Potato chips are a popular and convenient snack, but also usually unhealthy. Be sure that you understand how potato chips affect your diet before you grab that next bag.
Serving
There are multiple types of potato chips on the market, and multiple bag sizes available. For the sake of consistency, this guide gives you the nutrition for a small, single serving bag. This bag is one ounce, or 28g, of plain salted potato chips.
Calories
Each one-ounce bag of potato chips supplies 153 calories. Generally, people don't stop at one serving if they're eating from a larger bag. Those who are watching their calorie count should avoid potato chips.
Fat
One small serving of potato chips has 10g, or 16% of your daily recommended amount of fat. Of this, 3g are saturated fat. That's the fat that contributes to increased levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Sodium
A one-ounce bag of potato chips supplies 147mg of sodium, which is 6 percent of your daily recommended maximum.
Protein
Potato chips contain a small amount of protein per serving. Each one-ounce bag has 2g of protein.
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