Well and Truly Crunchies Smokey Bacon Baked Corn Snacks, 100g

Well and Truly makes baked savoury snacks as well as chocolate, and Crunchies are its baked corn range: light, crunchy corn pieces with bold seasonings. Smokey Bacon has a smoky, savoury bacon taste without any pork. This is the 100g sharing bag. The full product name on the pack is Baked Corn Snacks with Bacon Flavour.

The ingredients

According to the published pack listing, the snacks are made from corn, sunflower oil, natural flavouring, rice flour, onion powder, vinegar powder, salt, garlic powder, spices and rosemary extract.

Bacon flavour, no bacon

The bacon taste comes from a natural flavouring, with onion, garlic, spices and vinegar powder. No meat is on the list, and the listing calls the snacks vegan friendly; the pack front says oink free.

Baked, not fried

The listing says the snacks are baked, not fried. Corn is the first ingredient, and sunflower oil is the only oil.

Vinegar powder

Vinegar powder gives the seasoning a light tang, the sharpness a brown sauce gives a bacon sandwich.

Rice flour

Rice flour carries the seasoning so it coats each piece evenly, and it contains no gluten.

Rosemary extract

Rosemary extract is an antioxidant that keeps the sunflower oil fresh.

Numbers for a serving

The label gives 140 kcal (590 kJ), 5.1g of fat, 0.5g of saturates, 21.2g of carbohydrate, 0.3g of sugars, 0.8g of fibre, 2g of protein and 0.2g of salt for a 30g serving.

Numbers per 100g

Per 100g the label gives 468 kcal (1966 kJ), 17.1g of fat, 1.8g of saturates, 70.6g of carbohydrate, 0.9g of sugars, 2.6g of fibre, 6.7g of protein and 0.67g of salt.

Reading the front of the pack

On the UK front of pack scale, per 100g, fat at 17.1g is amber, just under the red line, saturates at 1.8g are amber, sugars at 0.9g are green and salt at 0.67g is amber. There is no red on the scale.

Against a fried crisp

For a comparison with a fried crisp we stock, Walkers Max Sizzling Flame Grilled Steak gives 29g of fat per 100g; these baked corn snacks give 17.1g.

Against the Really Cheesy

Smokey Bacon carries far less salt than Well and Truly Crunchies Really Cheesy, which we also stock: 0.67g per 100g against 2.8g.

Sugars

The label gives 0.9g of sugars per 100g and 0.3g in a 30g serving.

Corn

Corn is the first ingredient, baked into light, crunchy pieces, with the sweetness of a corn puff under the smoky seasoning.

Sunflower oil

Sunflower oil is the only oil on the list.

Onion, garlic and spices

Onion powder, garlic powder and spices give the seasoning the savoury depth of a bacon sandwich with brown sauce.

Carbohydrate

The label gives 70.6g of carbohydrate per 100g, mostly starch from the corn and rice, and 21.2g in a 30g serving.

Protein and fibre

The label gives 6.7g of protein and 2.6g of fibre per 100g, and 2g of protein and 0.8g of fibre in a serving.

For a vegan lunchbox

A 30g handful in a small tub makes a smoky, vegan friendly lunchbox snack.

Energy

The label gives 468 kcal (1966 kJ) per 100g and 140 kcal (590 kJ) in a 30g serving.

Salt per serving

A 30g serving holds 0.2g of salt, 0.67g per 100g, amber on the front of pack scale, so the whole 100g bag holds 0.67g.

Vinegar and rice

Vinegar powder gives a light tang, and rice flour carries the seasoning, so each piece is evenly coated.

A bowl for mixed diets

With no meat, no milk ingredient and no gluten in the recipe, a bowl of Smokey Bacon Crunchies suits a table of mixed diets, though the advice says they may contain traces of milk, soya and peanuts.

Allergens and diet

No allergen is highlighted in the published ingredients. The allergy advice says the snacks may contain traces of milk, soya and peanuts. The listing says they are vegan friendly and gluten free. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.

Gluten free

Corn and rice are naturally free of gluten, and the listing carries a gluten free claim.

Great to share

The front of the bag says great to share. At 100g, it holds just over three 30g servings, a bag for two or three people.

In a sandwich

A handful of smoky bacon corn snacks in a cheese or tomato sandwich gives the crunch and the smoke of a bacon sandwich.

With drinks

A smoky snack suits a cold beer, a cider or a tomato juice.

At a party

Tip the bag into a bowl beside a plain crisp and a cheese snack, so there is a smoky choice that suits vegan guests too.

In the kitchen

Crushed, the snacks make a smoky crumb for the top of a vegan mac and cheese or a bean bake.

Who it suits

Smokey Bacon Crunchies suit vegans and vegetarians who miss a bacon flavour, and anyone avoiding gluten. Anyone with a peanut allergy should read the advice on the pack, as it says the snacks may contain traces of peanuts.

Storage

The listing advises a cool, dry place. Fold the bag over between sittings.

Other Well and Truly

We also stock Well and Truly Crunchies Really Cheesy in a 100g bag.

The tasting notes on this page are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.