Spicy Carribean Plantain Chips are great! (ish)

These are my new favorite snacky-snack. supposedly 100 cal/40g, which, if true, would be better than a lot of other options (see edit below for my doubts). And they have the crunch I crave and the spice I savor. $2 for a bag from Joe's Tasty Travels at WalMart.

I also discovered Karma Wellness Water. I don't much care about the claimed medical benefits, just, the flavor, and the 20 cal/bottle is awesome! Except for the Acai Pomberry one - that one tastes like the fluoride we were given in Dixie cups in elementary school... Coconut Pineapple is my favorite, though the Green Tea one is excellent as well! I don't know the price on them, because I bought like 20 of them. I'm sure the gas station clerk hasn't seen that kind of a purchase before!

I don't like to weigh in constantly, because fluctuations drive me crazy. But just for kicks, I stepped on today and it claims I'm at 326... We'll see how it goes from here.

EDIT: Here's some math on those plantain chips... For a 40-gram serving, the package claims 100 calories. Yet, at the same time, it claims 26g of carbohydrate (2g fiber), 12g of fat, and a gram of protein. The fat alone is over 100 calories; add to that the non-fiber carbs and protein, and that's another 100 calories. Maybe my math is a little rusty, but to me, the package's calorie count is off by over 100%!

Reggie

05/27/2016 9:05AM

Is it possible that there are 2 servings per bag? That one always slays me. Ben and Jerry's chocolate brownie on has 250 calories per serving. The trouble is that there are 4 servings in a container of B&J which is what I call a serving. Frustrating.

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There are more than 2 servings per bag. There are about 4 or 5 servings per bag. But that makes it even worse if you eat the whole bag, because the labeled calories are wrong. But man, these things are tasty!

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