2024-08-16 15:53:19
Them Organization of customers and users (OCU) did a label analysis of 331 salty snacks, you know, French fries, chips and nachos. And those who come out that there has been no surprise: More than half are there a bad or very bad choice from a nutritional point of view for yours high fat and salt contentin addition to your high caloric intake.
And the thing is bad because 151 of the products use aromas and of them 16 have smoke smells that will not be renewed by the European Council.
The good news is that, as is often the food whenever the food is analyzed, the the environment prevails. It turns out that OCU is yours scale to measure healthy food. With a very high score (87 out of 100) are buckwheat nachos from Sol Natural brand.
There are more products that stand out for their good composition: French fries without adding salt from the Veritas brand organicLegume nachos from the organic Sol Natural brand or Frititas from the Hispalana brand (this is not organic).
But the general trend is that these products are not healthy because of them high calorie content (about 520 kcal / 100 g), due to fats, salt and the use of additives and smoke odors.
So, 50% got a score of less than 40 on the health scale, which means a bad or very bad choice of purchase.
Fat, sugar and salt
A bowl with the size of chips, the kind we usually serve with beer or soft drinks, about 40 g, represents 214 kcal… more than 10% of the drink. recommended daily calories for adults.
More than half of the calories (52%) come from fat. The lowest calorie products of those analyzed are two vegetable chips made with chickpea flour and potato starch, which provide less than 410 kcal/100 g (Spogliette di ceci de Sarchio and Chickpea chips from Ecocesta).
The fats used in the preparation of these products are Oils such as olive, sunflower, rapeseed or corn. Therefore, you can notice that, in general, the quality of the fats used is good. But what about the quantity? They are products with a non-negligible fat content. In general, they contain and 30%, but in some it is higher up to 44%, That is, more than four units of its weight.
And the average salt content is 1.2%, and have some smooth and wavy potatoes that climb 4% But it is still possible to find products no salt added, made only with raw vegetable ingredients (potatoes or vegetables) and oil.
How is your sugar going? Well, vegetable chips are the ones with the highest content of this substance. For example, the Sun Snacks from Aldi, the Day Snack from Lidl or the Veggie experience from Marinas and 22% of sugar.
Supplements and ultra-processes
Additives are used to provide flavor and color, and in some products they are used rubber band to give consistency (in chips made from a mass of potato starch or other starches). In any case, the less, the better. And OCU has found in its work products with additions 4, 7, 9… and up to 11 in flavor chips. The good news is that it still is There are many products without additives.
To highlight one to avoid: Dye E150d (ammonium sulphite caramel). It appears in two products: Ham flavored Ruffles and Ham flavored Wavy Fries from the Consum brand.
And to give flavor to our aromas and not all of them are the same: the European Commission has decided does not renew the license for food use of various smoke aromas, associated with the problems of genotoxicity. Well, the consumer company has found smoke odors in the ingredients list of 16 plain, crinkle and flavored potato chips. It is best to avoid them; There are also those without smoke aromas.
In our home kitchens are usually not available: maltodextrins, dairy proteins, yeasts (which replace the additive E621 or glutamate), syrup, etc. And yet, some of the analyzed products have seven ingredients ultra-thin.
What we are discussing is not fresh food, but you can choose the least work done, done only with the raw material, vegetable oil and salt; That is, when you choose, those with the least ingredients.
Inside This link you can see the final result and compare between brands.
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