Are Protein-Enhanced Chips and Snacks Worth It or Just Marketing

I expected the Doritos name to mean solid flavor, so it tracks that your helper liked them. Might open a bag later today. The company behind them has resources for plenty of recipe work. With the Quest version I enjoy the first few bites then hit a point where the rest tastes off.

I've tried the Quest chips and they're fine. Hoping these from Doritos come out ahead on flavor.

I enjoy this item quite a bit. Folks here could use extra protein overall. Greater effort on creation, promotion, and distribution would mean more options available to us. I back the whole concept. It ranks as the top taste among similar snacks. The makers might have struggled to deliver enjoyable flavor. I keep wondering if mystery beats potential letdown. Other protein snacks never strike me as actual food. I can force a few down when necessary, yet I quit buying them. It feels exactly like stuffing fabric scraps into clothing.

Yes, and no GMOs.

Examining the printed details shows how little those big makers of synthetic substances care about nature. Nothing gets thrown out since every leftover ends up inside the cheap processed stuff people eat.

Lots of companies seem eager to jump into selling medications that help people slim down. I figure food makers probably see better sales whenever they stick the word protein on their product labels.

Yeah, that makes sense. My role is selling for a dairy outfit. We had a cheese variety marketed as lighter that wasn't doing well recently. The folks in marketing switched the label to high protein. It's the exact same stuff but with fresh wrapping and a new title. It's performing way better these days 😆 This kind of thing is popular at the moment, just like light was in the past, along with zero and keto and similar. It's all about the marketing.

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During a recent shopping trip with my spouse free samples of protein snacks were being offered and a label claimed thirty grams of protein. She wanted to sample one so naturally I acted like a know-it-all and asked for the package. I flipped it over and read through dozens of hard-to-name components listed on the back then wondered aloud why they included all those additives. My spouse elbowed me and told me to knock it off. The product contained several plant-based oils along with many other substances that require a scientist to identify. Still official approval means it should be acceptable even if I went off on a tangent.

Reminds me of the start of that gluten-free fad, when even drinks began advertising they lacked it and items nobody would link to wheat started boasting the same thing. Pretty crazy. It just strengthens my skeptical outlook, so I end up noticing the way statements get framed more than their actual content.

Right, this fails to qualify as actual edibles or complete meals. It's bogus items, refined waste put together so consumers get hooked and purchase repeatedly.

It's pretty silly, but I spotted some plain frozen chicken pieces marked gluten free on the package. They aren't coated or anything like that. The label could just mention stuff like diabetes or heart issues instead, since folks can actually say those words without trouble.

Perhaps the sensors on your tongue got wrecked? haha

I feel the same way. These particular chips taste great to me. Their feel struck me as odd when I started but soon enough I adjusted and reach for them all the time. Nacho cheese along with ranch and chili lime count among my top three choices.😋

The consistency threw me off completely and I couldn't move past it. There was also this mild remaining flavor that lingered.

I prefer these above everything else by a long shot.

They've been at this for years already. It's established fact, not some wild theory.

Yes exactly, it's not a reaction to those weight loss drugs. They've always done this, similar to how tobacco companies added chemicals to make cigarettes more addictive than they naturally are.

I'm looking around for high-protein cheese options but haven't come across much locally. Is there a good selection where you are? The only one I've spotted is a brand that claims extra protein but doesn't actually deliver more than the standard version. I've always liked cheese but cut back a lot since it's so high in calories and fat.

Those chips taste awful. Can't figure out how that company stays afloat.

They do the job too well unfortunately. The potato ones come out like the baked style, and the others are basically just a bit flakier version of the usual triangle chips. I enjoy most of the flavors except a couple that I already dislike in the regular line.

Simple solution is to add cigarettes to the mix until nothing tastes like much anymore. My approach is two packs a day for ten years then drop to four packs a month while mixing in vaping. Certain red-pack brands work fine and no prescription needed.

Couldn't find the high-protein chips locally yet. Tried a couple of high-protein cheeses though. One is basically pure protein at 36 g per 100 g with very low fat, but it doesn't taste great and comes from overseas. Another local one has 35 g protein and 15 g fat per 100 g, tastes decent, and gets half its calories from protein like eggs do. Probably not easy to get here though. Lower-fat cheeses are still usually high in fat overall. Lately I've been stirring unflavored collagen powder into soup for extra protein without changing the flavor much.

A scoop of unflavored pea or soy protein, or a blend of both, mixes well into certain cup pasta meals like the jalapeño mac and cheese variety. Give it a shot.