What is Blue Chips? Nutritional Facts, Calories & Taste

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What is Blue Chips?

Blue corn chips are made from a variety of corn with blue kernels. The flavor is sweet, nutty, and salty with a heartier flavor than yellow or white corn. Blue corn chips are thin and crispy, perfect for dipping into salsa and guacamole. The chips are usually deep-fried, though sometimes baked. They may be shaped like triangles, rounds, or come as strips.

What does Blue Chips Taste Like?

Salty

Salty is one of the five main tastes. It has a satisfying and addictive quality with hints of sourness. Salty foods include cheeses, cured meats, chips, and olives. It is used in almost every dish and prepared food. Salt is added to enhance flavor and offer a distinctly salty taste.

Ingredients

blue corn flour

Blue corn flour comes from a variety of corn with blue kernels and shades of purple. Blue corn was originally cultivated by the Hopi Native Americans and was used in both ritual and food use. This corn has a lower carbohydrate ratio and higher protein ratio than white or yellow corn. Blue corn flour has a nutty flavor and can be used in all the same ways that yellow or white corn flour is used; for tortillas, chips, cornbread, and more.

vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is obtained by extracting oil from seeds. Types of vegetable oil include canola, sunflower, corn, and safflower. Light and with a neutral taste, vegetable oils are used to fry foods, or can be used to lightly coat meats and vegetables before roasting. Vegetable oils are also used as ingredients in salad dressings and sauces.

salt

Salt is a mineral composed mostly of sodium chloride. It is the main flavoring used in food and is naturally occurring in certain foods, such as cheese, beets, meat and celery, plus many others. Salt is white and has finer granules than sugar. Many commercial salts include iodide, while others exclude it. Most salts are white, while some are naturally pale pink with minerals. Salt brings out the flavor of something and can create a tangy mouthfeel, if used in excess.

Blue Chips Nutritional Facts and Calories

Serving Size: 1 oz28g

	Amount Per Serving	% Daily Value
Calories	140kcal	7%
Fats	6g	8%
Sat. fats	1g	5%
Mono. Fats	N/A
Trans fats	N/A
Carbs	19g	6%
Sugars	0g	0%
Fiber	1g	4%
Proteins	2g	3%
Cholesterol	0mg	0%
Sodium	110mg	5%

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365 by Whole Foods Market, Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips, 12 Ounce

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Terra Vegetable Chips, Blues Chips with Sea Salt, 1 Oz (Pack of 24)

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Terra Blues Potato Chips - 1 Oz, (pack of 6)

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Late July Snacks Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips, 10.1 Oz

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much protein is in Blue Chips?

1 oz of Blue Chips contains 2 g of protein.

How many carbs are in Blue Chips?

1 oz of Blue Chips contains 19 g of carbs.

How much fat is in Blue Chips?

1 oz of Blue Chips contains 6 g of fat.

How much sugar is in Blue Chips?

1 oz of Blue Chips contains 0 g of sugar.

How many calories are in 1 oz of Blue Chips?

There are 142 calories in 1 oz of Blue Chips.