I forgot about WOW! chips. Tried some, no problems with me gastro-intestinal-wise, but I could eat a battleship and just burp.
You should go read the amazon reviews on fat free gummy bears.
i remember these! i never tried them because, well--if i am going to each chips, i am eating the real deal junk food... just like i stay away from all those sugar substitutes... i would rather have a tablespoon of granulated sugar (not many calories, btw) then some brain-swelling sub... anyway, my sister ate WOW chips and boy did she have stomach issues afterward... it was kind of funny...
I suspect one of the problems with the WOW! chips was the anal leakage warning on the back of the package.
this was not a flop by any means, but do you remember, “SizzleLean?” my brother managed a supermarket, and he would always come home with the newest product... i remember my sister-in-law cooking it one Saturday morning when i had stayed the night at their house... they also had Pepsi Crystal when it first came out...
That goes away with Age.
Still, anything with a warning: “May cause anal leakage” is not on my list of things to eat.
Heh, the reason you escaped unharmed is in the words "tried" and "some". These diet frankenfoods are marketed to people who will eat 4-5-6 servings at once because the product is "low calorie".
How that truism sailed past Frito Lay is the lingering question. Or maybe it was an inside job/joke to stick it to the company bean counters and others only fixated on the... bottom line.