Are fruit and vegetable snacks healthy?

Is comprehensive dried fruits and vegetables a healthy snack? Now the comprehensive dried fruits and vegetables on the market are a kind of "vacuum fried" food.

That is, the frying equipment is vacuumized, so that the boiling point of the oil is reduced to below 100 degree, and the fried products are beautiful in color, will not yellow and will not be burnt, and can also largely avoid the problem of producing various fatty polymerization toxic substances in the frying process. Children often like it because it tastes crisp.

But frying is frying after all, and a lot of oil will be inhaled during frying. The fat content of most fruits and vegetables is lower than 1%, but after vacuum frying, the fat can rise to more than 10% or even 20%. Eating a big bag of these fruit and vegetable chips is too high in calories, which is very easy to promote obesity. If the child is already overweight, it really needs strict restrictions.

Buy fruit slices and read the ingredient list.

In addition to this comprehensive dried fruit and vegetable, there are also fruit slices that children like as snacks. When buying fruit slices, we should pay attention to distinguish between freeze-dried and vacuum fried products. The nutrition preservation rate of freeze-dried fruits and vegetables is very high, and the fat content is very low. However, as long as they are opened, they will quickly absorb water and gradually lose their crispness, and there may be a sticky feeling in their mouths.

Vacuum fried fruit and vegetable chips are high in fat and calories, but they can remain crisp and refreshing for a long time after opening. Looking at the ingredient list on the package, the item of vacuum frying is "vegetable oil", and the fat content exceeds 10%.