Crappy, Non-Potato Chips Make Big Bucks for P&G, Continuing to Slough Off its So-Called Food Lines

Had any Pringles today? Huh? Huh?  They get a D- nutritional rating from Calorie Count, with 160 cals for 14 of the little cleverly shaped non-foods. Fat, salt and carb. Always thought they were cardboardy.

According to Potato Pro Newsletter, Pringles, which are fried and not baked, are "made from potato flour, corn flour, wheat starch and rice flour, together with fat and emulsifier, salt and seasoning, with a potato content of around 42 % only."

There you go, world. More to get fat on and with. Take another soda with those salty non-chips!

P&G sold the Pringles brand and line recently for $ 1.5 billion to Diamond Foods Inc., a company started back in the last century by walnut growers banding together in California. Walnuts, in bags. Actual food.

Seeing Pringles for sale always reminded me to rush out and play tennis, somehow. Wonder why that was.

(Hey--the tin(?) makes a zany iPod holder, or so said the geeks two years ago, Dude, the Forever Geeks, that is.)

Comments

[Brian]

It is to no surprise that these potato chips are found extremely unhealthy. Of course people will immediately point the finger at Pringles and blame the obesity epidemic on companies like these for providing cheap yet unhealthy products. However, it is well known that these foods are healthy, I know I am not the only person who say this and was not surprised the slightest bit. People are aware of the food they eat, but they still eat the unhealthy garbage regardless. There simply is no reason to blame the company for attempting to make a profit because ultimately it is the consumer that is buying and consuming the product. Like Michael Pollan states in his article "Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch," people need to stop eating food simply because they are convenient and easily accessible. Instead people should focus more on cooking their own foods in a much healthier way. If people took Michael Pollan's approach, there would be no worry about the poor food rating of these chips because people simply would not be eating them.

[Dennis]

Blog Post/Response
What’s the story behind food? There are countless stories about food ranging from good to bad to enjoyment to disaster. Food can come from anywhere and have all types of ingredients in them that we don’t even know about, and could and often do affects us greatly. From the blog post it states the ingredients of the Pringles (potato flour, corn flour, wheat starch and rice flour and more unhealthy fatteners) and the rating from “Calorie Count” which was a D. I must say I greatly appreciate this post because it’s very informing and intriguing on a common snack that is considerably unhealthy. Like the article “The Food Police” by Julie Guthman states, “If people only knew where their food came from”, or what was in it, people would be much more hesitant to eat it. As far as food coming from countless places is a given, food comes from different places due to the fact that the ingredients used to make the food come from different places. If we pay attention to what we eat, we would have much more less problems with obesity.

[Zarinah M.]

Because younger people tend to have a lower income, they are forced to eat on a budget. Finding healthy snacks for cheap is nearly impossible, so they resort to junk food which contributes to obesity.

The article "Crappy, Non-Potato Chips Make Big Bucks for P&G, Continuing to Slough Off its So-Called Food Lines" explains how Pringle "potato" chips are" made from potato flour, corn flour, wheat starch, and rice flour, together with fat and emulsifier, salf, and seasoning, with a potato content of around 42% only." These chips are loaded with fats and carbs that will add to the never-ending obesity epidemic. Julie Guthman, writer of The Food Police article stated, "When food is abundant and cheap, people will eat more of it and get fat," and Pringles are very cheap at nearly one dollar for a large can. Younger people will continue to purchase this unhealthy snack and continue to gain weight.

[susanne diet]

Hey there is nothing more satisfying than eating a tube of pringles, what more can you ask for you can even build something out of the empty tube at the end, love your blog!

[Simon S]

I like pringles before, and it's true in their add that once you pop you can't stop. When I start eating it, its definitely difficult to stop munching. But when I read all of the articles about it stating that you can't get anything on it but carbs I slowly turn away from it. Now when I see, all I think about is my health is still important to me and that I want to live healthy.

[Alan Bryce]

I love pringles. They are surprising ok for a diet without doing too much damage. You can eat a stack of 15 chips and it will only run you like 100 calories. Great snack for dieters.

[Foodie]

The excitement builds! Cantennas, made from assorted food cans and containers. Very "go play in the basement, dear." Love it. Just wish the link to the printing of messages on individual non-chips had come up...

[Ezra]

I haven't tried this, but you can also use the cans to make a Wi-Fi antenna/signal-amplifier. http://www.binarywolf.com/249/pringles_cantenna.htm

But should probably not eat the contents first.