Xips de verdures - Ve de gust

Today we bring you potatoes of the sweet type. Together with extremely thin slices of yucca, beetroot and platain that complement eachother very well. All are cut flat and carefully fried in sunflower oil. The ensemble provides a crunchy symphony and subtle flavour mix in our palates. Sweet and salty never went along so well. The package transmits purity and luxury.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	4,2 cm long
and has a thickness of	? mm
Crunchiness:	95 dB
Other features:	Very thinly sliced sweet potatoes with yucca, beetroot and platain.
Origin:
Country, region	Spain, Catalonia
We got them from	a butcher in Mataró.
Price / gram	4,50 € / 130 g
On-line:	http://www.xipsvedegust.com

Inside a bag of Xips de Verdures of Ve de Gust.

Chipsy salt - ملح شيبسى

The Chipsy salted (Chipsy mihl) are produced with medium size fresh potatoes from Egypt. Since 1961, Egypt's irrigated potato production from the Nile delta has been increasing until Egypt became Africa's number 1 potato producer in 2007.

Chipsy in Egypt, as for Walkers in the UK, belongs to Lay's, a PepsiCo owned company since 1965.

Very well peeled - no skin traces - the potatoes are sliced flat and thin. Then each chip is baked in (unspecified) vegetable oil and generously salted.

An intense flavour arises from the interior of the bag at opening. The potato chips are of a light yellow uniform colour, almost translucent, and have a subtle crunch, as expected due to its fineness.

A splendid choice to enjoy on any of the fantastic Egyptian spots on both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	6.6 cm long
and has a thickness of	1.10 mm
Crunchiness:	90 dB
Other features:	Flat cut, light yellow colour.
Origin:
Country, region	Egypt, Cairo
We got them from	A lovely family from Cairo and Alexandria.
Price / gram	? £ /93-103 g
On-line:	http://chipsyegypt.sarmady.net/

Inside a bag of Chipsy salt

Patatas Fritas Artesanas Papá Daniel - La Santamaría

Made with Spanish potatoes, these crisps are fried with sunflower oil on a pan. This frying method is probably the reason for such a crisps’ varieties of tonalities and shapes. Each chip is unique and all taste authentic. The brown paper bag gives a rustical impression to the product. Inside the paper bag we find two transparent plastic bags of 150g each. Once the bag is open the flavour transports us to a typical Spanish frying stall (“churrería”). Perfectly oiled and salted, these potatoes are a successful pick for any occasion.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	9.2 cm long
and has a thickness of	1.27 mm
Crunchiness:	103 dB
Other features:	Flat cut. Yellow colour with a huge gradient: from brown to pale yellow. Very diverse shapes and curls.
Origin:
Country, region	Spain, Pinto (Madrid)
We got them from	Käfer shop at Schrannenhalle, Munich (Germany)
Price / gram	3,40 € / 300 g (2x150g)
On-line:	http://www.productoslasantamaria.es/productos

Inside a bag of Papá Daniel chips

Artesancis - Lay's

Crisps&Critics was travelling when stumbled on these chips. Despite not having all the instruments to fill in the feature table, we felt these crisps were worth a review.

We got these potato crisps from a refrigerated vending machine. The chips were cold and they provided us with an unknown experience eating fresh chips under the Spanish sun. The flavour coming from the bag is very good and authentic, probably due to the chips being fried in olive oil (according to the Spanish labeling, in the Portuguese translation the oil type is not specified). One drawback: when chewing the potatoes it all felt like a floury mass. Still, their flavour, one of the best potato flavour tested so far. 

By the way, don’t let Lay’s marketing department fool you today (April 1st): The product name is “Artesancis” and not “Artesanas" or "Artesanais” (Spanish and Portuguese for "manually cooked") as Lay’s would like us to read from the packaging and their internet link. There’s some controversy around the net on (this and other) deceptive marketing techniques if you want to know more...

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	6 cm long
and has a thickness of	not available
Crunchiness:	not available
Other features:	Flat cut. Weird labeling.
Origin:
Country, region	Spain
We got them from	Vending machine
Price / gram	1 € / 40 g
On-line:	http://www.lays.es/productos/lays-artesanas/