A review....

Yesterday I was at Big Lots (discount/closeout store) and saw bags of
chips called "Garcia Lo's" - "Lo Carb Tortilla Chips".

(And yes, I know, tortilla chips are not a low carb food.)

Anyway, I usually don't eat chips, and I also normally don't buy "low
carb" versions of non-low carb foods, since they're usually filled with
stuff I don't care to eat - I'd rather have smaller amounts of "real
food". But these caught my eye because of the "Organic" label on the
front, so I picked it up to take a closer look.

Back of the package says "40% Fewer Carbohydrates Than Most Tortilla
Chips", and shows Total Carbs as 14g, minus 5g fiber, for net carbs of
9g.

I checked out the ingredients which are:

Organic yellow corn, organic soy grits, organic brown flax seed, corn oil
or sunflower oil, sea salt, water, trace of lime.

So okay, I figured the ingredients sounded alright. I try to avoid soy
other than soy sauce and occasional tofu, but I figure it's okay once in
a while. And while I don't usually eat chips, sometimes I'm in the mood
for them, or I have a party and need some sort of snack food. So I
decided to grab a bag and try them.

My impressions:

Pretty good! I actually thought they tasted a bit more like popcorn than
like normal tortilla chips or Fritos. The flaxseed gives them a unique
"spotted" look, and a bit of a nutty flavor. The texture is nice and
crunchy, and they don't taste greasy.

Now, obviously at 9g per oz, they're not going to fit into everyone's
diet, but if you're going to have chips anyway, I guess they're a pretty
decent alternative.

Here's the nutritional information:

Serving size: 1 oz
servings per container: 10
Calories: 140
Calories from fat: 70
Total fat:  8g
Saturated fat: 1g
Mono Saturated fat: 3.5g
Poly Unsaturated fat: 3.5g
Trans Fat 0g
Total Carbs 14g
Dietary Fiber 5g
Sugars 0
Protein 6g