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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Frito-Lay Introduces Low-Carb Chips
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Snack foods company Frito-Lay said Wednesday it is introducing two new types of chips to capitalize on the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets. The two new products, called Doritos Edge and Tostitos Edge, will cut out 60 percent of the carbohydrates that are in regular Doritos and Tostitos. Frito-Lay, a unit of PepsiCo Inc., has already eliminated trans fats from its brands. Trans fats, which give products a longer shelf life, have been linked to heart disease. The new chips will use soy proteins and fiber as substitute ingredients, the company said in a statement. Both Tostitos Edge and Doritos Edge will have six net carbohydrates, 10 grams of protein, and three grams of fiber. The low-carb craze, popularized by the high-protein Atkins diet, has food companies rolling out new products to jump on the bandwagon. Fast food chains McDonald's Corp. and Burger King revamped their menus to cater to customers counting their carbs. The alcohol industry is also taking notice. Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s low-carb Michelob Ultra beer has been a big profit driver for the past year and Adolph Coors Co. is rolling out Aspen Edge beer to take a part of the health-conscious market. Spirits companies such as Diageo Plc. are using their advertising to point out that many of their drinks have always been low carbohydrate offerings. Doritos Edge is currently being tested in Phoenix, and both products will be available across the United States in May. > NEW YORK (Reuters) - Snack foods company Frito-Lay said Wednesday it >is introducing two new types of chips to capitalize on the popularity of [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >Doritos Edge is currently being tested in Phoenix, and both products >will be available across the United States in May. Starting to drool now.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sooner or later, all of our names wind up on a Post-It. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chips, even low carb ones...will not be reappearing in my diet anytime soon. Chips are part of the problem that led me to changing my WOE completely. No Junk food, no fast food ... no fat on my thighs!! I think its nice that so many companies are jumping on the low-carb bandwagon...but many people were able to successfully lose weight through low carb without all of these secondary products. I think "convenience" is what led me down the fat track anyways. Just good proteins, fats and veggies, should be enough. imho, Kira in SC Kira in SC 225/199/140 LC since 8-6-03 :: Chips, even low carb ones...will not be reappearing in my diet :: anytime soon. Chips are part of the problem that led me to changing [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] :: imho, :: Kira in SC Where in SC are you, Kira? > Chips, even low carb ones...will not be reappearing in my diet anytime soon. > Chips are part of the problem that led me to changing my WOE completely. No [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > me down the fat track anyways. Just good proteins, fats and veggies, should > be enough. Same thing here. Chips an other junk food made me fat, I want none of them anymore, even if frito lay says that they are "low carb". i 223/176/180 > Same thing here. Chips an other junk food made me fat, I want none of > them anymore, even if frito lay says that they are "low carb". What about these: http://store.yahoo.com/candy-crate/pmschba.html <G >> Same thing here. Chips an other junk food made me fat, I want none of >> them anymore, even if frito lay says that they are "low carb". [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ><G> Know why they call it mad cow disease? PMS was allready taken. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sooner or later, all of our names wind up on a Post-It. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am in a town called Rock Hill. It is just on the otherside of the North Carolina border and outside Charlotte (Go Panthers! actually, I'm not a fan, but the whole town is going crazy). I'm a transplant to the South from Southern California. Kira Kira in SC 225/199/140 LC since 8-6-03 | I am in a town called Rock Hill. It is just on the otherside of the North | Carolina border and outside Charlotte (Go Panthers! actually, I'm not a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | 225/199/140 | LC since 8-6-03 Hi, Neighbor! My home is in Gastonia, NC just 3 minutes from the SC border. I used to work in the next town up from you, Fort Mill (made infamous by Jim & Tammy Bakker's PTL CLub and Heritage Village). I work in Emporia, VA right now, stay here during the week and go home to Gastonia on weekends when I get the chance.  