Fooled again!

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:07 pm

Hi Good Buddies!

Just a note to remind ourselves once again how vigilant we have to be. I had been having some diarrhea over the past few months and was chalking it up to that truckload of antibiotics I had to take over the past year for the chronic sinus infection.

WRONG. For some years now I have been buying Classic Lay's potato chips. (I don't have a sweet tooth but DO have a "salt" tooth - LOL!) I try to limit the amount I eat - just a few when I get the urge. Anyway, the Lay's I was buying always had just potatoes, salt, and sunflower oil, which I seem to tolerate fairly well. Last week I happened to look at the ingredient list and was stunned to see "sunflower or corn oil". I really can't do corn oil well. I have switched to another brand (original Ruffles) and the diarrhea is subsiding nicely.

We can never let down our guard........we have to continually check and recheck ingredient lists.

Sigh.

Love,

Polly

crranch · Post by **crranch** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:45 pm

Thanks for the warning, seems like everytime I turn around, there is another food "land mine" waiting to attack Rick....evil grocery stores....

Hugs.
Carrie

Post by **tex** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:12 pm

Hi Polly,

Down here in Texas, I've seen cottonseed oil listed, also. Cottonseed prices have doubled in the past few months, so that's probably why they switched to corn. Every time they switch oils, it's for health reasons, of course, (their financial health). LOL.

Corn chips don't seem to bother me these days, but about a month or two ago, I tried some of the Classic Lay's Potato Chips, and had D the next day. I thought that was just a fluke, so I tried it again, and the same thing happened, so I don't buy Lay's Potato chips anymore. This makes me wonder if maybe something might be missing from the label, (IOW, overlooked).

Love,
Tex

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:25 am

Morning,

I have also had a bad reaction to Lay's recently and I am a rare eater of chips. Corn does not seem to bother me so I am with Tex in thinking something else might be missing from the label. Maybe just running them on a non-GF dedicated line. However, it seems that no matter what I eat I am having a problem. Great for the waistline but bad for the psyche.

Love, Maggie

ErinD · Post by **ErinD** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:39 am

I have found i can't eat any of the Lays chips that have the big sunflower on the package. I can tolerate their Baked versions of the chips though which don't use that oil, even though they are not quite as tasty.

crranch · Post by **crranch** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:35 am

FYI....just got on Frito Lay's website and I was unaware of the fact that Lays and Ruffles are both made by them....just thought you might want to know in case they start messing with the Ruffles brand also....

Carrie

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:32 pm

Well, knock on wood, I haven't been having any problems with Lays chips at all. In fact I've been eating them for quite some time. I used to have problems, that I think were attributed to them, but no more as far as I can tell.

Post by **tex** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:21 pm

Mike,

Hahahahaha. I guess that proves that Polly is right, (regarding her mentioning "That Mikey, he'll eat anything"). LOL.

Seriously, though, I started having trouble with them about the time they started pushing the sunflower oil, as Erin mentioned.

Tex

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:33 pm

Hey Mikey!

But keep the Pop Rocks and Soda Pop away from me!!! ;D

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:01 pm

I am seriously trying to not eat corn or rice and so I have been eating Lays and also recently noticed that they are using corn.

I went to the store today thinking, Ok, I'll just get Ruffles like Polly suggested. Same thing, corn.

The only potato chips I found without corn was Kettle. They are heavier and seem greasier. I bought them anyway.

I'm gonna do this, no corn or rice added to no gluten, soy, or casein. I feel I have to give this a really good try.

Pat

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:05 pm

I also found Veggie Crisps that didn't have corn. Bought those too.

Pat

Post by **tex** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:53 pm

Pat,

My local HFS usually stocks chips made from organically-grown sweet potatoes. I've forgotten brand names, and the type of oil used, but I ate them occasionally when I was avoiding all corn derivatives, (including corn oil). They're kind of pricey, though. The flavor wasn't half bad - the only thing that kept me from eating more of them was the fact that they were very low on salt, and I crave salty chips.

Tex

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:06 pm

Pat wrote:I am seriously trying to not eat corn or rice and so I have been eating Lays and also recently noticed that they are using corn. I went to the store today thinking, Ok, I'll just get Ruffles like Polly suggested. Same thing, corn. The only potato chips I found without corn was Kettle. They are heavier and seem greasier. I bought them anyway. I'm gonna do this, no corn or rice added to no gluten, soy, or casein. I feel I have to give this a really good try.

Pat

I hope these work for you, but I seemed to react to these chips more than the Lays back when. Haven't tried them again. I suspected cross contaminiation with Kettle chips. Which is too bad as I wanted to support a local company. There's on in Salem, Oregon.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:47 pm

I found Lays Natural thick cut sea salted chips that only have potatoes, sunflower oil, and sea salt.

Pat

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:38 pm

The Lays Natural thick cut ones are the only ones that I purchase.
No problems with them.

Dee~~~