Diet Food Reviews

Corazonas Salsa Picante Tortilla Chips

Tortilla chips are the love of my life, so crunchy, so fun when paired with salsa. The only thing I don't love is that some of them could definitely use a nutrition makeover. Corozonas Sancks are made with plant sterols, which have been shown to have an impact on lowering "bad" LDL cholesterol. I decided to try out Corazonas Salsa Picante Tortilla Chips because I also love bold flavors and spicy chips, plus they have the added benefit of being made with whole oats in addition to plant sterols.

These tortilla chips have the usual triangular shape, but you can see actual pieces of the rolled oats embedded in the chips. The salsa picante flavor isn't extremely hot, instead, each chip has a mild salsa taste that works with the flavor of the tortilla chip itself. These chips would be appropriate with a healthy dip or on their own. If you don't like spicy chips, I think that you would appreciate the mild flavor of this. If you do like it red hot, well pair it with your favor HOT salsa and prepare to enjoy!

A 1 ounce serving of Corazonas Salsa Picante Tortilla Chips provides 140 calories from 7 grams of fat (11% of the daily value), of which only 0.5 grams is saturated fat. There is also 5% of the DV for sodium, 3 grams of dietary fiber and 2 grams of protein.

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Sweet 'N Low International Coffee Hard Candies

By: Lizabeth | Feb 2, 2010

I'm a sucker for hard candies ... I like to use them as a way to occupy my mouth, without making my family put up with the annoying chewing sounds I make while using gum. Mostly I buy sugar-free candies and I was actually surprised that there was a Sweet 'N Low Hard Candy, so of course you know I had to try it. I picked up a pack of Sweet 'N Low International Coffee Hard Candy at the dollar store to facilitate this tasting experiment.

Sweet 'N Low International Coffee Flavors Hard Candies include Irish cream, French mocha, amaretto, and hazelnut. They are fat free and sugar free. Each individually wrapped candy is a nice, fat little oblong disk. All of them look almost the same color beige, with varying degrees if darkness. The flavor is strong, clean, and delicious! The Irish cream and amaretto flavors taste most strongly of the liquors in their namesake, but aren't overwhelming. The Mocha and French vanilla both have more balanced flavor, with a combination of coffee and chocolate or vanilla. Each one lasted for about 7 minutes in my mouth, and I experienced no odd or metallic aftertastes, which was my main worry.

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Enjoy Life Soft Baked Snickerdoodle Cookies

By: Emily W | Feb 2, 2010

Enjoy Life Foods whole purpose (they say) is, "making smile good foods that keep people's insides happy too." Their foods are gluten free and made without 8 of the most common food allergens. But Enjoy Life, I have to tell you, my tummy was not smiling at your Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, nor did it smile with the Caramel Apple Bars! Nevertheless, although I don't have any food allergies, I love the fact that your company is t-r-y-i-n-g to make "taste good" foods for people with food allergies, and I want to help spread the word about your foods ... if only I can find something good to eat. With that quest in mind (and a $1.00 off coupon to boot), I tried Enjoy Life Soft Baked Snickerdoodle Cookies ... because I have never met a snickedoodle that I did not like.

I was certainly reluctant to see just how these little guys would hold up. At first glance I thought, "okay ... these seem pretty dense, soft and moist". Then I took a bite it and it was just as I thought - soft and chewy. BUT, there is still that grainy/floury texture like with the Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies and Caramel Apple Bars. The flavor is actually pretty good (and quite sweet), but you are liable to be too distracted by the texture to even notice. These are better than the chocolate chip ones in my opinion though.

Each 28 gram serving of Enjoy Life Soft Baked Snickerdoodle Cookies (2 baby cookies) provides 130 calories, 7% of the daily value for total fat but no saturated fat, 5% of the DV for sodium, 2 grams of fiber (8% of the DV), 14 grams of sugar and 1 gram of protein.

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Enjoy Life Caramel Apple Snack Bar

By: Emily W | Feb 2, 2010

Enjoy Life Foods makes products that are free of 8 of the most common food allergens. I have no food allergies or anything else causing a restriction upon my diet, however, when a sweet sample lady at the grocery store offered me two - $1.00 off coupons and a sample of Enjoy Life Soft Baked Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, I got caught up in it all. The sample was very small and I must confess did not leave a favorable impression on me, but I decided that I would buy the regular size of another flavor to see if my opinion would be different (not to mention that I am a sucker for coupons). I picked up the Enjoy Life Soft and Chewy Caramel Apple Bars and let's just say, I was left with the same disappointed feeling.

The 110 calorie bar is extremely dense. The flavor is more apple than caramel and just about perfectly sweet. The texture is a bit crumbly and dry, while being moist at the same time - it's almost cookie like, until some "hard bits" come through and get stuck in your teeth. Not to mention, there is a slight powdery, "stereotypical health food" taste that is unavoidable. The off-putting texture outweighs the pleasant flavor in my opinion.

Each 28 gram Enjoy Life Caramel Apple Snack Bar provides 110 calories, 2.5 grams of total fat, 4% of the daily value for sodium, 2 grams of fiber (8% of the DV), 8 grams of sugar and 2 grams of protein.

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Werther's Sugar Free Caramels

By: Sarah J | Feb 1, 2010

One of the things I'm trying to do this year is cut back on my sugar consumption. With my health history, eating sugars and processed carbs leads me to well ... binge. If I steer (somewhat) clear of them I tend to do pretty well. But I am still a sucker for anything sweet. I would not be able to give them up entirely, so I was elated when I found Werthers Sugar Free Caramels. Back in the day I was fond of the originals Werthers, so I decided to give these a try.

These hard candies did not disappoint. They were perfectly buttery and caramelicious (yeah-that's right, I'm making that a word). A couple of these were perfect for satisfying my sweet tooth. Even though they are small, they last awhile. I consider that a good thing because they keep my mouth busy and steers me away from eating out of boredom.

A 5 piece serving of Werthers Sugar Free Caramels provides 40 calories, 1 grams of fat, no carbohydrates (or proteins) and 14 grams of sugar alcohols).The ingredient lists is fairly short as well: Isomalt, butter, cream, artificial flavoring, soy lecithin, and acesulfame-K.

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