Burts Lightly Sea Salted Crisps, 150g

Burts make thick cut, hand cooked potato chips in small batches in Devon, and Lightly Sea Salted is the plain one: potato, oil and sea salt. This is the 150g sharing bag. The full product name on the pack is hand cooked potato chips with sea salt, and the maker on the label is Burts Snacks Ltd.

Three ingredients

According to the published pack listing, the chips are made from potatoes, rapeseed oil and sea salt. That is the whole list, so what you taste is the potato, the oil and the salt.

Lightly sea salted

The pack says lightly sea salted. The label gives 0.36g of salt per 100g, amber on the front of pack scale, just above the 0.3g line where salt turns green.

Thick cut, small batch

The pack says small batch, thick cut, great crunch. A thick slice fried in small batches gives a hard, crunchy chip with folded, uneven edges, and the listing calls them hand cooked potato chips.

Rapeseed oil

Rapeseed oil is the only oil on the list. The label gives 32.1g of fat per 100g, red on the front of pack scale, and 2.3g of saturates, amber.

Red Tractor potatoes

The listing says the potatoes are Red Tractor certified, the British farm assurance scheme that covers how crops are grown and traced.

Made with sea salt

A line across the top of the pack says made with sea salt, beside a photograph of a breaking wave.

Numbers per 100g

The label gives 539 kcal (2249 kJ), 32.1g of fat, 2.3g of saturates, 53.4g of carbohydrate, 0.5g of sugars, 4.7g of fibre, 6.8g of protein and 0.36g of salt per 100g. The listing gives no serving size, so tip a handful into a bowl rather than eating from the bag.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 32.1g is red. Saturates at 2.3g are amber. Sugars at 0.5g are green. Salt at 0.36g is amber.

Salt

At 0.36g of salt per 100g, this is the least salty of the two Burts we stock, against 0.66g in the Devon Roast Beef.

Carbohydrate and fibre

The label gives 53.4g of carbohydrate per 100g, with 0.5g of sugars; the rest is starch from the potato. Fibre is 4.7g and protein 6.8g per 100g.

Sea salt

Sea salt is the only seasoning, the third and last ingredient on the list.

Made in Devon

The pack says the chips are made in Devon, and the front calls them hand cooked British potato chips.

Why thick cut

A thick slice holds more potato under the crunch, so a plain chip tastes of potato rather than of salt or seasoning.

Fat and energy

The label gives 539 kcal and 32.1g of fat per 100g, against 500 kcal and 26.3g in the Burts Devon Roast Beef.

Vegan and gluten free

With only potatoes, rapeseed oil and sea salt on the list, the pack says the chips are suitable for vegans and gluten free.

Allergens and diet

No allergens from the UK list of 14 are on the published ingredient list, and the published listing gives no may contain advice. The pack says the chips are suitable for vegetarians and vegans and gluten free. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

No artificial flavours

The pack says Burts never use artificial flavours, colours or added MSG, and with three ingredients there is nothing else on the list.

Keeping them crisp

The listing says the chips are packaged in a protective atmosphere, and advises a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.

Recycled plastic

A green flash on the pack says the bag is made with 55% recycled plastic. The published recycling guidance says the whole packaging can be recycled with carrier bags at large supermarkets and should not go in home recycling.

A chip for dips

A thick, plain, lightly salted chip is the one for a dip: it holds its shape in a thick soured cream, a hummus or a guacamole, and the salt does not fight the dip.

The pack

The navy bag carries a photograph of a breaking wave, the line made with sea salt, the green recycled plastic flash, a blue small batch roundel, the white Burts name above a rope knot, the words lightly sea salted in large blue letters and the line hand cooked British potato chips.

Who it suits

A plain, thick, crunchy chip suits anyone who likes the taste of potato and a gentle salting, and the vegan and gluten free statements suit most tables.

Serving ideas

Serve the chips with a soured cream and chive dip, a hummus or a glass of cold white wine.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the chips make a plain, crunchy crumb for fish or chicken, or a topping for a macaroni cheese.

In a sandwich

A plain, thick chip is the classic crisp sandwich filling: white bread, butter and a handful of chips.

With drinks

A plain, thick chip goes with almost anything: a cold beer, a gin and tonic or a glass of fizz.

At a party

Tip the bag into a bowl beside a flavoured crisp and a dip, so guests have a plain choice.

Other Burts

In the same 150g bag we stock Burts Devon Roast Beef.

The published listing gives the United Kingdom as the country of origin. The tasting notes on this page are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.