NOT on all counts. A flour slurry dough like substance of rice, GMO wheat, GMO corn, and potato flakes put through an extruder/stamper with exceptionally high(well above legal limits by 30 or more times) levels of carcinogenic acrylamide is far from ideal for backpacking or at any other time. Pringleoids contain so little actually potato they can't even legally be called potato chips. Might as well eat some mixed cheap highly refined highly processed flours with much of any real nutritional goodness that may have been present in the original unrefined grain removed. But dont forget to add the acrylamide to which Pringleoids, Fritosoieds, other "chips" - baked or fried, french fries, bakery products(donuts), coffee, and TOBACCO smoke are major culprits. One of the carcinogens the tobacco industry was found to be hiding the health risks of to the public was acrylamide. Mickey Dees received a bad rep for the acrylamide in their fries which were 300X the legal limit of this carcinogen.
FWIW, the posted article is from the UK. What we call chips are what they call crisps. So if they call a Pringles a chip, then it isn't a chip.
sooo if they call Pringles chips, that makes it a French fry? What?
the only correct answer
Common for Americans not caring about or unwilling to proactively address disease until it's visited individually upon their doorstep. It's the exact reason why I'll be responsible for my own healthcare costs and why I will NOT pay your healthcare costs through Gov't mandated socialized medicine. If you want to die "tastefully" don't expect me to pay for your suicide by food.
How much less would world hunger be if gluttonous mass consumptive cultures like the U.S. didn't waste 40% of it's food supply? Are you willing to consume less to a reasonable degree so others will not starve?
How much less would world hunger be if those who needed it the most, those truly starving, had it distributed to them from the more than necessary enough global food production that already exists?
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Here are the numbers, full size vs small cups.
Regular size weighs
7.3 oz full
1.6 oz empty
5.6 oz contents
Small plastic cups
1 oz full
.3 oz empty
.7 oz contents
8 small cups are needed for same amount of Pringles as one full size. One big container is 1.6 oz vs 2.4 oz of 8 plastic empty cups.
One regular container is as tall as 4.5 small cups. So 8 cups would be almost twice as big as one big cardboard container.
So one big cardboard Pringles is lighter and smaller than equivalent of small individual plastic cups. Other than being able to stack when empty in a trash bag big cardboard is more efficient and also cheaper.
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Thank you! That is excellent information. I always pack Fritos but might try switching to Pringles. The can would make a good trash container...dirty underwear holder...make-shift musical instrument(?)
I appreciate your contribution. It’s the most pertinent, hiking-related info that I’ve read in quite some time.
I have difficulty eating on multi-day hikes and find that potato chips are the most palatable item in my food bag.
After closely scrutinizing your data, I realize that for hikes less than 8 days, the plastic container is lighter in the long run, (assuming that the hiker consumes one, container-full per day.)
I appreciate your contribution. It’s the most pertinent, hiking-related info that I’ve read in quite some time.
I have difficulty eating on multi-day hikes and find that potato chips are the most palatable item in my food bag.
After closely scrutinizing your data, I realize that for hikes less than 8 days, the plastic container is lighter in the long run, (assuming that the hiker consumes one, container-full per day.)