Taylors Blazin BBQ Potato Crisps, 150g

Blazin BBQ is Taylors' smoky barbecue flavour, with real chilli in the seasoning, on a thick cut crisp. This is the 150g sharing bag, which the label suggests serves five. The full product name on the pack is blazing barbecue flavour potato crisps, and the pack names Taylors Snacks Ltd as the maker.

The ingredients

According to the published pack listing, the crisps are made from potatoes, high oleic sunflower oil and a blazing barbecue flavour seasoning (sugar, natural flavouring, onion powder, salt, paprika, cayenne pepper, chipotle chilli, yeast extract powder, citric acid, garlic powder, smoked salt, paprika extract for colour, smoked sunflower oil and tomato powder).

Smoke from three places

The smoke comes from three sources: chipotle chilli, which is a jalapeño that has been smoke dried; smoked salt, which is salt smoked over wood; and smoked sunflower oil. Together they give the charred, smoky note of a barbecue.

Sweet, then warm

Sugar leads the seasoning, so the first taste is sweet, like a barbecue sauce, with onion, garlic and a little tomato for the savoury base. Paprika adds a sweet pepper note, and cayenne and chipotle bring the warmth behind it.

How hot is it

Despite the name, the pack gives a chilli rating of one. Cayenne and chipotle give a noticeable warmth that builds, but it is a barbecue kick rather than a fiery burn.

Thick cut

The pack promises a thick-cut crunch like no other. A thicker slice is sturdier and crunchier than a thin crisp, with more potato in each bite, and it carries a bold seasoning well.

High oleic sunflower oil

The crisps are fried in high oleic sunflower oil, a sunflower oil bred to be rich in oleic acid, the main fat in olive oil, which is more stable at frying temperatures than standard sunflower oil.

Numbers per serving

The front of the pack gives 152 kcal (635 kJ), 8.1g of fat, 0.7g of saturates, 0.2g of sugars and 0.3g of salt for each 30g serving, which it puts at 8% of an average adult's daily energy reference intake, 12% of the fat and 5% of the salt. Per 100g the label gives 506 kcal (2116 kJ), 27g of fat, 2.2g of saturates, 58g of carbohydrate, 2.8g of sugars, 3.9g of fibre, 6.2g of protein and 1g of salt.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 27g is red, as it is for fried crisps generally. Saturates at 2.2g are amber. Sugars at 2.8g are green. Salt at 1g is amber, in the middle of its band.

Allergens and diet

No allergens from the UK list of 14 are highlighted in the published ingredients. The allergy advice says the crisps may contain milk. The pack says they are suitable for vegans and gluten free. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Vegan and gluten free

No dairy, egg, meat or gluten containing cereal is on the list, and the pack states the crisps are suitable for vegans and gluten free, so a smoky barbecue flavour suits more of the table. The may contain milk advice matters for anyone with a milk allergy.

Yeast extract

Yeast extract powder gives a savoury depth under the smoke. It is naturally rich in glutamates, worth knowing for anyone who avoids them altogether.

Non greasy

The pack describes the crisps as non greasy and promises a true tattie taste, tattie being the Scots word for potato. The thick slice keeps the potato flavour in play under the smoke.

The pack

The red bag carries an illustrated garden barbecue in an oval window: a kettle grill, a table set with sauce bottles and a squirrel looking on, behind the words Blazin BBQ. As on the curry bag, one of the four chillies in the corner is filled in red.

Serving the bag

A smoky barbecue crisp belongs at a barbecue: serve it with burgers, grilled corn, a coleslaw and a cold lager. It also goes with a pulled mushroom or pulled pork bun.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the crisps make a smoky, spicy crumb for chicken wings, a bean chilli or the top of a mac and cheese.

Five servings

At 150g, the bag suggests five servings of 30g. Tip a serving into a bowl and reseal the bag to keep it airtight.

Storage and packaging

The pack advises a cool, dry place and resealing the bag once open. 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 Taylors flavours

In the same 150g bag we stock Taylors Chip Shop Curry Sauce Ridge Cut, Mature Cheddar and Onion, Sea Salt and Vinegar and Lightly Sea Salted Ridge Cut.

Other 150g packs of Taylors 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.