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I went to the trouble to request that the local organic store order some Solea Potato Chips. Not only are they gluten free, they were supposed to be made with olive oil which means they were supposed to be sunflower oil free. I'm allergic to sunflower oil. I looked them up on their website. They list only olive oil in their ingredients on their website. Olive oil is the whole selling point of the chips for heavens sake!

So I pick up two bags today at the store, bring them back to the office rip them open and enjoy my first potato chip in quite some time. They're not bad tasting all things considered. Then I look at the ingredient list on the "Olive Oil" potato chips and it says "Olive oil and safflower and/or sunflower oil.

I guess if I start to itch like mad I'll know for sure.

What is the point of making potato chips fried in Olive Oil, marketed as fried in Olive Oil only to NOT fry them in Olive Oil? Has the world just gone mad or something?

They're getting such a nasty email. I'm so damn tired of this kind of bait and switch. "Here you go, nice safe Olive Oil potato chips" Ca ching ca ching "Oh, by the way we use a mixture of oils like everyone else. Sorry, nothing really special about us after all."

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Oh I'm so sorry you went through that! I'd be so mad too! I don't even understand the point of them making a product, and then marketing it, only to go, "oops, nevermind...we're just like everyone else!" I hope you don't start itching! I can't have soy, so I know how mad I get when I see "and/or soybean oil" on labels! I can't imagine the sunflower oil too! :(

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:lol: Any new thread titled "Grrrrrrrrrrrrr" on the forum page, I'm going to check.

Violetblue, if they listed ingredients on their website and then did that switch, I say fire away and say exactly what you think.

And you can sign for me, too. What a hassle.

wowzer Community Regular
wowzer
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I would be mad too. Can you do cottonseed oil? BetterMade potato chips only use cottonseed oil. They are actually my favorite.

Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
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More and more comanies are doing this. I was told by a baker that they will use whatever kind of oil is cheapest when they need to buy oil. I have made my daughter sick a few times with this very same thing, so now I read every label, each and every time.

First it was the cashews roasting in peanut oil or some other kind of oil. Can't remember. She's allergic to peanuts. The cashews gave her nosebleeds.

Then it was the gluten-free cereal bars that changed from canola oil to canola oil and/or soybean oil. I bought those online. I went by the information listed on the website and it only listed canola oil. She loved them so I bought 5 boxes of them. Gah! Had to give them all away.

Chips seem to be one of the worst as far as changing oils.

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