# Walkers Quavers Red Leicester Cheese Snacks, 6 x 16g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £3.00 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://crisps.biz/buy/walkers-quavers-red-leicester-cheese-snacks-6-x-16g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://crisps.biz/product/walkers-quavers-red-leicester-cheese-snacks-6-x-16g/ **Source:** crisps.biz, UK online shop for crisps, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Walkers **Price:** £3.00 GBP **Price per 100g:** £18.75 GBP **GTIN:** 5000328035949 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Six 16g bags of Walkers Quavers Red Leicester, 96g in all: light, curly potato snacks made from potato starch, with a Red Leicester cheese flavour of whey permeate, cheese powder, flavourings, glucose syrup, garlic, onion and black pepper. The pack gives 84 kcal (351 kJ) and 0.33g of salt for each bag.The pack says there are no artificial colours or preservatives and that the snacks are suitable for vegetarians. The front carries a new flash.Milk, soya, wheat and barley are on the list, and the allergy advice says the snacks may contain celery and mustard.Allergens. Contains cereals containing gluten, milk and soya; may contain celery and mustard. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.Curator notes: The tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Common questions are answered in the Product Questions tab. ## Description Quavers Red Leicester is a newer take on the light, curly Walkers potato snack, with a Red Leicester cheese flavour in place of the classic cheese. This multipack holds six 16g bags, 96g in all. The full product name on the pack is Red Leicester cheese flavour potato snack, and the pack names Walkers Snack Foods Ltd as the maker.The ingredientsAccording to the published pack listing, the snacks are made from potato starch, sunflower oil, a Red Leicester cheese flavour (whey permeate powder from milk, salt, flavourings containing milk, glucose syrup, sugar, potassium chloride, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, cheese powder from milk, citric acid and paprika extract), rice flour, soya flour, salt, yeast powder, a flavour enhancer (monosodium glutamate), onion powder (malt flour from barley), black pepper, wheat flour (fortified with calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin), annatto norbixin for colour and spice extract.Red LeicesterRed Leicester is a British hard cheese coloured orange with annatto, and annatto norbixin is on this list too, giving the snack its deeper orange. The cheese flavour comes from whey permeate, flavourings containing milk and cheese powder.How it differs from the classicAgainst classic Quavers Cheese, the Red Leicester seasoning adds glucose syrup and sugar for a rounder, sweeter note, black pepper twice for a peppery finish, and citric acid in place of lactic acid for the tang. The flavour enhancer is monosodium glutamate alone.Potato, but not a crispQuavers are made from potato starch, not sliced potato. The starch is blended with rice, soya and wheat flours, then puffed into the light, curled shape.Rice and soya flourRice flour and soya flour join the potato starch in the curl, and the soya flour is why soya is highlighted.Sunflower oilSunflower oil is the only oil on the list, and the label gives 2.6g of saturates per 100g.Melt in the mouthA Quaver is mostly air. It crunches for a moment and then melts on the tongue, a very different bite from a crisp.Potassium chloride and the salt figurePotassium chloride sits in the seasoning beside salt. It tastes salty but contains no sodium, and the salt figure on a UK label is worked out from sodium, which is how Quavers can taste so salty at 2.1g of salt per 100g.Glucose syrup and sugarGlucose syrup and sugar give the seasoning a rounded sweetness, yet sugars are only 2.9g per 100g and 0.5g in a bag, green on the front of pack scale.Black pepperBlack pepper appears in the seasoning and again in the base, with a spice extract, giving a gentle peppery warmth at the finish. There is no chilli.MSGThe flavour enhancer is monosodium glutamate, and yeast powder adds more savoury depth, so these are not for anyone who avoids MSG.Numbers for one bagThe pack gives 84 kcal (351 kJ), 4.8g of fat, 0.4g of saturates, 9.6g of carbohydrate, 0.5g of sugars, 0.4g of fibre, 0.4g of protein and 0.33g of salt for each 16g bag. That is about 4% of an average adult's daily energy reference intake, 7% of the fat and 6% of the salt. Per 100g the label gives 525 kcal, 30g of fat, 2.6g of saturates, 60g of carbohydrate, 2.9g of sugars, 2.6g of fibre, 2.4g of protein and 2.1g of salt.Reading the front of the packOn the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 30g is red. Saturates at 2.6g are amber. Sugars at 2.9g are green. Salt at 2.1g is red. The small 16g bag keeps each portion to 84 kcal, the figure on the front of the pack.Allergens and dietThe published ingredients highlight milk, in the whey permeate, flavourings and cheese powder, soya, in the soya flour, barley, in the malt flour, and wheat, in the wheat flour. The allergy advice says the snacks may contain celery and mustard. The pack says they are suitable for vegetarians; they are not vegan, and they are not suitable for anyone avoiding gluten, milk or soya. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.Six bagsAt 16g, each bag is a small portion, 84 kcal. Six bags cover a school week with one to spare.The packThe orange outer bag carries a new flash, the Walkers logo over the green Quavers name in a white cloud, Red Leicester in red beside a block of cheese, an 84 kcal per pack roundel and a 6 pack label.Who it suitsA peppery, slightly sweeter cheese curl suits anyone who likes Quavers and wants a change, and a small bag suits a lunchbox. It is not suitable for anyone avoiding gluten, milk, soya or MSG.Serving ideasA bag goes with a ham salad sandwich, a ploughman's lunch or a cup of tomato soup.In the kitchenCrushed, the curls make a fine, peppery cheese crumb for the top of a macaroni cheese or a cauliflower cheese.Storage and packagingThe pack advises a cool, dry place, and says the snacks are best eaten straight after opening.Other QuaversFor the classic cheese flavour, we stock Quavers Cheese in six, twelve and twenty bag multipacks and a 34g grab bag.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. --- _Content available under crisps.biz citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._