If you like snacking with ‘chips’, this note interests you. The Federal Consumer Attorney (Profeco) revealed this Friday that some brands of potato chips contain excess sodium, which can harm your health, and others do not comply with what they say on their packaging.
The agency highlights that the high consumption of fried foods is a risk factor for health due to the amount of fat they contain.
In its study, published in the Consumer Magazine, Profeco analyzed 23 products made from fried potatoes in oil with or without salt.
What did the Profeco find?
The Original Ruffles Potatoes, Original Sabritas, Sabritas Crispy Recipe! classics, and Chip’s Sal de Barcel contain trans fats. These products are also below the values to display a warning seal.
“The new labeling guidelines they establish that these fats will not exceed 1 percent of the caloric intake to display any warning seal, “the magazine indicates.
Meanwhile, the brands Granny Goose Chips with Salt and the 7 Eleven Select Original they don’t check their labels. In the case of the former, they do not display the Kosher symbol, and the latter do not display the captions “Made with farm-fresh potatoes” and “with the perfect amount of salt.” For this reason, they are subject to administrative acts for infractions of the Law.
The recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) It is not consuming more than 5 grams of salt a day, which is equivalent to 2 grams of sodium, points out Profeco. In this sense, the new labeling indicates that a solid food containing 350 mg or more in 100 grams of product must bear the seal of excess sodium.
Meanwhile, the agency shared in this publication ‘The sodium detector’, in order for consumers to take into account the sodium content of the processed foods they buy.
The 50-gram Master Chips, for example, contain 39 percent more sodium, while the 142-gram Kettle Botana Salted Vinegar Chips have 37 percent more. The Totis Pap’s Wavy and Totis Pap’s Homemade Cut, 170 grams each, contain 30 and 29 percent more sodium, indicates the detector.
He also notes that Excess partner consumption can cause strokes, cardiovascular diseases, decreased amounts of calcium in the body, and poor kidney function.
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