Trader Joe’s Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips

Average Price: $2.99*
Verdict: Buy It

The Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips from Trader Joe’s are not only reasonably priced ($2.99 a bag), but they are also wonderful. According to the Trader Joe’s website, these chips are a “snacktime staple.” A hundred percent of the ingredients in the Trader Joe’s Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips are whole grains. The flour in these biscuits is also stone-ground, which indicates that the flour in them has been ground by millstones. According to The Kitchn, stone-ground flour contains more bran and germ than regular wheat, making it more “nutritionally sound” overall. A further discovery made by Mexican researchers was the discovery that blue corn tortillas contain 20 percent more protein than white corn tortillas. Blue corn tortillas also have a lower glycemic index than white corn tortillas.

Trader Joe’s Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips

Trader Joe’s Prepared Salads

Average Price: $3.99*
Verdict: Skip It

A study conducted by the diet-conscious website Eats This, Not That! discovered that, while Trader Joe’s prepackaged salads are usually competitively priced, they are not particularly nutritious. People who purchase readymade salads are presumed to be doing so because they desire to eat healthfully and make wholesome food selections. However, according to the website EAT THIS, NOT THAT!, these salads are everything but “wholesome.” Their calories are approximately 1,000 calories per serving, and they include sixty-six grams of fat (roughly the same amount of fat as two Big Macs from McDonald’s). Salads with a lot of protein are fantastic, but as Eat This, Not That! points out, they are not so terrific when they are “packed with fat.”

Trader Joe’s Prepared Salads