Tyrrells Furrows Sea Salted Crisps, 150g

Furrows are the deep ridged crisps from Tyrrells, hand cooked in England, and Sea Salted is the plain one: potato, oil and salt. This is the 150g sharing bag, which the listing says holds five servings. The full product name on the pack is sea salted potato crisps, and the pack gives a freepost address for Tyrrells.

Three ingredients

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

Deep ridges

The front of the pack promises deep ridges and full on flavour. The deep ridge cut gives a thick, sturdy crisp with a big crunch, and with only salt on it, the ridges are all about texture.

Hand cooked

The listing calls these hand cooked English crisps. Hand cooked crisps are fried in batches, which gives a harder, crunchier bite than a continuously fried crisp. The listing says the potatoes keep their skins on, which adds an earthy note to a plain crisp.

Sea salt

Sea salt is the only seasoning. The label gives 0.74g of salt per 100g and 0.22g in a 30g serving, amber on the front of pack scale.

Salt

At 0.74g of salt per 100g, this is the least salty of the three Furrows we stock, under Beef Brisket and Black Peppercorn at 1.2g and Sea Salt and Vinegar at 1.5g.

Sunflower oil

Sunflower oil is the only oil on the list. The label gives 29.3g of fat per 100g, red on the front of pack scale, and 2.4g of saturates, amber.

No MSG

The pack says the crisps have no MSG, and Tyrrells says it never uses artificial ingredients such as artificial flavours, colours or MSG. With three ingredients, there is nothing else on the list.

Numbers per serving

The label gives 155 kcal (649 kJ), 8.8g of fat, 0.7g of saturates, 16.1g of carbohydrate, 0.1g of sugars, 2g of fibre, 2.1g of protein and 0.22g of salt for a 30g serving. That is about 8% of an average adult's daily energy reference intake, 13% of the fat and 4% of the salt.

Numbers per 100g

Per 100g the label gives 518 kcal (2164 kJ), 29.3g of fat, 2.4g of saturates, 53.5g of carbohydrate, 0.4g of sugars, 6.7g of fibre, 6.9g of protein and 0.74g of salt.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 29.3g is red. Saturates at 2.4g are amber. Sugars at 0.4g are green. Salt at 0.74g is amber.

Fibre and protein

The label gives 6.7g of fibre and 6.9g of protein per 100g, all from the potato, the skins included.

Carbohydrate

The label gives 53.5g of carbohydrate per 100g, with 0.4g of sugars; the rest is starch from the potato.

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 vegetarians and gluten free; there is no vegan statement. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Five servings

The listing says the 150g bag holds five servings of 30g. Tip a serving into a bowl rather than eating from the bag.

Keeping them crisp

The listing says the crisps are packaged in a protective atmosphere, and advises a cool, dry place and, once opened, an airtight container.

A crisp for dips

A thick, plain, ridged crisp is the one for a dip: it holds its shape in a thick soured cream, a hummus or a French onion dip, and the salt does not fight the dip.

The pack

The blue bag carries a vintage black and white photograph of women in a tug of war, their rope looped around a giant ridged crisp, with a label reading deep ridges full on flavour, the white Tyrrells name, a Furrows band and the words sea salted.

Who it suits

A plain, thick, ridged crisp suits anyone who likes the taste of potato and a hard crunch, and the vegetarian and gluten free statements suit many tables. Check the may contain advice for milk first.

Serving ideas

Serve the crisps with a soured cream and chive dip, a steak sandwich or a glass of dry cider.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the crisps make a plain, crunchy crumb for fish or chicken, or a topping for a fish pie.

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.

With drinks

A plain, ridged crisp goes with a cold beer, a gin and tonic or a glass of dry white wine.

At a party

Tip the bag into a bowl beside the sharper Furrows flavours, so guests have a plain choice.

In a sandwich

A thick, plain ridged crisp keeps its crunch in a sandwich: try it with ham and mustard.

Other Furrows

In the same 150g bag we stock Tyrrells Furrows Sea Salt and Vinegar and Beef Brisket and Black Peppercorn.

Other 150g packs of Tyrrells Furrows we stock

Figures as published on each pack's label.

The published listing gives England 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.