A & J's Lasagna Chips, The Perfect Marriage Garlic & Oregano Flavor, 5-Ounce Bags (Pack of 12)

by A & J's Lasagna Chips

Product Features

• Case of 12 5-ounce packages of chips (total of 60 ounces)
• Gourmet pasta chips made with unbleached semolina flour, garlic, and oregano
• All-natural, kosher snack; no trans fats or cholesterol
• Great with soups, salads, dips, and spreads
• Crisp and naturally delicious; produced in the United States

Product Description

About the Brand

When A&J's Lasagna Chips' founder, nutritionist and nurse Elaine Katz, received a call from school nurses that her 5-year-old Jared was hyperactive, it was cause for great distress. At the time, some 30 years ago, the term ADD wasn’t loosely thrown around as a common explanation for children’s excited behavior. "It was a big stigma then," Elaine said. Elaine explored natural diets as a means to help her son. Not wanting to take the easy way out through medicine, she sought the help of Dr. Feingold, inventor of the Feingold Diet, which calls for no artificial preservatives or additives in food products. She soon discovered that preservatives such as BHA and BHT found in most snacks would cause her son to bounce off the wall.

All-natural supermarkets were non-existent at the time, so finding all-natural snacks was a challenge. This prompted Elaine to create her own snack--a chip made from fresh sheets of lasagna. Using unbleached semolina flour, specially seasoned and cooked, she produced the only all-natural pasta chip with no artificial ingredients, no cholesterol, and 50% less fat than other leading snack chips. Despite the healthy ingredients, this snack became a huge hit among Jared’s classmates, selling for 10 cents a chip at bake sales and becoming the most popular snack at friends’ parties. Parents loved this new snack, too.

In the early '90s, while living on Long Island, Elaine tried turning her invention into a business. She began making samples out of her garage and received positive response from people tasting it. But, the demands of motherhood proved to be too great to juggle a business as well. It was her now-adult son Jared who recently turned his mother’s old venture into a reality.

Product Description

50% Less fat then other leading snack chips. Low sodium. Lainie's original since 1988. Our Lainie's Original is popular for its characteristic flavor of Garlic and Oregano used to accent our Lasagna Chip. Oregano in Greek means joy of the mountain but oregano is most certainly a joy in A&J's kitchen as well. This herb first gained popularity in the United States after WWII ended and soldiers returned from Europe with a taste for Mediterranean cooking. What better way to enjoy the two - garlic and oregano - than on a savory delicious Lasagna Chip! A mother in search of an all-natural snack food created Lasagna Chips. It was such a hit at home that Mom just had to share it with the rest of you. There are no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, and no preservatives! Only all natural wholesome ingredients are to be found here.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000FAKOAQ
• UPC: 829900000091
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,784 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lesson Learned, February 15, 2007

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TODD N. LEVECK (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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Be very careful when you buy food on the Internet...

I bought this based on the description provided by manufacturer, and I can honestly say that these are the worst chips I've ever eaten. I bought them because I like the seasonings that these chips feature, and I am a salty-snack junkie. The chips are quite stiff and heavy, and a single serving is so dense that you only get about 7 chips before you reach the one-ounce standard serving. The texture is a stale-hard crunchy combination similar to that of uncooked pasta. I have 10 bags of these only because I'm cheap and I can't bear to throw them away. In the meantime, they will wait in my basement for the day when there's nothing left to eat but bottled water, MRE's, and the family pets.

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like the description or picture!, March 9, 2008

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Unkamengifts (Livingston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This product is nothing like the description! The chips are naked! No seasoning, not even much in the bottom in the bag that might have once been on the chips! Imagine eating plain, uncooked pasta. This is only slightly better. I contacted the manufacturer about their misleading advertising and they told me that their product is suppose to be lightly seasoned.

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved them., November 3, 2007

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Annmignon Terranova "Miminski" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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I loved the idea of something other than potatos or corn as a chip. I've tried all 3 flavors of these and this is my favorite. I loved them. They are thick, like pasta which has been made into chips. I have enjoyed these the most because of the garlic oregano. My second best was the tomato basil. The barbecu was a bit too sweet for me.