Taylors Sea Salt and Vinegar Potato Crisps, 150g

Taylors Sea Salt and Vinegar puts a sharp, clean vinegar 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 sea salt and vinegar 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 sea salt and vinegar flavour seasoning (sea salt, maltodextrin, spirit vinegar powder, citric and malic acid, natural flavouring, sugar, yeast extract powder and rice flour).

Spirit vinegar

The vinegar is spirit vinegar, the clear, sharp vinegar used for pickling, dried to a powder on maltodextrin. It gives a cleaner, brighter sharpness than brown malt vinegar, and because it is not made from barley, no gluten containing cereal is on the list.

Three acids

Spirit vinegar brings acetic acid, citric acid the sharpness of lemons and malic acid the tartness of apples. Together they give a sharp, layered tang, with sea salt leading the seasoning.

Thick cut

The pack says the crisps are cut extra thick, promising a thick-cut crunch like no other. A thicker slice is sturdier and crunchier than a thin crisp and holds a sharp 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. The label gives 2g of saturates per 100g.

Numbers per serving

The label gives 146 kcal (612 kJ), 7.4g of fat, 0.6g of saturates, 17g of carbohydrate, 0.2g of sugars, 1.5g of fibre, 2.1g of protein and 0.33g of salt for each 30g serving, which the front of the pack puts at 7% of an average adult's daily energy reference intake and 11% of the fat. Per 100g it is 488 kcal (2041 kJ), 25g of fat, 2g of saturates, 57g of carbohydrate, 0.7g of sugars, 5g of fibre, 7.1g of protein and 1.1g of salt.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 25g is red, as it is for fried crisps generally. Saturates at 2g are amber. Sugars at 0.7g are green. Salt at 1.1g 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 cereals containing gluten and milk. The pack says they are suitable for vegans, and there is no gluten free claim. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Rice flour and maltodextrin

Rice flour and maltodextrin carry the salt and acids so they spread evenly over each thick slice. A little sugar and yeast extract round off the sharpness.

Salt across the range

At 1.1g of salt per 100g, this sits in the middle of the Taylors bags we stock: more than Lightly Sea Salted Ridge Cut at 0.71g, less than Mature Cheddar and Onion at 1.3g.

The pack

The green bag carries an illustrated harbour town in an oval window, houses stacked up the hillside above the water, with a seagull perched on a post and a small boat moored behind the words sea salt and vinegar.

Unique crunch

The pack calls the crunch unique and the crisps super tasty. A thick slice has more body than a thin crisp, so the bite is harder, and it stands up to a sharp seasoning and a wet dip without going soft. It is the crisp to reach for beside a pickle or a bowl of vinegary chips.

Who it suits

A sharp, thick crisp suits anyone who likes salt and vinegar with a proper crunch. The vegan statement suits a plant based table, though the may contain advice matters for anyone avoiding gluten or milk.

Serving the bag

A sharp crisp suits rich food: fish and chips, a pork pie, a cheese and pickle sandwich or a ploughman's, with a pint of bitter.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the crisps make a sharp crumb for fish goujons, or a topping for mushy peas.

Five servings

At 150g, the bag suggests five servings of 30g. Tip a serving into a bowl rather than eating from the bag.

Storage and packaging

The pack advises a cool, dry place. 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 Mature Cheddar and Onion, Blazin BBQ, Chip Shop Curry Sauce Ridge Cut 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.