Tudor Crisps was founded in Sunderland in 1947. They moved to Newcastle in 1961 when the brand was acquired by Smiths Crisps. Tudor became known for its unusual (at the time) choice of flavours including Tomato Ketchup, Hot Dog & Mustard, And Pickled Onion. Tudor’s packets were colour-coded: Cheese & Onion sold in blue packets,Continue reading “Tudor Crisps”
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Other crisp producers #6: Seabrook, Taylors, Miss Vickie’s
Seabrook Beefy Canadian Ham Cheese & Onion Cream Cheese & Chives Fish & Chips Hot & Spicy 2 Chilli (Jalapeno & Habanero) Hot & Spicy Desi Curry Hot & Spicy Mustard Hot & Spicy Oriental Lamb & Mint Lea & Perrins Worcester Sauce Pickled Onion Prawn Cocktail Scorchin Hot Trinidad Scorpion Chilli Sea Salt &Continue reading “Other crisp producers #6: Seabrook, Taylors, Miss Vickie’s”
Other crisp producers #5: Darling Spuds, Boxerchips, Red Sky, Salty Dog
Darling Spuds Crushed Natural Sea Salt Fire Roasted Jalapeno Peppers Ham & English Mustard Mediterranean Sea Salt Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper Sea Salt & Italian Balsamic Vinegar Sea Salt & Modena Balsamic Vinegar Somerset Cheddar & Onion Sour Cream with a hint of Mexican Chilli Sun Ripened Tomato, Green Olive & Oregano ThaiContinue reading “Other crisp producers #5: Darling Spuds, Boxerchips, Red Sky, Salty Dog”
McCoy’s: 41 ridge cut crisps
Bacon Sizzler Balti Curry BBQ Ribs Bullseye Bangers Chargrilled Chicken Chargrilled Steak & Peri Peri Cheddar & Onion Chicken Jalfrezi Chicken Winger Fiery Steak Firecracker Chicken Flame Grilled Steak Hot Mexican Chilli Lamb Vindaloo Melted Cheese & Bacon Mighty Madras Oriental Ribs Paprika Peppered Bullseye Steak Peppered Rib Eye Steak Pickled One-Onion-&-Eighty Pickled Scrumion RedContinue reading “McCoy’s: 41 ridge cut crisps”
12 crisp facts
We’re often asked what our favourite crisp facts are. Let’s face it: few things are as consistently enthralling as crisps, which makes singling out our favourite facts quite difficult. Testament to this is the sheer number of news titles specifically devoted to potatoes, the principal ingredient of crisps. There’s PotatoBusiness.com, Potato, Potato Review, Chinese PotatoContinue reading “12 crisp facts”
Other crisp producers #5: San Carlo, Torres, Festligt
San Carlo Ginger Lime & Red Pepper Mint & Chilli Pepper Mustard Flower Paprika Paprika & Mango Plain, Rustica Simply Salted Sour Cream Tomato & Seasoning Torres Black Truffle Caviar Cured Cheese De La Vera Hot Smoked Paprika Extra Virgin Olive Oil Foie Gras Iberian Ham Mediterranean Herbs Mediterranean Salt Sparkling Wine Festligt Pepper &Continue reading “Other crisp producers #5: San Carlo, Torres, Festligt”
Other crisp producers #4: Pipers, Ten Acre, Red Rock Deli
Pipers Anglesey Sea Salt Arreton Tomato Biggleswade Sweet Chilli Burrow Hill Cider Vinegar & Sea Salt Great Berwick Longhorn Beef Jalapeño & Dill Karnataka Black Pepper & Sea Salt Kirkby Malham Chorizo Lye Cross Cheddar & Onion Rosemary & Thyme Ten Acre Bombay Spicy (When Bombay got Spicy) Cheese & Onion (The Story of whenContinue reading “Other crisp producers #4: Pipers, Ten Acre, Red Rock Deli”
Golden Wonder
In 1962, Golden Wonder brought the Salt & Vinegar flavoured crisp to the British mainland, four years after Tayto’s gave the crisp-eating public their first taste of flavoured crisps. Salt & Vinegar consistently comes up as one of the top 2 most popular crisp flavours in the UK. Baked Bean Beef & Onion Cheese &Continue reading “Golden Wonder”
Mikesell’s: the original crisp producer
Mikesell’s claims to be the oldest potato chip company in the United States. In 2010, Mikesell’s celebrated 100 years of selling crisps. Original Himalayan Sea Salt & Vinegar No Salt Green Onion Honey Barbecue Barbecue Zesty Barbecue Mesquite Smoked Bacon Cheddar & Sour Cream Good’n Hot Sweet Chili
Other crisp producers #3: Mackie’s, Keogh’s, Highlander
Mackie’s Arran Honey Mustard Caramelised Red Onion Cherry Tomato & Herbs Crispy Bacon Flamegrilled Aberdeen Angus Haggis & Cracked Black Pepper Lightly Salted Mature Cheddar & Onion Prawn Cocktail Roast Ham Salted Caramel (produced for the Chinese market) Scotch Bonnet Chilli Pepper Sea Salt Sea Salt & Mixed Peppercorns Sea Salt & Vinegar Strawberry (producedContinue reading “Other crisp producers #3: Mackie’s, Keogh’s, Highlander”
Museum of Crisps 