Nutrition Facts

"In 1998, Frito-Lay introduced WOW!® brand Chips made with Olean®. The fat-free cooking oil called olestra (also known by its brand name Olean®) has received a lot of press coverage since its approval by the FDA on January 24, 1996 as an ingredient safe for use in salty and savory snacks.

Olestra is made from vegetable oil and sugar put together in such a way that it is bigger than a normal fat molecule. While it is made starting from natural ingredients, our bodies can't digest this bigger olestra molecule because of its size. Olestra passes through our bodies without being digested or absorbed by the body in any way (similar to how fiber interacts with the body, for example). Therefore, olestra adds no fat or calories to foods cooked in it.

Because olestra is derived in part from vegetable oil, it cooks like regular vegetable oil and the products made with it taste exactly like the delicious full-fat versions that are cooked in regular vegetable oil."

Dietary Food Exchanges: 1 Starch

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