SignaturePeter website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo For those of us who have no problems with these kinds of items though, it sounds great! I do realize there are many different *reasons* why we are overweight.. for some it's truly an inability to control ourselves with the foods that are wrong for us so getting completely away is probably the only answer. Kira I think it's really great you have been able to get yourself under the kind of control needed to make yourself healthier.. I hate seeing people resorting to drastic measures such as the stomach operation because they see it as some glamorous thing all these so-called celebrities are doing so they think it's an easy way out. In my opinion they need to have their head stapled.. okok.. way off topic.. one of these days I will have to vent about my brother's wife, who I have discussed here before, and her stomach operation.. for now it slips out in bits.. it's too sad for me to think coherently about it yet.. Teeb (waiting impatiently now for some low carb Tostito nachos...) > Chips, even low carb ones...will not be reappearing in my diet anytime soon. > Chips are part of the problem that led me to changing my WOE completely. No [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > 225/199/140 > LC since 8-6-03 Well, Let's see the taste and if there are any secondary effects ;) Yazaira The more I read, the more I learn. I think the one thing that is consistent with 'Junk Food' is that it is : a) readily available -- ie, just go to the cupboard, grab it, sit down on couch and eat until its all gone, chips, cookies, ice cream, etc. b) high in calories, all the above are very high if you eat it all. For me these are the biggest reason to avoid certain things. I can easily eat a bag of chips, high carb or low carb, I just ate 1500 calories and that can't be good. Similarily, nuts, pork rinds, cookies, etc are all off my list of acceptable food. Seems like Doritos will have a good seller, the problem is it is very unlikely they will help people lose weight (IMHO). Mike > NEW YORK (Reuters) - Snack foods company Frito-Lay said Wednesday it >is introducing two new types of chips to capitalize on the popularity of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >out 60 percent of the carbohydrates that are in regular Doritos and >Tostitos. >Seems like Doritos will have a good seller, the problem is it is very >unlikely they will help people lose weight (IMHO). Well who *can* just eat one??? :-) Certainly not me. The whole bag would be gone before I knew it. > The more I read, the more I learn. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > on couch and eat until its all gone, chips, cookies, ice cream, etc. > b) high in calories, all the above are very high if you eat it all. We moved to the country and began :"homesteading" stuff 1 1/2 years ago. I lost 40 lbs in around 8 months. I was not doing low-carb. What I was doing was cooking from scratch. The only "fast" food in the house was the leftovers from the last meal... The weight loss for me stopped after a while, and my blood sugars got really out-of-control, hence I'm on low-carb again as of Jan 1st. But... I lost a pile of weight just by not having "convenience" foods around. By having to cook and not being able to just open or nuke something. I also think it all being "real" food had a lot to do with it. Even if you're eating cookies made with sugar, it's simply got to be better if they're made with freshly ground whole wheat than pre-packaged stuff in the store...plus mixing and baking burns more calories than opening a plastic bag. ;) My reasons for choosing the way of cooking I have are complex and have little to do with weight loss or blood sugar control, per se. I have a huge food storage here, unlike anything I've ever had before. I have about six months worth of food, excluding milk and cream, on hand right now - canned tomatoes, pasta, peanut butter, beef, turkey, chicken, pork, ham, bacon, hard wheat, soy sauce, frozen and home-canned veggies, home-canned soups, jam, frozen shredded cheese and chunk cheese, maple syrup, honey, peanuts, raisins, potatoes, onions and garlic in my root cellar. And I have a year's worth of a few items - canned fruit, soft wheat berries, rolled oats, most herbs and spices, pecans, walnuts, white beans, pinto beans. Note that lots of this is not low-carb food, but it is *real* food. You pretty much have to make something out of most of it in order to eat it (excluding the nuts). It's not just there and ready like chips or crackers or loaves of store-bought bread. I didn't have to clean out my pantry to start low-carb as the odds that a sack of wheat berries is going to tempt me are pretty slim! And even if I do have a huge craving for wheat one day, I have to grind it and bake something... and the time of fixing it is enough time for me to change my mind and avoid it. Whereas a bag of chips can be opened and eaten in entirety before I even have time to reconsider. Similarly...say I'm craving a burrito. Well, i need to soak the pinto beans overnight, cook them a few hous the next day, grind soft wheat berries and make tortialls... there's no way to make a fast burrito here. Easiest way to get one would be to head to Taco Bell. I cook "regular" food for my family, but since I'm the cook... I can not make burritos when I'm craving them myself. I do keep convenience foods on hand, but I keep things I'm less likely to overeat on than chips. Hard-boiled eggs, packages of sliced pepperoni, hard cheese, deli sliced ham. I'm having lots of cravings now and having something convenient to munch on is helpful. But... the odds that I'm going to overeat *that* badly on hard-boiled eggs is pretty slim. Not the way I could do with a bag of chips. I think that all these companies jumping on the low-carb bandwagon are going to do precisely as much good for the average dieter as all the companies jumping on the low-fat bandwagon a few years ago did. A few folks may use these items occassionally and be OK - they may not hinder some folks. But I don't think they *help* either. An I doubt that making low-carb products available is going to result in less obesity overall. It will simply result in heavier corporate profits. People will overeat low-carb Fritos just like they overate low-fat Pringles. The fact of the matter is chips is just not a great food choice. |
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