19/04/2026
hereās why I let my toddler eat crisps every day:
most mums I know feel guilty about every snack.
the biscuits, the pouches, the cereal bars dressed up as health food. thereās this constant low-level anxiety about what youāre putting in their bodies and whether youāre doing enough and whether ājust this onceā is becoming every day.
I used to feel that way too.
then I stopped panicking about the category and started reading the label.
and hereās what I found on most crisp packets:
ā rapeseed oil or sunflower oil (oxidises at high heat, quietly inflammatory, in absolutely everything)
ā maltodextrin
ā yeast extract
ā āflavouringā (a legal black hole that can mean almost anything)
ā emulsifiers
ā anticaking agents
these arenāt snacks. theyāre chemistry experiments in a foil bag.
and we hand them to toddlers daily because the packet is friendly colours and says āno artificial additivesā in small green text.
but then some crisps have:
ā organic potato
ā coconut oil
ā salt
thatās it. Iāve made them.
three ingredients. nothing synthetic.
cooked in a stable fat that doesnāt oxidise and doesnāt wreck itself in the fryer.
my toddler eats them every single day and I feel nothing but fine about it.
because the problem was never crisps. it was what they were putting in them.
read the label. it takes ten seconds. and once you start you cannot stop.
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