rays. Problem is, it's tempting to eat more than your fair share. We already calorie-compared all of our favorite chips, so I've taken the lowest calorie chips and paired them with the lowest calorie crackers, so you can stock up the next time you visit the grocery store (and not worry about calorie counting while enjoying your day at the beach!).

Clockwise from top left: Baked! Potato Crisps, Original (15 Crisps = 120 Calories), Stacy's Pita Chips, Simply Naked (14 Crisps = 130 Calories), Baked Ruffles Potato Crisps (9 Crisps = 120 Calories), Popchips Potato Chips Original (22 Crisps = 120 Calories),
Special K Cracker Crisps (23 Crackers = 90 Calories), Back to Nature Crackers, Poppy Thyme (17 Crackers = 130 Calories), Nabisco Ritz Crackers (5 Crackers = 70 Calories), Kashi Heart to Heart: Whole Grain Crackers (7 Crackers = 120 Calories)

Calories in Popular Chips
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Calorie Comparison of Your Favorite Salty Chips

When you're craving something salty, nothing satisfies like a handful of crispy chips.
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When you're craving something salty, nothing satisfies like a handful of crispy chips. Potato chips, corn chips, and ones made with rice — you name it, I'll crunch on it. Whether you're dipping chips into hummus at a party, or devouring a bag in front of the TV (never a good idea, but it can happen), it pays to know the caloric price of your fave chips — healthy and not so healthy. Here's a comparison so you can munch away with some nutritional knowledge under your belt.


Chip Serving Size: 1 oz. Calories Fat (g) Sodium (mg) Carbs (g) Protein (g)
Doritos Nacho Cheese 12 chips 150 8 180 17 2
Doritos Cool Ranch 12 chips 150 8 180 18 2
Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato 12 chips 140 6 80 18 2
Food Should Taste Good Multigrain 9 chips 140 6 80 18 3

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Food Review: Jalapeño Jack Sun Chips
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Taste Test: Jalapeño Jack Sun Chips

From Mexican curtido to lamb-stuffed poppers, I'm a sucker for all things jalapeño.
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From Mexican curtido to lamb-stuffed poppers, I'm a sucker for all things jalapeño. So, when I spotted a new flavor of Sun Chips — Jalapeño Jack — on a trip down the Walgreens chip aisle, I couldn't help but drop one into my shopping basket.

Sun Chips and I have held a long, stable relationship that dates back to infancy. I eat the original, harvest cheddar, and french onion flavors with gusto, although I've spent moments wishing the fourth flavor, Garden Salsa, could've added more spice to my life. I enjoy the chip's zesty, tomatoey taste, but can't help but wonder why, like a real bowl of salsa, this chip doesn't have more bite.

With the new Jalapeño Jack variety, I will wonder no more. There's something about its invitingly tangy smell, its white farmstead cheese flavor, and the lingering kick of some seriously substantial jalapeño that keeps me reaching back for another bite. It's official: the new Jalapeño Jack variety is my favorite Sun Chip flavor. What's your preferred jalapeño-flavored chip?

Food Review: The Works! Tortilla Chips
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Food Review: The Works! Tortilla Chips

When I go with the fam to get fresh-baked bagels, I usually choose an everything bagel because I love the savory taste and interesting texture of the poppy and sesame seeds, and the onion and garlic.
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When I go with the fam to get fresh-baked bagels, I usually choose an everything bagel because I love the savory taste and interesting texture of the poppy and sesame seeds, and the onion and garlic. The company FoodShouldTasteGood has a new tortilla chip called The Works! Topped with poppy and caraway seeds, minced garlic, and onion, I knew this was something I needed to try.

To find out how these puppies taste and see how many calories are in one serving, keep reading

Pico de Gallo Chips: Like Doritos, But Healthier
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Pico de Gallo Chips: Like Doritos, But Healthier

As a kid, I hate to admit it, but I grew up on junk food.
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As a kid, I hate to admit it, but I grew up on junk food. Maybe that's why I'm such a freak about it now - too many years of eating crap that make you feel like crap.

Nacho Cheese Doritos were one of my faves. They were a typical afternoon snack when I came home from school - I used to LOVE licking the powdered cheese off my orange-stained fingers. I've long since given those up, but they'll always be one of my fond childhood memories.

While at the health food store, I came upon Pico de Gallo Chips made by Garden of Eatin'. They taste so much like Doritos, but the ingredients are much healthier. Doritos have partially hydrogenated soybean and Cottenseed oil. And nothing says junk food like artificial color - love that Yellow 6. Yum.

Want to see how they compare nutritionally? Then read more

Garden of Eatin'
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Garden of Eatin'

Crunchy, salty, tasty, and sometimes an accidental meal, I'd have to say that Garden of Eatin's Blue Corn Tortilla Chips are one of my favorite snacks.
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Crunchy, salty, tasty, and sometimes an accidental meal, I'd have to say that Garden of Eatin's Blue Corn Tortilla Chips are one of my favorite snacks.

They have a whole line of chips made out of blue corn such as regular, No Salt if you're watching your sodium intake, Red Hot Blues made with a hint of zingy cayenne pepper, Little Soy Blues made with toasted soybeans, Sesame Blues uniquely made with sesame seeds and Sunny Blues made with sunflower seeds.

You'll feel good dipping them into your hummus, knowing they're:

  • Made With Organic Corn
  • No Hydrogenated Oils
  • No Artificial Flavors or Colors
  • No Preservatives
  • No Trans Fat
  • Made With Expeller Pressed Oil
  • Kosher Certified
  • Cooked in Filtered Water

As far as snacks go, that's pretty good. And what else is great? They also make Yellow Corn Chips, Mini Corn Chips (great for kids), White Corn Chips, Red Corn Chips, and Taco Shells. They also have a line of Pita Chips and Microwave Popcorn. They really know how to snack.

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