Showing posts with label natural. Show all posts
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1 Apr 2014

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:


15 Mar 2014

Sunland Farm - Kelly's

The first review from Austria goes to the Sunland Farm Naturally Salted Chips, from Kelly's. 


It passed our review with honours. We had to read again and again at the ingredients list behind the bag to confirm that the excellent potato flavour of these chips is really authentic: no added flavours. 


Each chip has consistency and is crunchy hard: is it due to the Saratoga Springs original recipe? First, unpeeled Austrian potatoes go on a salty bath. Afterwards the chips are cooked on sunflower oil. Of course, the salt comes also from the Austrian Alps.

Special mention to another very well packed product: the Kelly's Airpack keeps the chips fresh and unbroken. 

Features:

The biggest potato crisps is
7.5 cm long
and has a thickness of
1.14 mm
Crunchiness:
104 dB
Other features:
Unpeeled potatoes
Origin:

Country, region
Austria, Salzburg
We got them from
Spar supermarket
Price / gram
1.69 € / 100 g
On-line:
www.kellys.eu
Inside a Sunland Farm's bag