Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips by Guiltless Gourmet TREAT — score 45/90.

A genuinely clean four-ingredient chip: organic corn, oil, salt, lime. Still a salty snack, not a health food, but the label has nothing to hide.

Why this verdict

• Only four ingredients, all recognizable whole foods
• Organic stone-ground corn keeps the base intact and high in fiber
• Expeller-pressed oil avoids chemical solvent extraction
• Still a salty refined-corn snack, an indulgence not a staple

Ingredients (4)

• Stone ground organic yellow corn (safe) — Whole-kernel organic corn ground on stone; the fiber- and complex-carb-rich base of the chip.
• Expeller pressed safflower or sunflower oil (moderate) — Mechanically pressed (no chemical solvents), but high in omega-6 and the main source of fat/calories in a fried-style chip.
• Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
• Lime (safe) — Calcium hydroxide used to nixtamalize the corn, the traditional process that improves texture and nutrient availability.