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Nutrition Nugget! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn is talking about Drizzilicious. When a mini rice cake promises to be "drizzled and delicious" while also being a smart snack choice, it sounds almost too good to be true—but is it? Drizzilicious has captured snack lovers' attention everywhere, but when Jenn digs into the nutrition facts and ingredient list, will these bite-sized treats live up to the hype? Should you be reaching for that bag at the grocery store, or is there something hiding behind those 90 calories per 21 pieces that you need to know about first? Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full-length episodes of new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea for a nutrition nugget? Submit it here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/index.php/contact/
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[00:00:26] So first shout out to Caitlin on my social media team for this one. So she said, not only has she tried them, they're her latest obsession. She sent them to me to say, maybe these are a great nutrition nugget. So here we are now, per usual. I started at their website. They say it's drizzled and it's delicious.
[:[00:01:17] So I'm very curious if these are two now they say it has chia, quinoa, and flax, 90 calories per 21 pieces. So these must be teeny, like I'm guessing, size of a quarter, maybe a nickel, and they're featuring some holiday flavors like peppermint and gingerbread. They also have drizzled popcorn, so maybe that's a topic for another nutrition nugget.
[:[00:02:05] That might be a selling point for you. Then we see certified gluten-free non GMO product, verified vegan and certified kosher. And these may make them winners for some people, for other people. It kind of just is what it is, and neither here nor there. Now since we're focusing on the rice cakes, I'm just gonna, you know, share that piece.
[:[00:02:46] So for what it's worth, they had two typos in there. If anybody from Drizzilicious is listening, just FYI take a look. Let me know if you want me to proofread it for you. Okay. So the thing is, is we're not learning anything new. Every [00:03:00] time they have the chance to tell us something, they just reiterate the same thing of 90 calories, 21 pieces.
[:[00:03:25] And then again, it continues to repeat all the same things. So let's look at the nutrition flax. Caitlyn said she loves the cinnamon flavor, so that's where I went. They describe it as mini rice cake with cinnamon swirled and glazed with white chocolatey drizzle. Now I'm noticing it's not a white chocolate drizzle, so there's probably using things to mimic that flavor versus actually just using some white chocolate.
[:[00:04:10] They keep telling us the 90 calories. We get it. Alright, two and a half grams of fat with one gram of saturated fat, 16 grams of carbs with zero grams of fiber, five grams of sugar of which four are added sugar, and then one gram of protein and essentially zero negligible micronutrients. So before we get to the ingredients, these nutrition facts are telling me that we once again have empty calories.
[:[00:05:02] Ingredients. Rice crisp, which is made of white rice, corn, tapioca starch, corn, starch, sugar, flax, whole quinoa, salt spice, chia seeds. Then the flavored coating is made of sugar, palm kernel oil, natural flavor salt, and then there's sunflower oil, sugar and cinnamon. Basically I was right. Not much of those super food like ingredients are in there.
[:[00:05:56] I like that they're using sugar. I know some [00:06:00] of you're probably listening going, what? But I like, you know, oftentimes when we try not to use sugar, it ends up with 85 other ingredients, or, you know, here it's not high fructose corn syrup, it's not 25 other things trying to get to a sweet flavor. So anyway, there's not a ton of wild unpronounceable things in this list either.
[:[00:06:42] So that one has some molasses powder, so we're getting into the land of more sweeteners. The ingredients are also different, but still like your quinoa, flax, and chia are not at the top of that list. I don't know. I feel like for the way they marketed all of that, I would expect them [00:07:00] to be higher and for those ingredients to be reflected in the nutrition.
[:[00:07:26] So with all of that said, they may serve a purpose for you. You know, they may be a better alternative to something else that you're currently having. If that's the case, I think, awesome, go with it. For me, if I were to use these. I dunno, maybe I'd use them as like a topping on something. So if you wanted to turn your Greek yogurt or cottage cheese into something else, like you could use a couple and you know, maybe break 'em up on top of that.
[:[00:08:17] I don't know. Jared Sinclair, what do you think?
[:[00:08:35] Jen. You know, it's the first ingredient on that flavor. Cinnamon. The first ingredient was the actual. Sorry, I lost it. Now again. The rice
[:[00:08:45] Jared St. Clair: pull. The rice crisp. Right. And it has like six or seven ingredients in it, right? Exactly. Yep. And so in that you have chia and flax and quinoa. But I dare say that based on the nutrition facts panel, there's a really good chance that all three of [00:09:00] those things would actually be a lot closer to the very bottom of the list if they weren't lumped in with the rice Crisp itself.
[:[00:09:26] My goodness. It's in everything. It's like hi oleic sunflower oil and organic high oleic sunflower oil. But we just talked about how much. Of these seed oils we're getting versus healthier oils that we actually need. And it's time, you know, things are starting to shift. We now have chips on the market that have tallow.
[:[00:09:51] Jenn Trepeck: I'm with
[:[00:09:52] Jenn Trepeck: For everybody. Again, I think it's also a question of like this, as opposed to what,
[:[00:09:58] Jenn Trepeck: be Exactly,
[:[00:09:59] [00:10:00] There's always a trade off. Right,
[:[00:10:04] Jared St. Clair: Yeah, they do look good. Yeah. I mean the package is appealing.
[:[00:10:11] Jared St. Clair: Yeah, they probably are. You know, if
[:[00:10:16] Jared St. Clair: but I love your idea of putting it on like yogurt or cottage cheese or something like that.
[:[00:10:24] Jenn Trepeck: yeah. That makes sense. Yeah. Well, and just a reminder to everybody, you know, read the label of whatever flavor or product you have in front of you so that you know, and if you're curious about their popcorn, let me know.
[:[00:10:55] It's also the easiest way to learn more about working with me as your health coach and [00:11:00] Jared Sinclair. Thank you again for being here with us this week.
[:[00:11:04] Jenn Trepeck: Likewise and friend. If you are not already become a member of the Happy Healthy Hub, you'll go to a salad with the side of fries.com/membership.
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