The product that I did my claim on was Reduced fat, “Kettle Cooked,” Lays chips. The statement that they are reduced fat, and “Kettle Cooked” are two indications that they would be an overall, healthier chip. Although these chips are better for you than normal lays potato chips the claims that they make saying reduced fat and “Kettle Cooked” have little difference in the caloric value.
These chips are graded by two different experts and both of these experts give the chip a C in quality and overall healthiness. As far as eating a chip that is healthy and a good snack these chips would be not the number one option. There is 10% of your daily amount of fat in one bag, and 12% of the saturated daily fat. There are many healthier options when looking into a potato chip to eat, one of the main options would be baked lays chips. These have only 5% of the RAD of fat, and 3% of the RAD of saturated fat. Saturated fat is our main concern and a 7% difference is quite the difference.
These facts to me give a good representation of why we need to check our health facts before every food that we eat. A very little difference in the actual food and taste, yet a large difference between the fat in one bag to the fat in the other. When on trying to maintain a healthy diet every fat gram counts, especially saturated fat grams. As for me I would not eat the reduced fat, “Kettle Cooked” chips, one because of the unhealthiness of them, and two because of the fact that they taste exactly the same as another food that is a lot better for you. Although I am not a big chip fan, I have come to realize that not many chips are good for you so every time you decide to buy a bag of chips you should really look into the label and make sure you are making the healthiest, best decision, and that choice would not be the reduced fat, “Kettle Cooked” chips.
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-lays-kettle-cooked-original-potato-i83694
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