So-called ‘healthy’ snacks can be worse than normal crisps and as fattening as a BIG MAC, with 508 calories
To find a truly healthy alternative, Sun nutritionist AMANDA URSELL advises avoiding anything over 150 calories
SO-CALLED “healthy” snacks can be as fattening as a Big Mac, with 508 calories.
To find a truly healthy alternative, Sun nutritionist AMANDA URSELL advises: “Ignore the marketing hype and check the calories, fat, sugar and salt. Anything over 150 calories, I’d be really careful of – except nuts.”
Here CLAIRE O’REILLY gives the vital statistics on snack options and Amanda rates them out of five for healthiness.
SESAME SNAPS
4-Pack, 70p,
Calories per rice cake: 55
Fat per rice cake: 2.7g
Amanda says: “Green & Black’s chocolate gives a more sustained rise in blood sugar.
Calories per 35g bar: 128
Fat per bar: 5.1g
Calories per 22g serving: 91
Calories per 35g bar: 145
Fat per bar: 7g
Amanda says: “Not ‘bad’ but per 100g are hardly virtuous. They have the same calories and more than twice the fat of two digestive biscuits, which are way less expensive.”
Calories per 25g serving: 151
Fat per serving: 12.5g
Calories per 35g: 199
Calories per 25g serving: 105
Fat per serving: 5.1g
Amanda says: “One of the better pulse-based snacks. Soya has the benefit of being good for protein and is quite filling.”
Calories per 40g pack: 200
Fat per pack: 13.1g
Amanda says: “Don’t be fooled by the word kale. This has more fat than crisps per 100g.”
★★☆☆☆