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" They might be\u00A0much larger\u00A0and\u00A0more vibrant green than the typical Hass avocado, but Slimcados are getting a bad reputation for being totally\u00A0deceptive. While they&amp;#039;re marketed as offering &amp;quot;triple the dip with half the fat,&amp;quot; these Florida-grown avocados are watery instead of creamy. And avid avocado eaters are pissed.  The low-fat alternative\u2014whose mushy flesh\u00A0apparently produces soupy guacamole with almost no flavor\u2014is\u00A0seeing serious backlash online, with one 22-year-old leading the outcry under\u00A0the Twitter handle @Slimcados, an\u00A0account self-described\u00A0as an &amp;quot;avocado support group and Slimcado hate group.&amp;quot;\u00A0\u00A0      hass or get out \u2014 Avocados Anonymous\u2122 (@SLIMCADOS) June 5, 2016    But the Slimcado is not a new creation. Trademarked by Brooks Tropicals LLC, the &amp;quot;skinny&amp;quot; avocado has been around since 2003. And the company has been dealing with harsh criticism ever since. &amp;quot;&amp;quot;I get a lot of people from California absolutely emailing me and calling me saying, &amp;#039;What the heck are you doing?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;\u00A0Mary Ostlund, a Brooks Tropicals\u00A0spokeswoman, told the\u00A0Wall Street Journal.\u00A0  Here&amp;#039;s a little more about the lesser-known avocado:\u00A0  It can weigh up to 3 pounds, which is nearly six times the size of a traditional\u00A0Hass avocado. It contains half the fat and 35 percent fewer calories than a Hass avocado.\u00A0 It&amp;#039;s desperately trying to compete with the California Hass, which makes up 95 percent of the U.S. market and 80 percent\u00A0of the global market. It offers a subtle tropical flavor similar to papaya.\u00A0 Surprisingly, many Florida natives grew up eating them. It is more\u00A0fibrous, contains much more water (which some describe as &amp;quot;slimy&amp;quot;). It will seriously\u00A0leech\u00A0water once you salt it.  Last year,\u00A0Cooking Light\u00A0editors took a critical look at the nutritional values of both iterations. Their findings were\u00A0quite surprising:\u00A0230 grams of\u00A0\u00A0Slimcado\u00A0has 276 calories and 23.1g fat while the same amount of\u00A0Hass avocado has 368 calories and 33.7g fat. So how much are you really\u00A0saving here?\u00A0At Delish, we&amp;#039;re obviously not ones to sacrifice flavor to cut a few cals.\u00A0 Follow Delish on Instagram. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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