As an American, the only one of them that's worth eating is Kettle Chips anyway. But even then, as a Massachusettsian, I would prefer Cape Cod chips.
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Walkers is about to go out of business, lol, because no one in America has ever heard of that brand.
It's Lays, they're the same thing with a different name
Bought 35 years ago :sadface:
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I recommend that you don't eat any of these brands food. it is better for your health
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 :(
I can highly recommend Co-op's own brand Irresistible crisps. The salt & vinegar ones especially
Stumbled on these the other week, they have no right to taste that good!!!
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)
These all all S tier snacks too.
You beat me to it!
KP make amazing snacks.
Space Raiders til I die, best crisp out there ๐ซก
Space Raiders saved my life.
@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!
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/
@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/
The branding is identical. Did Valeo buy the UK branch or something?
@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
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
@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/
@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.
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??
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Brets are S-tier crisps, I don't know why you'd pick anything over them anyway
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It's distressing how many British sweet brands now have a chain of ownership leading to the US. Mondelez famously bought Cadbury's, and Bain Capital (y'know, Mitt Romney's company) own most of the "classics" like Barratts, Fox's Glacier Mints, Poppets, Tavener's, Mojo chews, Barker & Dobson etc. The only big non-American company left is Nestle, and they can also fuck wayyyyy off.
It's only Terry's and Tunnocks left now, and even then Terry's are owned by the Fr*nch.
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I haven't found a Brets flavour that I like. So I'll stick to the house brand chips in my supermarket, or Croky.
How do I find an alternative to [[American product]?
Look next to it on the shelf.
Kettle Chips are British, made in Norfolk. I double-checked their website and they haven't been taken over by anyone as far as I can tell.
They don't taste American
You mean like deep fried butter with cola based batter and topped with a quardruple layer of frosting?
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Unfortunately the veil has dropped. I thought the same as you but this is what the website says:
https://kettlechips.co.uk/pages/about
Cameron Healy Founded Kettle Foods In Salem, Oregan, USA. Cameron and his son discovered the British love of crisps, prompting Cameron to establish Kettle Foods in the UK.
He chose Norfolk as our home, where you can still find us to this day, in order to be as close as possible to many of our potato growers. Our first home was actually the corner of an old converted shoe factory in Norwich. And so, from humble beginnings, the first KETTLEยฎ Chips were produced in the UK.
Cameron Healy and UK Co-owner, Tim Meyer, got talking to owner and chef Chris Barnard, in whom he recognised a true passion for authentic foods and > ingredients.
Sharing Cameronโs vision, Chris soon packed up his utensils and recipe books to join us in setting up the UK branch of Kettle Foods
So it's US founded, and (at least some point in the past) UK co-owned and mainly produced in the UK. A little grey area. Nice crisps, however.
Walkers was a surprise to me. But turns out that is a UK brand sold to the yanks like everything else ๐ฌ. Also nice crisps.
You missed the last bit:
All the KETTLE Chips you get now are made here in the UK, with British potatoes, but our American name is a nod to the adventurer that brought us here!
So they are at least made in Europe, the last bit suggests the US connection no longer exists.
Somewhat confused.
@i_am_not_a_robot @mannycalavera owned by Valeo https://www.valeofoodsgroup.com/about-us/our-business which is Euro/Canadian, so you're fine.
Personally I prefer Corkers.
