Tostitos MultiGrain Tortilla Chips

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | May 22, 2007

Tortilla chips and salsa are my guilty pleasure. Oh how I hate you tortilla chips for making me like you so much - damn you! It's not that they are inherently bad, it's just that I can't resist eating a lot at once. But wait, MultiGrain you say. Healthier perhaps? Of course not, but it's nice to know that there might be some nutrition while I try to kick this hold that Tostitos has over me.

Let's start with the nutrition for a change, because the use of the term 'multigrain' implies that these Tortilla chips might somehow be healthier than the regular ones. Unfortunately (for me), MultiGrain Tostitos are no different from regular Tostitos chips in terms of the nutritional value. Actually, it's 10 calories more at 150 calories for 1 ounce (8 chips) compared to 140 calories for an ounce of Tostitos Restaurant style. Both chips list corn as the first and major ingredient, but the difference is that the MultiGrain chips also has whole oat flour, whole buckwheat flour and whole wheat flour listed as ingredients.

There is also 8 grams of fat (12% of the recommended daily allowance), 1 gram of saturated fat (6%), 6% of the RDA for sodium (135 mg), 2 grams of protein and 18 grams of total carbohydrate, which includes 2 grams of fiber (7% of the RDA).

But the taste of the MultiGrain variety is so much better than the original one in my opinion. Sure it's not as sturdy and prone to breakage if you load it up with salsa, as Marvo from the Impulsive Buy discovered, but I preferred this crunchier, tastier version

I don't even bother buying regular Tostitos anymore because I like this so much. I bought a bag on sale for $2.50, and it usually retails for about the same as regular Tostitos. And may I suggest using Pace Picante Sauce (salsa) for your dipping pleasure - yummy and only 10 calories for every 2 tablespoons.

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