I like the spicy flavor Boulder Canyon’s Rice & Adzuki Bean Chipotle Cheese Chips and the fact that they’re made with nutritious adzuki beans. Those adzuki beans are naturally rich in fiber, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc copper, manganese and vitamin B3. Those nutrients, though, are not seen in the chips — as the Rice & Adzuki Bean chips don’t contain enough of those nutrients to be mentioned on the Nutrition Facts panel.
These tasty chips have a similar nutritional profile to other non-bean chips, that is 150 calories, 7 grams total fat, 200 milligrams sodium and 1 gram fiber per 1-ounce (20-chip) serving. These chips also contain 2 percent of the daily value of calcium and vitamins A and C, and 4 percent iron.
Boulder Canyon also makes adzuki bean chips in Natural Salt and Sun Dried Tomato with Basil flavors. Chipotle Cheese are the tastiest.
If these chips had more fiber (which I had expected because of the adzuki beans), more listable nutrients and less fat, Boulder Canyon’s Rice & Adzuki Bean chips could have been a FeaturedBite — an outstanding product we tried and recommend — instead of a TidBite — a decent product that we recommend.
– bonnie
Bonnie,
I agree with you. The problem with these so called Adzuki bean chips are many. If you look at the ingredient list the first one is rice then amioca powder then corn flour and finally it says Adzuki “AND/OR” Black beans. So it may not actually have any Adzuki at all! At best they should call these corn chips and at worse it is really false advertising. I recently found some new bean chips that contain no corn and have beans as the main ingredient. They are called Beanitos. The nutrition label says 5 grams of fiber and 5 of protein! Must be because they are using real beans! On top of that they are tested to be low glycemic. I haven’t tasted them yet but a friend did and said they were great. I’m going to try them for myself!
Bill, thanks for the support! Your right about those chips, they are not true bean chips, neither are the Guiltless Gourmet “bean flavored” chips. Beanitos are the only 100% corn free bean chip. You can find them at HEB, Whole Foods, and Central Market in Texas. Happy eating! Cheers!
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So just what IS amioca powder, other than a “native maize starch”? Is it corn derived?