PepsiCo launches new ‘nutritious’ vegetable crisps that hit shops next month – but are they any good?
The new snack range is set to roll out in Sainsbury's, WH Smith and Ocado in July
A NEW range of "nutritious" vegetable crisps is set to roll out in Sainsbury's stores, WH Smith and Ocado later this month, giving Brits the chance to snack virtually guilt-free.
PepsiCo, the brand behind Walkers and Doritos, is launching Off the Eaten Path vegetable snacks that are made from ingredients including pinto beans and green peas.
The range already launched in the US earlier this year, and is now set to roll out here in July, at a price of £1 per packet.
The snacks are made from vegetable-based ingredients such as green peas, pinto beans and white beans, and then seasoned with one of three flavours: sea salt, sour cream and black pepper, or caramelised onion and balsamic.
While the American Off the Eaten Path snacks come in grey crisp packets, the UK packaging is more sophisticated, with the snacks contained in colourful boxes decorated with images of the ingredients included in each pack.
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The "nutritious" snacks are so-called because they include around 17g of fat per 100g, are a good source of fibre, and contain no preservatives and no artificial flavours.
The launch follows PepsiCo's pledge to develop more healthy drinks and snacks, and it recently re-branded its Walkers oven-baked range to highlight the fact that it has a new "50 per cent less fat" recipe.
But are the veg chips any good?
The Sun Online were the first to taste the Off the Eaten Path crisps, which will be in stores next month, and we had mixed verdicts.
The caramelised onion and balsamic pea and pinto sticks went down a treat, with many in the news room likening the flavour to Skips, with a punchy tang and addictive taste.
But the sea salt rice and pea chips fell flat.
Feedback was that they were overly salty and a bit dry, while others said they would benefit from sort of dip to add flavour.
The Sun Online recently reported how Kellogg's has reduced the sugar content of three popular children’s snacks in a bid to make lunchbox treats healthier.
It also trimmed sugar in Frosties and Rice Krispies bars by 19 per cent, from 40g to 32.5g.
This means a standard 20g Coco Pops bar now has 6.6g of sugar, a 25g Frosties bar has 6.5g and a 20g Rice Krispies bar has 5.8g.
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