Marmite Crisps, 6 x 25g

Marmite Crisps are potato crisps with the dark, salty, savoury taste of the yeast extract spread. This is the multipack of six 25g bags, 150g in all, and the pack gives figures for each bag. The full product name on the pack is yeast extract flavour potato crisps, and the maker on the label is Tayto Group Ltd.

The ingredients

According to the published pack listing, the crisps are made from potatoes, vegetable oils (rapeseed and sunflower, in varying proportions) and a Marmite flavour seasoning of yeast extract, rice flour, maltodextrin, salt, sugar, citric acid, onion powder, garlic powder, flavouring, Marmite powder (yeast extracts, salt, vegetable juice concentrate, vitamins and flavouring, with barley, oats, rye, wheat and celery) and celery seed extract (celery).

Yeast extract twice

Yeast extract leads the seasoning, and Marmite powder, the spread in dried form, adds more. The result is the dark, salty, savoury tang of Marmite on toast, on a potato crisp.

Marmite powder

Marmite powder is made from yeast extracts, salt, vegetable juice concentrate, vitamins and flavouring. The yeast extract in Marmite comes from brewers' yeast, and the list names barley, oats, rye, wheat and celery with the powder.

Celery

Celery appears twice, in the Marmite powder and as celery seed extract. Celery is one of the 14 allergens under UK rules, so anyone with a celery allergy should avoid these crisps.

Rice flour and maltodextrin

Rice flour and maltodextrin carry the seasoning so it spreads evenly over each crisp.

Onion, garlic and citric acid

Onion powder and garlic powder give a savoury base under the yeast extract, and citric acid adds a light tang.

Glutamates

Yeast extract is naturally rich in glutamates, worth knowing for anyone who avoids them altogether; there is no added MSG on the list.

Vegan

The pack says the crisps are 100% vegan and suitable for vegans: there is no milk or other animal ingredient on the list, unlike the Marmite puffs, which carry cheese.

Rapeseed and sunflower oil

The listing says the crisps are fried in rapeseed and sunflower oils, in varying proportions. The label gives 29.2g of fat per 100g, red on the front of pack scale, and 2.7g of saturates, amber.

Numbers for one bag

The pack gives 129 kcal (536 kJ), 7.3g of fat, 0.7g of saturates, 13.5g of carbohydrate, 0.3g of sugars, 1g of fibre, 1.7g of protein and 0.32g of salt for each 25g bag. That is about 6% of an average adult's daily energy reference intake, 10% of the fat and 5% of the salt.

Numbers per 100g

Per 100g the label gives 514 kcal (2145 kJ), 29.2g of fat, 2.7g of saturates, 54.1g of carbohydrate, 1.3g of sugars, 3.8g of fibre, 6.9g of protein and 1.29g of salt.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 29.2g is red. Saturates at 2.7g are amber. Sugars at 1.3g are green. Salt at 1.29g is amber.

Salt

The label gives 1.29g of salt per 100g, amber on the front of pack scale; the Marmite puffs carry 1.85g.

Potatoes

Potatoes are the first ingredient, sliced and fried into a classic crisp, with the seasoning on top.

Sugar

A little sugar rounds the yeast extract; the label gives 1.3g of sugars per 100g, green on the front of pack scale.

Carbohydrate and fibre

The label gives 54.1g of carbohydrate per 100g, of which 1.3g are sugars; the rest is starch from the potato. Fibre is 3.8g and protein 6.9g per 100g.

Vitamins

The Marmite powder carries vitamins, as the spread does; the listing does not say which.

Allergens and diet

The published ingredients highlight celery, in the Marmite powder and celery seed extract, and cereals containing gluten, barley, oats, rye and wheat, in the Marmite powder. The published listing gives no may contain advice. The pack says the crisps are suitable for vegans. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Six bags

Six 25g bags make a school week of lunchboxes with one to spare, and the listing counts them as six servings.

Once opened

The listing advises a cool, dry place and says to eat the crisps as soon as the bag is open.

Trade mark

The listing notes that Marmite is a registered trade mark of Unilever.

The pack

The black outer bag carries the Marmite oval logo, red, yellow and green, with a band reading full on flavour and 100% vegan, the word crisps in white, a line about crunchy crisps loaded with Marmite flavour, a few crisps, a yellow 6 pack badge and a front of pack nutrition strip.

Who it suits

A Marmite crisp suits anyone who loves the spread, and the vegan statement suits most tables. It is not suitable for anyone avoiding celery or gluten.

Serving ideas

Put a bag beside a cheese sandwich, a bowl of tomato soup or a cup of tea.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the crisps make a savoury crumb for the top of a cheese on toast or a bowl of soup.

Recycling

The published recycling guidance says the whole packaging can be recycled with carrier bags at large supermarkets and should not go in home recycling.

In a crisp sandwich

Marmite crisps in a buttered white roll with a slice of cheddar make a crisp sandwich for Marmite fans.

At a party

Put a bowl out beside a plain crisp, so the Marmite fans and everyone else both have a choice.

With drinks

A Marmite crisp goes well with a pint of bitter or a strong cup of tea.

Other Marmite snacks

We also stock Marmite and Cheese Puffs in a six bag multipack of 16.5g bags.

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