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Banana Crisps
Back in March, I posted my review of Trader Joe's Banana Crisps praising their sweet taste, satisfying starchiness and crispy lightness. I marvelled how amazing these "banana babies" were what with the 40 calories and 1 gram of fat per one ounce serving (2/3 cup).

Since that time, many fans posted their own fondness for these treats as well as a healthy dose of suspicion regarding the packaging. Turns out, results from 2 independent labs (one of which I called personally) show these crisps actually have FOUR times the calories and SIX times the fat.

We called headquarters and received the following statement from a Trader Joe's representative:

"Trader Joe’s voluntarily removed off shelves all banana crisps due to a nutritional content mislabeling on the package. The banana crisps will return shortly once the nutritional panels are updated. Customers are welcome to return this product to any Trader Joe’s location for a full refund or exchange.”


Submitted on 03/ 7/2006 by jovanna

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byayoungqt, January 19, 2007
I love these. However, be warned they are addictive!
bymcohen, July 7, 2007
How disappointing that the nutritional info on these was wrong. BUT, there's good news! Another company makes a similar product that really is low in fat and calories. The product is called Just Bananas, from Just Tomatoes brand. They're freeze dried, but look and taste just like banana chips, except I think they're a little better because they're a little softer--I mean soft like perfectly crisp bacon, not soft like chewy dried fruit. And there's nothing added--no oil, no sugar, no nothing. Trader Joe's doesn't have these, but you can find out where to buy these at justtomatoes.com. (It makes me wonder, if it's possible to do this without the added stuff and high fat and calories, why does Trader Joe's sell the bad kind?)
byMissMtl, October 6, 2007
I like banana chips and I especially love platain chips (they are normally sold in Carribean markets)

Nice and crisp and slightly sweet.
I love banana chips and want to buy some
byPandorra, February 17, 2008
I have never been a big banana chip fan. But these I like better than the mainstream chips. Less sweet, thinner, and more crispy.
bykjarvis, April 29, 2008
Howdy,

After reading so many comments about these issues now I've found out who was the cause of me losing my banana crisps & I'm terrible upset that it was taken off the shelf. What should have happened is that they shouldn't have pulled the product off the shelf & they could had posted a note by the product stating the issues & then in the mean time updated the package because it's driving me nuts to wait all theses months without it because of an nutritional content on the package was mislabeled. I truly didn't care what the content said it was better for me than eating a chocolate bar.

Thanks for a moment of your time,

P.S. If you have anymore packages let me know I'll buy them from ya.

Kjarvis
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