Product Reviews

• Pitos

  8 September, 2009

  Just recently I was sent a couple of samples of pita chips, called Pitos. I had not tried these before and generally I make my own Pita Crisps. Apparently these have been on the market for a while and the samples I was sent were flavoured varieties.
  
  I'm actually not a fan of flavoured crisps or chips of any variety, I kind of like them plain so that whatever I'm dipping them into I get the full flavour of, but I thought I'd give them a try.
  
  These are the sort of chip that go well with sour cream dips or ricotta dips, or things like hummus and baba ghanoush, or, that can just be eaten on their own with drinks. In this case, flavoured might be quite nice if there isn't anything to dip them into.
  
  The flavours I tried were "Sour Cream and Chives" and "Parmesan and Cracked Pepper".
  
  The Parmesan and Cracked Pepper were my favourite and I could see myself eating the entire packet with a glass of bubbly, however, they'd be likely to encourage me to drink more given the amount of sodium they contained - 1000mg per 100g.
  
  The Sour Cream and Chives were OK, but I wouldn't buy them. I'd prefer a plain variety to them. Neither the sour cream or the chives flavours were very prominent, interestingly though, the sodium content of them were less than the Parmesan and Cracked Pepper - 850mg per 100g.
  
  Nutrition Australia recommend an upper daily limit of 2300mg of sodium daily - that's just over a teaspoon of salt. This includes salt you add at the table and in cooking (estimated at about 15% of total salt intake) as well as salt present in processed foods (estimated at about 75% of total salt intake). These crisps, if you ate the whole pack, and it would be hard not to, would be almost half your daily salt intake. So, if you're someone who suffers from hypertension or elevated blood pressure, you'd need to be mindful of that.
  
  The chips do state however that they are baked and not fried, so that's good from the cholesterol content perspective.
  
  Given the silly season is upon us, for those of you with no time or not inclined to make your own Pita Crisps, you might like the try Pitos. They're available from all major supermarkets and leading convenience stores. The chips are made by Unisnack, more information can be found on their website www.unisnack.com.au
  
  

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