Fritos — “A Pinch Of Salt”
Posted by admin on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Food Products, Snack Foods
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I admit I’m not much of a snacker. Oh, I see all the products in the stores and will buy them, eat one portion, and usually stick them in a cabinet until I clean it out months later, then toss them. It’s my wish that companies would bring back trial sizes of new products so we don’t keep wasting our money, but then again, that’s business, right?
I didn’t grow up eating potato chips, cheese curls, corn chips or anything like that. We had them once in a while but I grew up snacking on unbuttered popcorn. Mom was a health nut even back then!
I was cutting through an aisle in my supermarket this morning and glanced at the various chip products. I saw Dill Pickle flavored potato chips, Sunflower chips, whole grain chip products, organic chip products and more flavors of potato chips than one could even imagine. I saw this bag of Fritos “Pinch Of Salt” on the shelf today and it jumped out at me as the bag is blue among a sea of orange bags. I haven’t had Fritos Corn Chips in years and don’t remember them being very salty, but less sodium is always good to me.
I read the ingredients on the original bag of Fritos
Yep, believe it or not, there are just 3 ingredients. If you read the back of the bag of most snack chips, you’ll find a long list of ingredients with names you can’t even pronounce. The ingredients on the lower sodium version are identical, too.
There is, however, 50% less sodium in the new bag. 75 mg. of sodium per portion vs. 150 mg of sodium per portion. So far this was looking pretty good.
I bought a small single-serving size bag of regular Fritos so I could try both and compare the saltiness levels.
I have to say that neither tasted very salty to me, and side by side you literally can’t tell the difference in taste. The lower sodium version tasted identical to the regular Fritos Corn Chips. They had the same crunch, same taste and you don’t miss the difference in salt at all.
If you love Fritos Corn Chips, you’ll never miss the missing sodium. I paid $2.29 for an 8 oz. bag at a local supermarket chain.
2 Comments »
on 27 Mar 2008 at 10:38 pm 1.Michigander in Chicago said …
Saw these chips in a Jewel grocery store in Oak Park, IL. We are trying to be health conscious and are especially looking at lower our salt intake. I disagree with the first post…You can definately tell the difference in the amount of salt. These fritos taste like corn chips. Also try the Lays chips. They have an amazing flavor as well. My big complaint, is that I cannot find them in Michigan. I have been unable to find a source on the net to order them. They are delicious. Better than regular fritos by a long shot!
on 28 Mar 2008 at 2:48 pm 2.admin said …
Could be that I’m not used to eating them so to me they tasted the same as regular Fritos. I did see them at my local supermarket with the chips (I can’t eat potato, though) as well as a couple of other products being low sodium — that’s such a good thing!