Tag: Salad chips

According to manufacturers and product labels, salad chips are most often made from dehydrated potato and modified starch, not fresh salad vegetables like lettuce. This popular snack, particularly prominent in the Middle East and South Asia, uses a base of processed ingredients and specific flavorings to achieve its distinctive hot and sour taste. Understanding the actual ingredients reveals why their name can be misleading and how they differ from typical potato chips.

A 100g serving of some popular commercial 'salad chips' can contain over 500 calories, making their seemingly healthy name deceptive. The actual number of calories in salad chips depends heavily on what they are made of, and whether they are baked or fried.