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Frito-Lay is changing its Lay’s line of potato chips to give them a healthier nutritional profile. The
company is switching to frying
in sunflower oil from cottonseed oil, a move that will reduce the saturated fat content in the chips by 66%. Though
some people, analysts and consumers alike, worry about a taste change in the best-selling snack food, the company says
that it has been selling sunflower-fried chips in Canada and the UK (under the Walker’s brand) with only positive
feedback from customers. There are other brands, including Kettle Chips, which currently use sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is made from sunflower seeds and is higher in vitamin E than any other vegetable oil. There are three types of sunflower oils: linoleic, high oleic and NuSun, all created through selective cross breeding of sunflower plants. Linoleic sunflower oil is the original oil, with low saturated fat levels (11% saturated) and a clean, light taste. Because it is so high in polyunsaturates, it is susceptible to oxidation during frying. The high oleic oil is unusually high in monounsaturated fats (82% monounsaturated, 9% polyunsaturated, 9% saturated) and was created to preserve the benefits of traditional sunflower oil but to be better for frying, so as to have a greater commercial application. In fact, this is most likely the type of oil that is being used by Frito Lay. NuSun is the newest type of sunflower oil. It is shelf-stable without the need for hydrogenation and falls somewhere between the linoleic and high oleic oils, with 65% monounsaturated, 26% polyunsaturated and 9% saturate fat.
By comparison, cottonseed oil is 27% saturated fat.
This isn't turning potato chips into health food, per say, but it is a very positive change in the snack food industry. And that’s something that can really make you “get your smile on.”
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5-03-2006 @2:13PM healthbetold said... Dr. Mercoloa over at his health blog is not a huge fan of this, claiming that sunflower oil heated at a high temperature produces the cancer causing chemical acrylamide that seeps into the chips. You be the judge:
http://www.mercola.com/blog/2006/may/3/the_new_potato_chip_scam_dont_let_them_deceive_you
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5-29-2006 @12:03AM m.c. said... May I ask Lays, why you do not use the less heat damaged tropical oils for your products and make the health in this world a better place, it only makes sense as people are always searching for purely healthy snacks with no threat of anything. Take the market on it and make a HEALTHY difference! As it is as far as cost, chips are already expensive if that is the reason you do not use the less health threatening tropical oils due to so-called extra costs which I find is a poor excuse. Give it a try and do it right!
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5-29-2006 @12:04AM ek said... Well, I have tried the Lays lite chips fried in Sunflower oil and enjoy them very well! Excellent! At least I can enjoy a little of something. And something else I want to say, everytime something different is done in this world someone has to say it will cause cancer, as some one made reference to Dr. Mercola's site, well what doesn't these days, let me tell you, a person gets tired of it. Heck my Transplant meds can do that, for heavens sakes. Even toilet paper will be on the line next, what is one to do? So far I am glad Lays made a move up for us that have to be more careful with our health and diets these days. And heck with hydrogenation, simply NO GOOD!, just as bad as saturated fats, cholesterol, all the same nasty thing that hurts us. They all promote chocolate, and it is loaded with saturated fat in such a tiny piece and leads to bad things that way, but all they talk about is the good it does. Well anyways, some of these doctors, well if they knew it all we all would be well, and then there would be no need for them.
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