Croccante - San Carlo

San Carlo is going big presenting huge potatoes with a crinkle cut in his Croccante edition. 

We remark the beauty of a big and thick slice of potato, elegantly ondulated, as it can't be otherwise for a product coming from the fashion capital Milano. And as long as the potato chip is, it crunches from the begining till the end. We found the chips slightly dry,  perhaps due to the oil mix or proportion (palm and sunflower oil).

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	11.5 cm long
and has a thickness of	3.3 mm *
Crunchiness:	91 dB
Other features:	Big size potato slices, thick but light.
Origin:
Country, region	Italy, Milan
We got them from	a glamper in Italy.
Price / gram	1.99 € / 180 g
On-line:	www.sancarlo.com

* Thickness measured between top of the wave and bottom of the valley in the biggest chip we found.

Inside a bag of Croccante by San Carlo

Kessel Chips Sea Salt - funny frisch

The german brand funny-frisch surprised us with a new version of their "cauldron cooked" potato chips: Kessel Chips Sea Salt.


The best quality German potatoes are washed with their skin on and then cut in flat thick slices. A long, slow and gentle baking process with abundant sunflower oil provides the corpulent chips with a particular hardness and excellent crunch. Many bent-overs mulitply the rotund crunchiness impression. Regarding the flavour, it's authentic but only until the, in our view, excessive salt amount bungles it, as already happenned with other funny-frisch reviews in the past.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	8.0 cm long
and has a thickness of	1.21 mm
Crunchiness:	92 dB
Other features:	Salty flat potato slices, thick and brittle.
Origin:
Country, region	Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia
We got them from	Hit supermarket
Price / gram	0.99 € / 120 g
On-line:	www.funny-frisch.de

Inside a bag of Kessel Chips Sea Salt by funny-frisch

Alfredo's salt - Amica chips

Alfredo's is the new gourmet series of the Italian potato chips manufacturer Amica chips (more Amica reviews here).

Medium size Italian potatoes are washed, cut flat and pretty thick. After being baked in sunflower oil a few salt grains are added (1.3%).

The whole process results in hard chunky chips with a loud crunch well balanced by the amount of salt used. 
"Al punto", as the chef Alfredo orders.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	7.1 cm long
and has a thickness of	1.61 mm
Crunchiness:	91 dB
Other features:	Medium size potato slices, thick, hard and brittle.
Origin:
Country, region	Italy, Mantua
We got them from	Kempten (Germany)
Price / gram	1.99 € / 150 g
On-line:	www.amicachips.it

Inside a bag of Alfredo's potato chips

Patatas Fritas en Aceite de Oliva Sabores del Mediterráneo - Vicente Vidal

We were surprised receiving another potato crisps bag by Vicente Vidal, this time from a "Sabores del Mediterraneo" edition, traditionally baked in 100% olive oil. 

These potato chips are carefully selected and bought directly to farmers from the Iberian peninsula. Once washed they are sliced flat and baked in the same way it's been done since 1931.  A pinch of salt is added at the end. We notice a soft crunch and a vegetable flavor that turns into a bitter sensation after a few seconds. For some it might be an unpleasant feeling similar to eating a rancid product. However such a bitterness might also be due to the presence of polyphenols in the olive oil. It can also be due to the above-the-average-content of olive oil in weight (38%) in the product.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	7.5 cm long
and has a thickness of	1.18 mm
Crunchiness:	80 dB
Other features:	Medium to big size potato slices, partly peeled and baked in abundant olive oil.
Origin:
Country, region	Spain, Navarre
We got them from	A local shop in Munich promoting Spanish specialties.
Price / gram	1.99 € / 150 g
On-line:	papasvidal.es/en/

Inside a bag of Patatas Fritas en Aceite de Oliva, Sabores Mediterraneo by Vicente Vidal

Marinas Flor de Sal d'Es Trenc - Vicente Vidal

Today we taste another of the Marina's collection product: Extra crunchy Mediterranean crisps with salt flower from Es Trenc. 

The salt from Es Trenc is a finest-quality sea salt harvested by hand and following a delicate process in which nothing is added or taken away. This gift from nature for healthy gourmets is added to today's tested chips in a very precise quantity: 0.6%. Enough to enjoy the taste of the thin and curled potato chips, cut flat and fried in sunflower oil (27%) according to a traditional recipe. 

The whole combination tastes to sunlight, summer and cristal clear waters.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	6.6 cm long
and has a thickness of	0.89 mm
Crunchiness:	93 dB
Other features:	Thin, pale yellow with darker roasted edges.
Origin:
Country, region	Spain, Navarre
We got them from	A TK Maxx store
Price / gram	1.99 € / 150 g
On-line:	www.patatasmarinas.com

Inside a bag of Marinas Flor de Sal d'Es Trenc, by Vicente Vidal.