Or should it be “flavour” since it’s Canadian. My sister travels to Toronto for work often, and sometimes I would ask her to bring back some Lay’s Ketchup Potato Chips. Ketchup chips are hard to find in Southern California. She though they were too salty (probably true) so she brought some Quaker Ketchup Rice Chips instead. The artificial ketchup flavor is pretty similar to the Lay’s chips.
Let’s look at the nutritional information for both:
| Nutritional Item | Lay’s (50 g) | Lay’s (20 g)* | Quaker (20 g) |
| Calories | 260 | 104 | 90 |
| Fat | 16 g | 6.4 g | 3 g |
| Saturated | 1.5 g | 0.6 g | 0.3 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g |
| Cholestrol | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 430 mg | 172 mg | 190 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 26 g | 10.4 g | 15 g |
| Fiber | 1 g | 0.4 g | 1 g |
| Sugars | 2 g | 0.8 g | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g | 1.2 g | 1 g |
| Vitamin A | 0% DV | 0% DV | 0% DV |
| Vitamin C | 15% DV | 6% DV | 0% DV |
| Calcium | 2% DV | 0.8% DV | 0% DV |
| Iron | 4% DV | 1.6% DV | 2% DV |
Comparing the 20 g serving columns, it the rice chips don’t seem healthier than the potato chips. There is less calories and fat but more sodium and carbs. There is no information on potassium and phosphorus but the rice chips are made from brown rice; both brown rice and potatoes have medium amounts of phosphorus.
I think I’ll ask my sister to bring the Lay’s potato chips in the future. Both types of chips are bad for you but the potato chips taste better.
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