Beanitos aims to provide healthy bean-based foods and strives to provide snacks that have ingredients that are non-GMO. Established by Doug and Dave Foreman in 2010, Beanitos has quickly gained the attention of many supporters of corn-free and gluten-free snack foods.
Beanitos uses either black or pinto beans combined with whole grain rice or whole brown flaxseed. Home-baked chips are flash-fried in pure sunflower oil and sprinkled with sea salt. Beanitos are also free of corn, wheat, soy, potato, trans fat, and cholesterol.
As a high fiber and low glycemic alternative to regular packaged chips, Beanitos also offers many vitamins and minerals. With each serving, there are 4 grams of complete protein and Essential ALA Omega 3s.
If your diet requires that you decrease your salt intake, Beanitos have only 55 mg of salt per serving compared to 155 mg found in most chips.
Beanitos provided us with a case of their chips for a review. There are four flavors of Beanitos: Chipotle BBQ, Pinto Bean & Flax Cheddar Cheese, Black Bean, and Pinto Bean & Flax.
I enjoyed having them available for snacks because I found that I was more interested in grabbing a bag of Beanitos over cookies and other unhealthy snacks. I noticed that they were more filling so I snacked less frequently in the afternoons.
When I first tried the Chipotle BBQ flavor, I thought they were slightly too hot. I had to drink something with them. However, the Chipotle BBQ flavor was my favorite because they tasted so much like regular BBQ chips.
The Pinto Bean & Flax with Cheddar Cheese was also very good. I love adding flaxseed to salads, so having them with each serving of chips was an added bonus. I intended to take a picture of the chips so that you could see the whole flaxseeds, but I ate them all! In addition to the cheddar cheese, you can taste a slight nutty flavor from the flaxseeds. Like the Chipotle BBQ, they were slightly spicy. 
If you would prefer to not have the cheddar cheese flavor, there is also a plain Pinto Bean & Flax chip. Like the Black Bean & Sea Salt flavor, these go great with dip. We took part of the case to a friend’s house and everyone enjoyed them with spinach dip. They would taste good with salsa, too.
Each of the flavors of Beanitos were crunchy and filling. If you want a healthy snack and you’re trying to swap out unhealthy snacks from your diet, these are definitely worth trying.
In addition to having the option to purchase them on the Beanitos website at www.beanitos.com or Amazon, you can find them at health food stores such as Whole Foods.
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Perfect timing for back to school! Beanitos is offering readers of Our Virginia Home the chance to win a case that includes each flavor. Enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Giveaway will run from August 16th to 11:59PM EST August 26th, 2012.
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Our Virginia Home received Beanitos chips for the purpose of a review. However, only our honest opinions were expressed.
Mike W Davis
August 16, 2012 at 10:51 pmPotato chips, I love them
KELLIE LINEBERRY
August 16, 2012 at 11:18 pmsweet and salty are no no’s in our house
Ron L.
August 17, 2012 at 2:59 pmcorn chips, potato chips, and cheese curls!
Amber
August 17, 2012 at 3:01 pmChips never seem to satisfy my taste & craving for chips…These chips look healthy, yet kinda delcious to try!
It’s also back to school time for my daughter, here in about a week, these would be a great after school snack for her! 🙂
pu ye
August 17, 2012 at 4:28 pmI love potato chips
Maralea
August 17, 2012 at 4:37 pmSalty potato chips!
Sherry Compton
August 17, 2012 at 8:01 pmChips and chocolate cokes….two things I love just not together
Debbie
August 18, 2012 at 1:38 pmThey sound so good. Yummy!!
linda o.
August 19, 2012 at 3:46 amwould love to try Beanitos!
Justin C.
August 19, 2012 at 11:55 amNeed to get rid of empty calories and replace with something of nutritional value!
Julie Trani
August 19, 2012 at 2:41 pmpotato chips are my weakness
Shannon Chojnicki
August 19, 2012 at 2:54 pmTrying to limit the bad potato chips!
laura harris
August 19, 2012 at 9:48 pmsalty chips or crackers
Brooke M.
August 22, 2012 at 5:39 amCandy and potato chips
🙂
Paige Kelley
August 22, 2012 at 8:23 pmCandy!
Sharon
August 22, 2012 at 10:20 pmNacho cheese Doritos!
Melissa
August 22, 2012 at 10:34 pmCookies & Candy
Betty
August 22, 2012 at 10:49 pmclassic snacks – brownies, cookies
They just should not be laying around the house enticing people to eat them
Chips are an issue for me made worst if they come with a dip. Very hard to stop taking one more chip
Kristen
August 23, 2012 at 1:28 pmI’m trying to limit overly salted snacks.
