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PattyTherre
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Great tasting, low calorie but I want to eat the whole box.

4 star rating

a light eater, a light snacker, fun loving, trying to maintain my weight, someone who prefers natural snacks, a healthy snacker
Pros

    convenient 100-calorie pouches, Great mix of Nabisco classics, tasty, affordable

Cons
    very little product in each pouch, contains high fructose corn syrup

MAR
10
2009
 
Quick View: Single serve pouches of Nabisco - Ritz Baked Snack Mix 100 Calorie Packs are tasty and convenient. But you don't get much for that 100 calories you're eating!

About Nabisco - Ritz Baked Snack Mix 100 Calorie Pack

Each box of these snacks comes with six foil pouches weighing. 77 ounce. The pouch is a nice size. Unfortunately, inside, the product fills barely half the bag. There are little mini Ritz crackers, square somewhat sweet, textured crackers, mini Cheese Nips crackers, and little pretzel sticks in each pouch.

Each is 100 calories with 3 grams of fat. There really is no nutrition in these snacks to speak of. They have 210mg. of sodium or 9% of an average person's daily intake. They do contain, among other things, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, corn syrup solids, corn syrup, and high fructose corn syrup. YUCK!!!

But they taste great. The little crackers and the pretzels blend together to make a nice little, and I stress the word LITTLE, treat. Seriously, there is only about a handful of snacks in each pouch. I am a very light snacker and I could easily eat three or four pouches of these things without feeling stuffed or like I overindulged. I guess it's good that they come premeasured.

They taste good and they're not too high in price. They're good for kids at school snack time since they stay unopened until ready to be eaten and aren't messy. I like the combination of these 100 pack snacks but I sure feel shortchanged. For the same amount of calories and no fat, I can have 17 tiny twist pretzels which fill me up and satisfy my love of salty, crunchy snacks. But I digress, these are nice little snacks for a change.

My Viewpoint

I don't like the funky oils and all the many sugars in these snacks and I don't really love the small portions. However, if I want more, I can always open another pouch. I'm the master of my calorie destiny! Nabisco - Ritz Baked Snack Mix 100 Calorie Packs taste good and are great on the go. I wish they could find a way to lower the calories and fat to give me more per pouch but it is what it is. I am torn between rating this 3 or 4 stars but I will go with 4 stars for the taste. Do know, though, that they contain high fructose corn syrup, an ingredient many avoid because it has been deemed unhealthy. Then again...what hasn't?

Last edited on Mar 10, 2009



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PattyTherre wrote on Mar 16, 2009 at 7:37PM

In response to Susie-34668's comment from Mar 16, 2009 at 3:24PM:

Good for now and then and only if you're not too hungry!

PattyTherre wrote on Mar 16, 2009 at 7:37PM

In response to Jo's comment from Mar 16, 2009 at 4:15PM:

That's for sure!

Jo wrote on Mar 16, 2009 at 4:15PM

Yeah, the problem would be not eating all the packs!

Susie-34668 wrote on Mar 16, 2009 at 3:24PM

Sounds a good snack

PattyTherre wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:36PM

In response to JovialCougar's comment from Mar 10, 2009 at 8:04AM:

Well, I don't much on ribs but I definitely prefer salty snacks to sweet ones. If I had the choice between ice cream and pretzels, it would be pretzels all the way. I don't know why but luckily my blood pressure is good so the sodium doesn't bother me.

PattyTherre wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:35PM

In response to AnnaBanana's comment from Mar 10, 2009 at 8:32AM:

Mmmm, that sounds delish. We really should take a few extra minutes and make a snack that fills us up and is good for us. I'm going to try to do that more often.

PattyTherre wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:32PM

In response to jasyjen's comment from Mar 11, 2009 at 10:43AM:

Definitely. I'm a salty snack fanatic so, if I have a bag of salty things like pretzels or crackers around, I find it very hard to just eat a few. But man, these little bags just leave me wanting more, more, more.

PattyTherre wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:30PM

In response to LaurieM's comment from Mar 11, 2009 at 7:19PM:

I gave Dan a box instead. You lose. he's my spawn and is in need of everything these days.

PattyTherre wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:29PM

In response to AngelaWLaFon's comment from Mar 12, 2009 at 2:01PM:

I THOUGHT I had good portion control but I never would have been able to eat JUST what was in those pouches and stopped. It just isn't enough to even feel like a snack. I never realized that the handfuls of those things I took for a snack were probably 300 or more calories. Yikes.

AngelaWLaFon wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:01PM

I've found myself feeling the same way about 100 calorie packs. I have felt guilty about the extra packaging & just wished I had better portion control!

AngelaWLaFon wrote on Mar 12, 2009 at 2:01PM

I've found myself feeling the same way about 100 calorie packs. I have felt guilty about the extra packaging & just wished I had better portion control!

LaurieM wrote on Mar 11, 2009 at 7:19PM

HEY! You were supposed to give me some of those! >(

jasyjen wrote on Mar 11, 2009 at 10:43AM

That's the problem w/ these pre-packaged goodies. I eat like two or three bags at a time! LOL

AnnaBanana wrote on Mar 10, 2009 at 8:32AM

Great review, Patty. I liked these but I agree that they are what they are -- sometimes I think a person is almost better going for a piece of whole grain toast spread with hummus for a snack but that isn't always convenient.

JovialCougar wrote on Mar 10, 2009 at 8:04AM

These are a good idea. I wonder why salty, crunchy foods are so appealing. Must be something from the caveman days when they nibbled on dinosaur ribs for a snack.

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