McCoys are good (thick, rippled), except that I only really like plain salted crisps and they’re impossible to find - apart from in multi packs with other flavours.
I quite like the tesco finest crinkle cut ready salted.
150g bag for £1.25 or so.
The only downside is, the flavour varies (I think it’s the freshness of the oil for that batch).
@GreatAlbatross@tiramichu plenty of UK crisps (including Kettle, established in here somewhere - based in Norfolk, owned in Europe). Corkers, Pipers, Tyrrells, Two Farmers come to mind. Don’t think any of them are owned internationally? I come from potato country - so many crisp factories round here!
@Skua@Blaze@tiramichu@GreatAlbatross If you really want to do a deep dive, it looks like you can tell from the packaging. If it says ‘Kettle Brand’ it’s American. If it says ‘Hand cooked potato chips: Kettle’ it’s British. If it says ‘Kettle: hand cooked potato chips’ it’s Dutch.
Tyrell’s are good.
They’re owned by KP Snacks, a UK based company, who also make:
(Images from https://www.kpsnacks.com/our-brands, arranged in gimp)
I confess I have a secret love for pom bears, despite my age being long out of the single digits XD
Two pom bears eaten at once is just the perfect level of salt. They’re almost a perfect crisp – and who doesn’t love little bears??
They’re just so good. I can’t be mad at potatoes, fat, and salt in any combination.
You beat me to it!
KP make amazing snacks.
These all all S tier snacks too.
I’ve never hear of any of these except pom-bear, which would make me buy any of the other brands lol
I love pom-bears, but love Lidl’s Teddy’s Hit even more.
Unfortunately, I’ve never seen them for sale in the UK.
Space Raiders til I die, best crisp out there 🫡
Space Raiders saved my life.
McCoys are good (thick, rippled), except that I only really like plain salted crisps and they’re impossible to find - apart from in multi packs with other flavours.
I quite like the tesco finest crinkle cut ready salted.
150g bag for £1.25 or so. The only downside is, the flavour varies (I think it’s the freshness of the oil for that batch).
@GreatAlbatross @tiramichu plenty of UK crisps (including Kettle, established in here somewhere - based in Norfolk, owned in Europe). Corkers, Pipers, Tyrrells, Two Farmers come to mind. Don’t think any of them are owned internationally? I come from potato country - so many crisp factories round here!
Kettle chips are made in the UK, but the company is American and also owned by Campbell’s (of soup fame)
Edit: Campbell’s actually sold the European branch of Kettle to Dutch Valeo in 2019 https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/press-releases/campbell-completes-sale-of-european-chips-business-to-valeo-foods/
@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross Kettle Foods Inc and Kettle Foods Ltd are different companies. Kettle Foods Ltd is owned by Valeo Foods https://www.valeofoodsgroup.com/
@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross NB there is also an EU Kettle Chips based in the Netherlands - they seem to be part of Kettle Foods Ltd: https://kettlechips.eu/
@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross If you really want to do a deep dive, it looks like you can tell from the packaging. If it says ‘Kettle Brand’ it’s American. If it says ‘Hand cooked potato chips: Kettle’ it’s British. If it says ‘Kettle: hand cooked potato chips’ it’s Dutch.
The branding is identical. Did Valeo buy the UK branch or something?
@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross Honestly couldn’t tell you. But the UK company can’t spell Oregon so they can’t work that closely together… https://kettlechips.co.uk/pages/about
https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/press-releases/campbell-completes-sale-of-european-chips-business-to-valeo-foods/ it did! Including the European and Middle Eastern parts too, not just the UK parts
That spelling thing is hilarious