How Many Calories Are in a Banana Chip?

Video Transcript

"My name is Christine Marquette and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic and I've been asked, How many calories are in a banana chip? This actually varies widely depending on how the banana chip was made. Some banana chips are baked, some of them are fried. So you're going to have a wide variation in how many calories are actually in a single chip. One small banana chip, even if it's fried, isn't really going to have that many calories. It may have at the most, 10 calories if it's a normally sliced banana chip. And if it's baked, it's probably only going to have about five. So one single banana chip is going to have very few calories. Where it will add up is if you're actually eating a whole cup of banana chips and they were fried. That's where you're going to be getting closer to the 200 calorie mark. If it's baked banana chips, it will be quite a bit less. It could be down to about 120 calories, so the main thing to look at is how your banana chip is made. Really look at that nutrition facts panel when you're purchasing banana chips and that will tell you how many calories are in the banana chips. It usually won't list it per chip, but it will get it to you per size. It may give the service size as half a cup, it may give it as a whole cup. So that will be your best indicator of how many calories can be found in banana chips."