LaTanya
August 23, 2012 at 3:58 pmcookies
Betsy Rubendall Barnes
August 23, 2012 at 6:53 pmI have been trying to avoid potato chips for the past month 🙂
Karla Sceviour
August 23, 2012 at 10:50 pmI am trying to limit chocolate..I eat wayy too much of it!
ksceviour at hotmail dot com
Margaret Walker
August 24, 2012 at 4:06 amDiet Coke and potato chips
beth hoppe
August 24, 2012 at 10:45 pmchips
Jenny O
August 25, 2012 at 3:20 amI’m trying to limit ice cream
Sue H.
August 25, 2012 at 3:28 amCheez-Its, Candy bars,muffins and a few others. These look good and healthy which is the best part. Thanks for the yummy giveaway!
Ginger b.
August 25, 2012 at 11:18 amGranola bars. I am trying to hit the produce drawer rather than the pantry.
Lana Bradstream
August 25, 2012 at 1:13 pmChocolate.
Tim
August 25, 2012 at 2:41 pmI don’t restrict my diet at all. Any restrictions are not dietary, but because the price has increased.
jeanne conner
August 25, 2012 at 10:10 pmcandy bars
Ash Johnson
August 25, 2012 at 10:31 pmOreos. If they are in my house they are gone way too soon.
Samantha D
August 25, 2012 at 10:37 pmI have always struggled with soda and sweet things like little cakes or pies. : o
Cori Westphal
August 25, 2012 at 11:12 pmSugary snacks! I have a major sweet tooth and have a really hard time keeping it under control!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
Heather Hayes Panjon
August 25, 2012 at 11:43 pmTrying to cut out sweets !:)
Geet Maha
August 25, 2012 at 11:45 pmpotato chips!!
Jim Moore
August 26, 2012 at 12:03 amLate night munching
Vicki S
August 26, 2012 at 1:44 amCheese!
Denise G
August 26, 2012 at 8:40 amsalty chips, chocoate bars
amy v
August 26, 2012 at 8:43 ami try to limit salty snacks like potato chips!
annae07 at aol dot com
Danielle T
August 26, 2012 at 9:12 amtrying to limit my chex mix addiction lol
Diana Hatch
August 26, 2012 at 10:25 amtrying to limit sugar
Janet Boyanton
August 26, 2012 at 11:43 amCandy!
Debbi H
August 26, 2012 at 12:36 pmI really need to stop eating so many potato chips. These seem like a good substitute. Thanks for the chance!
Virginia Rowell
August 26, 2012 at 12:41 pmI’m trying to limit cookies, I seem to have a lot of cookie monsters in the house!
Carla Garcia
August 26, 2012 at 12:51 pmcandy and chocolate
traci
August 26, 2012 at 1:56 pmI try not take anything out of my diet…its really about portion size to me. I literally portion everything.
Janet F
August 26, 2012 at 2:09 pmI am trying to limit Potato Chips.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Marti Parks
August 26, 2012 at 2:34 pmI try to limit potato chips, but they are sooo good.
Nancy
August 26, 2012 at 4:02 pmWe are trying to limit regular potato chips.
Lagean (Gena)
August 26, 2012 at 5:13 pmI am limiting sugars and salts.
ubrewme@yahoo.com
Gianna
August 26, 2012 at 7:35 pmI’m not really looking to limiting anything, i’m not really into junk.
Gianna
August 26, 2012 at 7:36 pmI’m an email subscriber.
laurie brown
August 26, 2012 at 8:39 pmchips and salsa-love it,but my big butt does not need it!
Becca
August 26, 2012 at 9:05 pmThe unhealthy variety of chips…
natasha
August 26, 2012 at 9:22 pmcookies!
kindra baron
August 26, 2012 at 9:24 pmtrying to limit my chocolate intake!
Maggie Armstrong
August 26, 2012 at 9:49 pmChocolate… I’m an addict!
Sunnie
August 26, 2012 at 10:31 pmI need to drink more water and less soda.
desiree
August 26, 2012 at 11:16 pmim still trying to lose weght and then the chip and ice cream so i need somthing that wont bother the sugars
deis the bonde at msndot com
Diana C
August 26, 2012 at 11:27 pmTrying to limit and actually limiting are two different things in world, unfortunately…
McKenzie McClanahan
August 26, 2012 at 11:56 pmI am trying to avoid ice cream!