Eat Real Mixed Variety Crisps, 5 x 19.6g

Eat Real makes chips from pulses and grains rather than sliced potato, and this box puts three of its lines together: Hummus Chips, Lentil Chips and Quinoa Chips. There are five bags: one Hummus Chips in tomato and basil, two Lentil Chips seasoned with salt and two Quinoa Chips in sour cream and chive, 98g in all. The bags are different sizes, so each flavour has its own nutrition table.

What is in the box

According to the published pack listing, the box holds 1 bag of Hummus Chips (22g), 2 bags of Lentil Chips (18g each) and 2 bags of Quinoa Chips (20g each). That makes five bags and 98g.

Hummus Chips, tomato and basil

The hummus chips are made from chickpea flour (25%), potato starch, rice flour, rapeseed oil, a tomato and basil seasoning, maize flour, potassium chloride and salt. The seasoning lists rice flour, dextrose, sugar, tomato powder, yeast extract powder, onion powder, salt, basil and parsley, garlic powder, citric acid, natural flavouring, cayenne pepper and paprika extract.

Lentil Chips, salted

The lentil chips have the shortest list in the box: lentil flour (43%), potato starch, rapeseed oil, maize flour and salt.

Quinoa Chips, sour cream and chive

The quinoa chips are made from quinoa flour (21%), maize flour, rapeseed oil, rice flour, a sour cream and chive seasoning, maize starch, lentil flour, pea flour, sugar and salt. The seasoning lists rice flour, onion powder, yeast extract powder, salt, natural flavouring, garlic powder, sugar, chives and citric acid.

Sour cream without dairy

The sour cream and chive seasoning names no milk, cream or whey: onion, chives, yeast extract and a little citric acid give the soured, oniony taste. That is why the whole box can be suitable for vegans.

Chickpeas, lentils and quinoa

Chickpeas and lentils are pulses, the dried seeds of plants in the pea family, and quinoa is the seed of a plant related to spinach. Ground into flour and mixed with potato starch or maize, they make light, crunchy chips.

Numbers for the hummus bag

For the 22g hummus bag the label gives 99 kcal (416 kJ), 3.6g of fat, 14g of carbohydrate, 0.5g of sugars, 0.8g of fibre and 2g of protein. Per 100g it gives 450 kcal (1891 kJ), 16.5g of fat, 1.4g of saturates, 65g of carbohydrate, 2.4g of sugars, 3.7g of fibre, 9g of protein and 1.1g of salt.

Numbers for a lentil bag

For an 18g lentil bag the label gives 82 kcal (344 kJ), 3.2g of fat, 11g of carbohydrate, 0.8g of fibre and 2.4g of protein. Per 100g it gives 456 kcal (1913 kJ), 18g of fat, 1.5g of saturates, 59g of carbohydrate, 0.7g of sugars, 4.4g of fibre, 13g of protein and 2.2g of salt.

Numbers for a quinoa bag

For a 20g quinoa bag the label gives 90 kcal (378 kJ), 3.4g of fat, 13g of carbohydrate, 0.6g of sugars, 0.6g of fibre and 1.7g of protein. Per 100g it gives 450 kcal (1890 kJ), 17g of fat, 1.6g of saturates, 65g of carbohydrate, 3.1g of sugars, 3g of fibre, 8.5g of protein and 1.7g of salt.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, the hummus chips are amber for fat and salt and green for saturates and sugars. The lentil chips are red for fat and salt and green for saturates and sugars. The quinoa chips are amber for fat and saturates, red for salt and green for sugars.

Salt, flavour by flavour

Salt differs across the box: 1.1g per 100g for the hummus chips, 1.7g for the quinoa chips and 2.2g for the lentil chips. The label marks the salt in each small bag as less than 0.5g.

The same lentil chips as the lentil multipack

The lentil bags in this box carry the same table as our Eat Real Salted Lentil Chips multipack of five 18g bags: 456 kcal and 2.2g of salt per 100g.

Allergens and diet

No allergen is named in the published ingredients. The pack's allergy advice says the chips may contain celery and soya. The pack says they are suitable for vegans and gluten free, and carries a kosher certification from the London Beth Din. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Potassium chloride

Potassium chloride is in the hummus chips beside the salt. It tastes salty but contains no sodium, and the salt figure on a UK label is worked out from sodium.

No artificial ingredients

The pack says there are no artificial ingredients, and the colour in the tomato and basil seasoning is paprika extract.

A lunchbox week

Five bags cover a school or working week, with a change of flavour most days: hummus on Monday, lentil and quinoa for the rest.

Who it suits

The box suits vegans, anyone avoiding gluten or milk, and anyone who wants to try pulse and grain chips before buying a sharing bag of one flavour. Anyone who must avoid celery or soya should read the pack.

With dips

The lentil and hummus chips go with a houmous or a tomato salsa, and the quinoa chips with a garlic and herb dip.

In a lunchbox

A bag of lentil chips beside a falafel wrap and a pot of cherry tomatoes makes a plant based lunch.

Storage

The listing advises a cool, dry place.

Other Eat Real snacks

We also stock Eat Real Salted Lentil Chips in a 95g sharing bag and a five bag multipack, Chilli and Lemon Lentil Chips, Sea Salt Multiseed Tortillas and two flavours of Veggie Straws.

The tasting notes on this page are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.