Kettle Krinkle Sweet Chilli and Sour Cream Ridged Potato Chips, 130g

Kettle Krinkle is the ridged range from Kettle: thick, deep ridged chips hand cooked in Norfolk. Sweet Chilli and Sour Cream puts a sweet chilli heat and a cool, creamy dip on the same chip. This is the 130g sharing bag, which the label suggests serves five. The full product name on the pack is hand cooked ridge cut potato chips with sweet chilli and sour cream seasoning, and the pack names Kettle Foods Ltd as the maker.

The ingredients

According to the published pack listing, the chips are made from select potatoes, vegetable oils (rapeseed and sunflower, in varying proportions) and a sweet chilli and sour cream seasoning of sugar, dried skimmed milk, dried yoghurt (milk), rice flour, dried sour cream (milk), dried yeast extract, dried onion, sea salt, dried chilli, ground paprika, dried red pepper, citric acid, natural flavouring, dried garlic, dried lemon juice, chilli extract and paprika extract.

Sweet chilli

Sugar leads the seasoning, and dried chilli, chilli extract, paprika and red pepper give the sweet chilli sauce side, with garlic and lemon juice for a fresh edge.

Sour cream

Dried skimmed milk, dried yoghurt and dried sour cream give the creamy, tangy side, and citric acid sharpens the sourness. Real dairy, three ways, is why milk is the allergen to note.

How hot is it

Dried chilli and chilli extract bring a real, building warmth, and the sugar and dairy round it off. Expect a sweet heat rather than a burn.

Onion, garlic and yeast extract

Dried onion, dried garlic and dried yeast extract give the seasoning a savoury base under the sweet and creamy sides. Yeast extract is naturally rich in glutamates, worth knowing for anyone who avoids them altogether.

Hand cooked and ridged

The pack says the chips are hand cooked in Norfolk. Hand cooking in batches gives a harder, crunchier chip than continuous frying, and the deep ridges hold the seasoning and make each chip thicker and sturdier.

British potatoes

The pack says the chips are made from British potatoes, listed as select potatoes.

Absolutely nothing artificial

The pack says absolutely nothing artificial: the flavouring is natural, and the colour is paprika extract.

Numbers per 100g

The label gives 510 kcal (2129 kJ), 28g of fat, 2.9g of saturates, 54.8g of carbohydrate, 3.9g of sugars, 4.6g of fibre, 7.3g of protein and 0.38g of salt per 100g. The listing gives no serving size, so the figures on this page are per 100g; the pack suggests five servings.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 28g is red, as it is for fried crisps generally. Saturates at 2.9g are amber. Sugars at 3.9g are green. Salt at 0.38g is amber, only just over the 0.3g line.

Allergens and diet

The published ingredients highlight milk, in the dried skimmed milk, dried yoghurt and dried sour cream. The published listing gives no may contain advice. The pack says the chips are suitable for vegetarians and gluten free; they are not vegan, because of the milk. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Protein

The dairy in the seasoning helps give this bag 7.3g of protein per 100g, more than the Lightly Salted and the Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar Krinkle bags, at 5.9g and 5.4g.

Rice flour

Rice flour carries the seasoning so it spreads evenly over each chip, and it contains no gluten, which is how the pack can carry its gluten free claim.

The pack

The red bag carries the Kettle Krinkle name in white over a ridged chip, a sketch of a red chilli and a spoon of sour cream, and the words hand cooked in Norfolk.

The Kettle Krinkle range

Kettle Krinkle is the ridged range from Kettle. The bags we stock are Lightly Salted, Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar of Modena and Sweet Chilli and Sour Cream, all 130g, all hand cooked in Norfolk, and all with 0.35g to 0.38g of salt per 100g.

A sharing bag

At 130g, the bag is made for sharing. Tip a handful into a bowl rather than eating from the bag, and clip it shut between servings.

Who it suits

A sweet, creamy chilli chip suits anyone who likes a little heat with a cool finish, and the gluten free claim suits a coeliac guest. It is not suitable for anyone avoiding milk.

Serving the bag

Sweet chilli and sour cream goes with a burger, a Mexican spread of nachos and guacamole, or a cold lager.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the ridged chips make a sweet chilli crumb for chicken or the top of a nacho bake.

Storage and packaging

The pack advises a cool, dry place away from bright light. The published recycling guidance says the whole packaging can be recycled with carrier bags at large supermarkets and should not go in home recycling.

Other Kettle Krinkle

In the same 130g bag we stock Kettle Krinkle Lightly Salted and Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar of Modena.

Other 130g packs of Kettle Krinkle we stock

Figures as published on each pack's label.

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.