Celebrate National Chip Week

Brits all over the country are going chip crazy once again to celebrate  National Chip Week (13-19 February 2006)  as it hits its 15th year. Whatever you’re planning this Valentine’s Day, be sure to embrace one of the nation’s favourite foods and love chips.

 National Chip Week gives us the opportunity to enjoy  Great British Chips  in all shapes and sizes – from homemade to takeaway, frozen from the supermarket to those enjoyed in restaurants. Who could resist relishing something so delicious, nutritious and incredibly moorish.

 The good news is that chips can be part of a healthy balanced diet. For example,  did you know?

 · An average portion of battered cod and chips has fewer calories, at least half the saturated fat and just a tenth of the salt of a cheese and tomato pizza

 · An average portion of battered cod & chips contains at least a quarter of the fat and a third fewer calories than a serving of either chicken tikka masala & pilau rice, or sweet and sour pork and egg-fried rice

 · A 100g portion of oven chips contains just 4.2g of fat – that’s less than a chocolate digestive at 4.3g fat, a small pot of natural yoghurt at 4.5g fat or a jam doughnut at 10.9g fat

 · A small portion of oven chips contains considerably fewer calories than a small bar of milk chocolate – 162 calories in the chips compared with 265 calories in the chocolate – and less than a third of the fat

 · Thick chips absorb less oil than thin ones, so chunky chips are a lower-fat option

 · You can get almost a third of your daily vitamin C from a portion of chips. A 100g serving of oven chips contains 12mg of vitamin C – that’s double the amount of vitamin C in an apple

 · A 100g serving oven chips contains just 0.1g salt compared with 0.5g in a small packet of roasted peanuts, 0.5g in small bowl of cornflakes, 2.7g in a 200g can baked beans and 3.5g in a 300g can tomato soup

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