British Crisps 1: Kettle Chips Sweet potato Sweet chilli crisps.

There is a fact you should know about me: I ADORE crisps.  There are pretty few that I will not devour in seconds. I kept thinking that I would do a post about my favourite crisps so my American friends could have a look and compare our Crisps/Chips as I often feel that Britain has an amazing selection of crisps and I would like to share my appreciation.

I also thought it would be a great opportunity to stuff myself with crisps share these with any friends from elsewhere!

The first crisps I am going to share are a new variety of Kettle Chips.  Kettle Chips are a posh brand of crips in the UK.  They are hand baked and cooked in small batches. They don't use any addictive nasties like MSG, artificial flavours or colours and they use good potatoes.

I was drawn to these because I always like to kid myself that a crisp made from a bonafide vegetable like a sweet potato might be healthier for me than a regular potato crisp. Apparently, these have 50% less fat than regular potato crisps, although I'm not sure if they are talking about THEIR potato crisps or other brands.

So what did I think of them?

Firstly, they have an excellent, generous amount of sweet chilli seasoning on them. They are very crisp but I didn't get crisp-blisters (you know, when you bite enthusiastically and they scratch the top of your mouth).  The flavour is very strong and intense in a good way. You can taste the sweet potato, is as you expect, sweeter.

The ingredients are:

Sweet potatoes, sweet chilli seasoning (consisting of Sugar, dried onions, Yeast extract, Sea salt, dried soy sauce, ground chilli, ground fennel, ground cardamon, dried redpeppers, dried garlic, dried parsley,dried lemon juice, lemon oil), Sunflower oil.

If you are disciplined enough only to eat a 20g serving, they contain:

Energy: 344 kJ, 82 kcal

2.7g fat or which 0.4g is Saturates

6.8g sugar

0.24g salt

I'm not sure I am THAT disciplined!! That's quite a lot of sugar though, which isn't ideal although the other quantities aren't too bad.

In conclusion, they are a very tasty alternative to a regular crisp. The flavour is excellent if you like your crisps saturated in flavours (which I do).

I bought these in Waitrose 2 packets for £4 on special offer.  A tasty indulgence occasionally, methinks.

Have you tried them?  If you are not of this country,what do you think? Do you have these in your kingdom?

Are you a crispoholic! Thinking of making myself a badge saying that!

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