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New Farmers named top British Brand (Savoury Snacks category)

New Farmers’ Woodland Mushroom & Wild Garlic crisps are my favourite flavour at the moment. And at the Museum of Crisps, we love their commitment to creating environmentally friendly crisp packets. So we’re very happy to read that they’ve been chosen as top British Brand (Savoury Snacks category) in the Fine Food Digest’s Best BrandsContinue reading “New Farmers named top British Brand (Savoury Snacks category)”

Hot Potato: Walkers’ Sensations Poppadoms vs HMRC

In a case reminiscent of Jaffa Cakes vs HMRC, Walkers have just faced their own Goliath vs Goliath battle against HM Revenue and Customs. The case in point: whether Walkers’ Sensations Poppadoms count as poppadoms (a food item and therefore zero-rated for VAT) or crisps (a snack, with full VAT slapped on top). However, unlikeContinue reading “Hot Potato: Walkers’ Sensations Poppadoms vs HMRC”

News in Brief, Dec 2023

There’ve been some great articles about Crisp flavours lately. First this one in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/02/the-weird-secretive-world-of-crisp-flavours mentions a lot of exotic flavours, including a few we hadn’t come across: And today, this on ABC News website https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-12-15/crisps-flavour-chemistry-aroma-taste-smell-laboratory-csiro/103031004, with extensive input from co-Crisp Museum founder, Hamish Thompson. It has also alerted us to new flavours fromContinue reading “News in Brief, Dec 2023”

Snackademy Awards 2023

There’s nothing like finding a new favourite crisp flavour to make me think about running the Snackademy Awards again. We’ve been pretty remiss over the past few years – one of the Crisp Museum administrators moved to Australia in 2021 and we’ve both been pretty busy catching up with life in the meantime. But nowContinue reading “Snackademy Awards 2023”

I might have a new favourite flavour

I went for a walk with friends today in Ashmore Wood in North Dorset. The sun came out and the bluebells and other wild flowers looked amazing. Caught a glimpse of a deer leaping away and we were surrounded by birdsong. We had flask coffee and homemade flapjacks afterwards, and then drove to Chettle, toContinue reading “I might have a new favourite flavour”