Smartfood Selects Hummus Popped Chips (Garlic Tomato Basil) Review

Reviewed by Tanya Patrice | Apr 18, 2013
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Hummus chips are new to me, so when I saw Smartfood Selects Garlic Tomato Basil Hummus Popped Chips I had to pick up a bag (92.1 grams) which cost $3.49. The packaging says that "By roasting the garlic in this hummus-based popped chip, we've caramelized it's natural sugars to give it a sweet flavor. Parmesan, tomato, basil and thyme supplement the garlic in this scrumptious, smart combination."

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size: 16 chips, 28 grams
Calories: 130
Total Fat: 5 grams, 8%
Saturated Fat: 0.5 grams, 3%
Sodium: 160 mg, 7%
Carbohydrates: 18 grams, 6%
Fiber: 3 grams, 11%
Sugars: 2 grams
Protein: 3 grams

The round crisps have a nice crunch to them. They are slightly garlicky and taste of the herbal seasoning, and they aren't too spicy. This brand is more expensive than some others, but well worth it if you're crave salty snacks like I do. Each serving of 16 chips provides 130 calories, 5 grams of total fat (8% of the daily value), 160 mg of sodium (7% of the DV), 3 grams of fiber (11% of the DV), 2 grams of sugars and 3 grams of protein.

The packaging of Smartfood Selects Garlic Tomato Basil Hummus Popped Chips says that the chips are "All Natural." The ingredients list though is rather lengthy, although all the components are commonplace.

I enjoyed Smartfood Selects Garlic Tomato Basil Hummus Popped Chips and would buy it again. Of course, if you look through our Chip Reviews, there are quite a few others that I like as well - like Stacys Simply Naked Bagel Chips and Route 11 Sweet Potato Chips.

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Dannon Activia Selects 0% Fat Greek Yogurt (Strawberry) Review

When we asked in our poll, How Do You Yogurt, 60% of you responded that Greek yogurt was your thing. I'm more of a low-fat, low-sugar type of girl, but when I saw
Dannon Activia Selects Non Fat Strawberry Greek Yogurt, I decided to try it.

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size: 6 ounces
Calories: 190
Total Fat: 0%
Saturated Fat: 0%
Sodium: 140 mg, 6%
Carbohydrates: 34 grams
Fiber: 0%
Sugars: 29 grams
Protein: 12 grams

I loved the texture, which is very thick & creamy as it says on the packaging. It's also rampant with bits of strawberries - it felt like there was some in every bite so I wasn't surprised to see that it's 3rd ingredient. What I also wasn't surprised to see is that sugar is the 4th ingredient, because this is suh-weet - not so sweet that you can't eat it, but it made me curious to see how much sugar is in each serving. Turns out there are 29 grams - which is quite a lot for a 6 ounce serving size - much more sugar in this than in Dannon Strawberry Greek Yogurt (Review), which has 16 grams per 5.3 ounce serving (or 18 grams in 6 ounces).

Each 6 ounce serving of Dannon Activia Selects Non Fat Strawberry Greek Yogurt provides 190 calories, no fat or fiber, 29 grams of sugars as previously mentioned, and 12 grams of protein.

The ingredients in Dannon Activia Selects Non Fat Strawberry Greek Yogurt are cultured grade A non-fat milk, water, strawberries, sugar, fructose, milk protein concentrate; less than 1% of maltodextrin, modified corn starch, modified food starch, natural flavors, carrageenan, carmine and black carrot juice concentrate (for color), sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), malic acid, vitamin D3.

There are quite a few strawberry Greek yogurts with less calories and sugars than this, including Oikos Organic Strawberry Greek Yogurt (Review), Chobani 2% All Natural Strawberry Banana Greek Yogurt (Review) and Brown Cow Strawberry on the Bottom All Natural 0% Fat Greek Yogurt (Review).

I paid $1.00 for a 6 ounce container of Dannon Activia Selects Non Fat Strawberry Greek Yogurt, and although it's tasty, I wouldn't buy this again given all the other lower caloric and less sugar options.

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Dannon Activia Selects Parfait (Strawberry) Review

I usually have plain low-fat (and low sugar) yogurts, but those tend to have artificial sweeteners, and there are times when I give my body a break from that. So while I was out, I decided to check out a few yogurts that are not artificially sweetened, including
Dannon Activia Selects Strawberry Parfait. It's described as, "crunchy granola you can mix into delicious creamy Activia low fat yogurt."

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size: 6 ounces
Calories: 220
Total Fat: 3 grams, 5%
Saturated Fat: 1.5 grams, 8%
Sodium: 120 mg, 5%
Carbohydrates: 42 grams
Fiber: 2 grams, 8%
Sugars: 29 grams
Protein: 6 grams

The yogurt was sweet with lots of strawberry pieces throughout. Mixing in the granola adds a nice contrasting texture. While I preferred the taste a bit more than Breyers YoCrunch Blueberry Fruit Parfait (Review), the YoCrunch parfait wins in the nutrition facts department.

Each 6 ounce serving of Dannon Activia Selects Strawberry Parfait provides 220 calories, 3 grams of total fat (5% of the daily value), including 1.5 grams of saturated fat (8% of the DV), 2 grams of fiber (8% of the DV), 6 grams of protein and 29 grams of sugars. The YoCrunch parfait provides 170 calories, 1.5 grams of total fat and 24 grams of sugars.

The ingredients in Dannon Activia Selects Strawberry Parfait are cultured grade A reduced fat milk, strawberries, sugar, fructose, water; modified food starch; less than 1% of milk protein concentrate, modified corn starch, Kosher gelatin, natural flavor, agar agar, carrageenan, carmine (for color), sodium citrate,calcium lactate, lactic acid, xanthan gum. vitamin D3. The granola topping has rolled white wheat flakes, sugar, milled rice, molasses, honey, cinnamon, salt, malt.

I purchased a single 6 ounce serving for $1.00, but would buy the Breyers YoCrunch Blueberry Fruit Parfait (Review) instead as they both cost the same, and although the Dannon parfait is a little more tasty, the YoCrunch one has the edge in the nutrition facts.

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