Taylors Sea Salt Potato Crisps, 150g

Sea Salt is the plain Taylors in its flat, thick cut form: extra thick slices of potato, fried and finished with sea salt. This is the 150g sharing bag, which the label suggests serves five. The full product name on the pack is sea salt potato crisps, and the pack names Taylors Snacks Ltd as the maker.

Three ingredients

According to the published pack listing, the crisps are made from potatoes, high oleic sunflower oil and sea salt. That is the whole list, so what you taste is the potato, the oil and the salt.

Cut extra thick

The pack says the crisps are cut extra thick and promises a thick-cut crunch like no other. A thick slice has more body than a thin crisp, so the bite is harder and each crisp carries more potato. On a plain crisp, that crunch is most of the experience.

Unique crunch

The pack also calls the crisps super tasty, with a unique crunch. The flat, thick slice breaks cleanly rather than shattering, and it keeps its crunch in a sandwich or beside a wet pickle.

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. It is more stable at frying temperatures than standard sunflower oil and has a clean, neutral taste that lets the potato come through. The label gives 2.3g of saturates per 100g.

Sea salt

Sea salt is made by evaporating seawater. Chemically it is mostly sodium chloride, like any other salt, so it counts towards the salt figure in the same way; the difference is in the crystal and in traces of other minerals, not in how much salt you eat.

Numbers per serving

The pack gives 152 kcal (635 kJ), 8.4g of fat, 0.7g of saturates, 16g of carbohydrate, 0.1g of sugars, 1.4g of fibre, 2.3g of protein and 0.33g of salt for each 30g serving, which the front of the pack puts at 8% of an average adult's daily energy reference intake and 12% of the fat. Per 100g it is 507 kcal (2117 kJ), 28g of fat, 2.3g of saturates, 54g of carbohydrate, 0.4g of sugars, 4.5g of fibre, 7.8g of protein and 1.1g of salt.

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 2.3g are amber. Sugars at 0.4g 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, which covers vegetarians too, and there is no gluten free claim. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Sea Salt or Lightly Sea Salted

Taylors makes two plain bags with the same three ingredients. Sea Salt is a flat, extra thick slice with 1.1g of salt per 100g. Lightly Sea Salted is ridge cut, with 0.71g of salt per 100g. Choose Sea Salt for a saltier, flatter crisp, and the ridge cut for the least salt and the heaviest dips.

Salt across the range

At 1.1g of salt per 100g, Sea Salt sits in the middle of the Taylors bags we stock: level with Sea Salt and Vinegar, above Chip Shop Curry Sauce and Blazin BBQ at 1g, and below Mature Cheddar and Onion at 1.3g.

The pack

The blue bag carries an illustrated seascape in an oval window: a breaking wave, a fishing boat on the horizon, gulls overhead and a seagull on the water, behind the words sea salt, with a stack of crisps below.

Who it suits

A plain, thick crisp suits anyone who prefers no strong flavour, and the vegan statement suits a plant based table. Check the may contain advice first for anyone avoiding gluten or milk.

Serving the bag

Plain crisps go with almost anything: a cheeseboard, a sandwich lunch, a bowl of tomato soup or a cold beer. Put out a bowl with a strong cheddar, pickles and sliced apple.

The crisp sandwich

A plain, thick crisp is the classic for a crisp sandwich: buttered white bread, a handful of crisps, pressed together so the crisps crack. The thick slices keep their crunch in the bread.

With a dip

A flat, thick crisp is sturdy enough for houmous or a soured cream and chive dip. For the very heaviest dips, the ridge cut Lightly Sea Salted has more grip.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the crisps make a neutral, sturdy crumb for fish or chicken, or a crunchy topping for a gratin or macaroni cheese. Season the crumb with herbs, lemon zest or black pepper.

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 Lightly Sea Salted Ridge Cut, Sea Salt and Vinegar, Mature Cheddar and Onion, Chip Shop Curry Sauce Ridge Cut and Blazin BBQ.

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.