All Natural!
No Preservatives!
The packet is quite enthusiastic about that, which can only be a good thing for my inaugural snack in this diplomatic exchange.
The crisps smell good when the bag is opened, and taste good! The flavour is what I would call ‘ready salted’, which really just means ’salted’. It’s a hangover from the days when crisps were put in to bags unsalted and a sachet of salt was added for you to salt them yourself. ‘Ready salted’ just means that you don’t have to do that any more.
These are tasty crisps. They’re pretty much like the regular small bags of crisps that we have over here, but with a bit of extra crunch. They certainly are crunchy, even after several weeks crossing the Atlantic on a steam ship. That could be from the ‘traditional kettle-cooked’ approach, as kettle crisps here are crunchier too. It also gives the crisps more or a potato flavour, something to savour rather than just to munch on.
These crisps contain zero grammes of ‘trans fats’, which is a good thing as I can eat the rest of the packs without putting on weight. Probably. On the back of the packet I am given ‘Nutrition Facts’. Facts! Not the ‘nutritional information’ we get, but good hard solid facts about what I’m shoving down my gullet. I should hold on to one of the bags so that I can compare it more thoroughly to a UK-based crisp packet.
The salt is making me thirsty. I’ll have to try one of the drinks soon.
I give the Cape Cod Potato Chips a thumbs up.