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[โ€“] tiramichu@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah. Looking at this diagram as a British person it's like the US stuff is our entire selection and none of the alternative brands exist here :(

[โ€“] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Tyrell's are good.
They're owned by KP Snacks, a UK based company, who also make:

(Images from https://www.kpsnacks.com/our-brands, arranged in gimp)

[โ€“] tiramichu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I confess I have a secret love for pom bears, despite my age being long out of the single digits XD

Two pom bears eaten at once is just the perfect level of salt. They're almost a perfect crisp -- and who doesn't love little bears??

[โ€“] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Theyโ€™re just so good. I canโ€™t be mad at potatoes, fat, and salt in any combination.

These all all S tier snacks too.

[โ€“] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

You beat me to it!

KP make amazing snacks.

[โ€“] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never hear of any of these except pom-bear, which would make me buy any of the other brands lol

[โ€“] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I love pom-bears, but love Lidl's Teddy's Hit even more.
Unfortunately, I've never seen them for sale in the UK.

[โ€“] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Space Raiders til I die, best crisp out there ๐Ÿซก

Space Raiders saved my life.

[โ€“] Flisty@mstdn.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@GreatAlbatross @tiramichu plenty of UK crisps (including Kettle, established in here somewhere - based in Norfolk, owned in Europe). Corkers, Pipers, Tyrrells, Two Farmers come to mind. Don't think any of them are owned internationally? I come from potato country - so many crisp factories round here!

[โ€“] Skua@kbin.earth 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kettle chips are made in the UK, but the company is American and also owned by Campbell's (of soup fame)

Edit: Campbell's actually sold the European branch of Kettle to Dutch Valeo in 2019 https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/press-releases/campbell-completes-sale-of-european-chips-business-to-valeo-foods/

[โ€“] Flisty@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross Kettle Foods Inc and Kettle Foods Ltd are different companies. Kettle Foods Ltd is owned by Valeo Foods https://www.valeofoodsgroup.com/

[โ€“] Flisty@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross NB there is also an EU Kettle Chips based in the Netherlands - they seem to be part of Kettle Foods Ltd: https://kettlechips.eu/

[โ€“] Flisty@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago

@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross If you really want to do a deep dive, it looks like you can tell from the packaging. If it says 'Kettle Brand' it's American. If it says 'Hand cooked potato chips: Kettle' it's British. If it says 'Kettle: hand cooked potato chips' it's Dutch.

[โ€“] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The branding is identical. Did Valeo buy the UK branch or something?

[โ€“] Flisty@mstdn.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross Honestly couldn't tell you. But the UK company can't spell Oregon so they can't work that closely together... https://kettlechips.co.uk/pages/about

[โ€“] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 year ago

https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/press-releases/campbell-completes-sale-of-european-chips-business-to-valeo-foods/ it did! Including the European and Middle Eastern parts too, not just the UK parts

That spelling thing is hilarious

[โ€“] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

McCoys are good (thick, rippled), except that I only really like plain salted crisps and they're impossible to find - apart from in multi packs with other flavours.

[โ€“] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I quite like the tesco finest crinkle cut ready salted.
150g bag for ยฃ1.25 or so. The only downside is, the flavour varies (I think it's the freshness of the oil for that batch).

[โ€“] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can highly recommend Co-op's own brand Irresistible crisps. The salt & vinegar ones especially

[โ€“] PixelTron@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Stumbled on these the other week, they have no right to taste that good!!!

[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seabrook are still going, though Japanese owned since 2017.

[โ€“] tiramichu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Seabrook crisps immediately take me back to playing on the swings and slides in a pub beer garden on a warm summer afternoon