Even with more choices of low-fat and low-salt snack foods, there are still plenty of pitfalls for those on a heart-healthy eating plan. For example, many low-fat chips and those that are baked instead of fried are particularly salty.

If you've been told to reduce your salt intake to control your high blood pressure, here's the sodium content of a number of snack chips. The content is for every 1 ounce of chips - that's only about ten potato chips or six large tortilla chips. It adds up fast!

Product - 1 oz	Sodium content (mg)
Frito-Lay Baked Tostitos	200
Guiltless Gourmet Baked Chili Lime Tortilla Chips	200
Regular potato chips	180
Regular tortilla chips	160
Landau Soy Chips	160
Pringles Right Crisps	135
Kettle Crisps Baked Chips	135
Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar	115
Terra Exotic Vegetable Chips	70
Terra Yukon Gold Onion and Garlic Potato Chips	65
Garden of Eatin’ California Bakes	65
Garden of Eatin’ Black Bean Tortilla Chips	55
Unsalted pretzels	30
Hain Whole-Grain Carrot Chips	30
Guiltless Gourmet Baked Unsalted
Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips	26
Terra Sweet Potato Chips	15
Herr's No-Salt Potato Chips	10
Air-popped popcorn, plain	0

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Source:  UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Where the chips fall. UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, February 2002;18(5):3.