Downsized snacks

Soft-drink manufacturers such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, as well as certain snack makers, are beginning to shrink some of their single-serving products' packages and containers--good news for those of us who can't stop until we finish the whole thing. Naturally, there may be a catch: For example, the labels on the mini frozen treats in the chart below consider two pieces, not one, a serving--and if you eat two, you could take in more fat and calories than the original version contained! So, as with a snack of any size, you still need to exercise self-control. That said, here's how the new mini snacks compare with the originals.

Snack              Serving    Calories  Fat/sat.  Trans  Taste/texture
                  size (oz.)            fat (g)   fats?  difference?

BAKED SNACKS
Nabisco Kraft         1          140     7/1.5     Yes
Cheese Nips
(original)
Nabisco Kraft         0.7        100     3/1       No    No
Cheese Nips
Thin Crisps
(new)
Nabisco Chips         1.3        170     8/2.5     Yes
Ahoy! Chocolate
Chip Cookies
(original)
Nabisco Chips         0.8        100     3/1       No    Same taste
Ahoy! Thin                                               but crackerlike
Crisps (new)                                             texture
Nabisco Oreo          1.2        160     7/1.5     Yes
Sandwich Cookies
(original)
Nabisco Oreo          0.8        100     2/0       No    Same chocolate
Thin Crisps                                              flavor but
(new)                                                    lacks familiar
                                                         filling

FROZEN TREATS
Fudgsicle             1.5         60     1/0.5     No
(original)
Fudgsicle Minis       2 (2        80     1.5/1     No    No
Snack Size Fudge   1-oz. minis)
Pop (new)
Klondike Bar          5          280    19/14      Yes
(original)           (1 bar)

Klondike Mini         2 (2       170    11/8       No    No
(new)             1-oz. minis)

Popsicle              2 (1        45     0/0       No
(original)         1-oz. bar)

Popsicle Minis        2.6         70     0/0       No    Contains
Snack Size         (2 1.3-oz.                            real fruit
Fruit Bar (new)      minis)                              juice and is
                                                         much tastier
                                                         than
                                                         original--K.D.

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