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Post by dayhiker on Jan 20, 2020 18:59:38 GMT -8
nuts.com/driedfruit/banana-chips/organic.htmlIt says Coconut oil but apparently very little. I was wondering if their nutrition info was wrong, the inorganic ones are very high in fat, I got this response: I have received word that the amount of total fat in a 100g serving is technically 0.045g, which rounds out to 0. The serving size is 28g. I hope this helps clear things up! If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach back out to us! But I don't know what they taste like
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 20, 2020 19:13:25 GMT -8
I saw yesterday that Trader Joe's has freeze-dried banana slices. I didn't take time to read the label, as I wasn't in the market just then. But I did take note as I like bananas in my oatmeal...
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Post by dayhiker on Jan 20, 2020 21:15:42 GMT -8
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Post by cweston on Jan 21, 2020 10:31:27 GMT -8
I suspect that they won't have a lot of flavor: I have to imagine that most of the flavor in banana chips comes from the fat and the sugar.
I don't worry about it, because I only eat banana chips on the trail, pretty-much never in regular life. The few weeks per year I spend on the trail, I figure I can pretty well disregard any nutritional worries. They're also great because they're one of a fairly short list of things I can eat while struggling with altitude acclimation.
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 21, 2020 19:02:50 GMT -8
I suspect that they won't have a lot of flavor: I have to imagine that most of the flavor in banana chips comes from the fat and the sugar. I don't worry about it, because I only eat banana chips on the trail, pretty-much never in regular life. The few weeks per year I spend on the trail, I figure I can pretty well disregard any nutritional worries. They're also great because they're one of a fairly short list of things I can eat while struggling with altitude acclimation. Amazing how different people are. Those fried “dried” banana chips? I can barely eat those without gagging under the best of circumstances. I would definitely not want to try them while adjusting to altitude! (I probably wouldn’t want freeze-dried, either. Come to think of it, nothing banana is optimal when the digestion is dubious. |
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 21, 2020 19:03:00 GMT -8
For me there are three types: banana chips, freeze dried bananas and air dried bananas. Chips are fried and would be high in fat. Freeze dried chips are crunchy but just the fruit, not additional fat. I have been getting them (and other FD fruit. Good quality and prices) from: www.northbaytrading.com/freeze-dried-banana And finally I have air dried bananas. They are not crunchy and although they do taste good the consistency is more like taffy. A little weird. No additional fat though. |
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Post by sarbar on Jan 22, 2020 21:58:12 GMT -8
Bananas are starchy by nature and honestly fried tastes best to me ;-)
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Post by dayhiker on Jan 25, 2020 9:56:51 GMT -8
nuts.com/driedfruit/banana-chips/organic.htmlIt says Coconut oil but apparently very little. I was wondering if their nutrition info was wrong, the inorganic ones are very high in fat, I got this response: I have received word that the amount of total fat in a 100g serving is technically 0.045g, which rounds out to 0. The serving size is 28g. I hope this helps clear things up! If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach back out to us! But I don't know what they taste like I decided to try these, they are quite good, better than those with allot more fat, though it has been a long while since I have had those. Bananas are worse than other fruit for diabetics, and with the added sugar these are probably not too good for them or border line diabetics. |
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