100-Calorie Snacks Often Lack Nutritional Value

Publish Date: 
October 6, 2011

Despite the best efforts of food companies to convince consumers otherwise, 100-calorie packs aren’t a magic-bullet solution to healthy eating, experts say.  Experts said a healthy snack should weigh in at less than 400 calories. While 100 calories falls well under that limit, crackers, cookies and chips have low nutritional density, which doesn’t improve by coming in a smaller pouch.
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