Good, but the fruit varieties are better....
I love crispy types of snacks, and find the veggie variety to be a great alternative to potato chips (and ever since the British court case which excluded Pringles from the potato tax liability because it only has 40% potato-nobody is saying what else is in those little uniform crisps-I have really decided to cool the whole potato chip thing.) I didn't find the veggie flavor distinctive or reminiscent of a particular favorite veggie, it just tasted different than potato chips. The crispiness is great-so it does satisfy the need for a noisy crunchy snack. When I went back to the store to investigate other products in this line, I found a berry based crisp that I really adored, it combined crisp with sweet and tart and all the great things you would associate with fresh berries. There was also an apple cinnamon variety that had real baked apple flavor. My reason for preferring the fruit varieties over the vegetable is that the veggie left a kind of grainy aftertaste. And I kind of question whether the coloration is necessary or even natural to the components of the chips. No matter what kind you choose, good crunch is common to all, but the package is gone all too quickly. In actual ounces, it is about half of what you would get in conventional snack chips. And that makes the price significantly higher for a snack product. My kids didn't go for it, and my son actually said he would rather do without potato or corn chips than eat the veggie chips. So, I am kind of thinking that this isn't an easy sell on children, and more of an acquired adult taste. The kids viewed this with about as much enthusiasm as you would expect to see if confronted with a bowl of All-Bran instead of Trix or Fruit Loops...It made a great change of pace. Certainly not denying the health benefits of something that isn't greasy fried, but I am not sure that I would classify it as healthful, because to process veggies to the point of making a flour for fabricating crispy chips-well, it seems that all that cooking a processing probably makes them about as nutritious in value as the lowly potato or corn chip. I will buy them occassionally for a change of pace-the fruit ones most likely, but it isn't going to become a main staple in my snacking war chest. Like alot of foods out there, I think that many folks get a false sense of security and food value, because it is "all natural" or "organic". I am not sure that the food value per calorie is any greater than other snacks.
AWESOMEMOM88
Montgomery, IL