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They might be much larger and more vibrant green than the typical Hass avocado, but Slimcados are getting a bad reputation for being totally deceptive. While they're marketed as offering "triple the dip with half the fat," these Florida-grown avocados are watery instead of creamy. And avid avocado eaters are pissed.
The low-fat alternative—whose mushy flesh apparently produces soupy guacamole with almost no flavor—is seeing serious backlash online, with one 22-year-old leading the outcry under the Twitter handle @Slimcados, an account self-described as an "avocado support group and Slimcado hate group."
But the Slimcado is not a new creation. Trademarked by Brooks Tropicals LLC, the "skinny" avocado has been around since 2003. And the company has been dealing with harsh criticism ever since. ""I get a lot of people from California absolutely emailing me and calling me saying, 'What the heck are you doing?'" Mary Ostlund, a Brooks Tropicals spokeswoman, told the Wall Street Journal.
Here's a little more about the lesser-known avocado:
- It can weigh up to 3 pounds, which is nearly six times the size of a traditional Hass avocado.
- It contains half the fat and 35 percent fewer calories than a Hass avocado.
- It's desperately trying to compete with the California Hass, which makes up 95 percent of the U.S. market and 80 percent of the global market.
- It offers a subtle tropical flavor similar to papaya.
- Surprisingly, many Florida natives grew up eating them.
- It is more fibrous, contains much more water (which some describe as "slimy").
- It will seriously leech water once you salt it.
Last year, Cooking Light editors took a critical look at the nutritional values of both iterations. Their findings were quite surprising: 230 grams of Slimcado has 276 calories and 23.1g fat while the same amount of Hass avocado has 368 calories and 33.7g fat. So how much are you really saving here? At Delish, we're obviously not ones to sacrifice flavor to cut a few cals.
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