Pringles Potato Chips Case Study

Pringles Are Pringles potato chips? Your answer is probably yes, but you would be wrong. Because of its lack of potato, Pringles cannot be classified as a potato chip, just a savory snack. The company admits that Pringles are not potato chips. Pringles consist of only 42% potato. Pringles look, smell, and taste like one but it is all artificially made with ingredients that are bad for our bodies, the way they are produced disposes some of the original nutrients from the food, and, as a result of the ingredients it has poor nutritional value. Pringles have many revolting ingredients that are barely FDA approved. 42% of it is made up of potato and the remaining ingredients are mostly wheat, rice, and corn. The coloring in Pringles are yellow …show more content…
It can also be used to make creams, ointments, paints, pastes, gels, soaps, solutions and shampoos.Yellow 6 is another dye found in most Pringles. It is benzenesulphonic acid treated with hydrochloric acid and sodium nitrite. It also has autolyzed yeast extract, malted barley, wheat bran, and dried black beans. Pringles have diglyceride which is a glyceride that consists of two fatty acids, glucose, disodium inosinates found in pigs and fish. Many vegetarians probably eat Pringles without realizing they are breaking their no animal made food diet. Monoglyceride is made from reacting fats with glycerol and triacetin. There is a protein derived from milk of any mammal called sodium caseinate. The company …show more content…
According to “Livestrong”, in one serving of pringles there is only one gram of protein. There is only 0.15 grams of sodium. Those two combined only account for 5% of the nutrients. The other 95% of it is all unhealthy. Out of 9 grams of fat in Pringles, 2.5 grams is saturated fat, that is 13.8% of the amount of fat you should consume on a daily basis. The fat in Pringles accounts for over half of the nutritional value. There are 15 grams of carbohydrates which is unhealthy when there is too much. One serving size is equal to about 28 grams which is equivalent to approximately 16 chips. (LS) 150 calories are in one serving of Pringles. With only one serving of Pringles, you will have consumed 7.5% of your total daily caloric intake. Based on a 2,000 calorie diet that is 7.5% of all the calorie you should consume just for a light snack. Many nutrients in a potato such as iron, potassium, vitamin c, fiber, and vitamin B6 are lost when they are cooked. Pringles have very