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Multigrain Tostitos have " Four Wholesome Grains!" Sun Chips have "Great Multigrain Taste!" and Nabisco Wheat Thins Multi Grain Toasted Chips are "made with Whole Grain - 5 g per serving."

 

Multigrain claims are multiplying, but they do not mean much. A 1 oz serving of Multigrain Tostitos (8 chips) has more sugar than any of its "Four Wholesome Grains" - whole oat flour, whole buckwheat flour, toasted corn germ, and whole wheat flour. So what if Sun Chips have other grains, added?  Wheat Thins Toasted Chips are mostly white flour. Their 5 grams of whole grain are only about a quarter of the grain in a 1 oz serving. (12 chips).  And while Athenos Whole Wheat Pita Chips have more whole wheat than white flour, 100 % whole wheat they ain't.

 

411: Most Doritos, Tostitos, and other tortilla chips are made of whole grain corn. Tostitos Natural Organic Blue or Yellow Corn Chips - with some vit E and just 80 mg of sodium - are two of your best bets. But whole grain or not, calorie dense chips are no health food.