Disappointing Crisps

[BrewsterBear]

It had been a few years since I had eaten a bag of McCoys crisps so when I saw them on offer in the supermarket I bought a couple of six-packs. The first bag I ate had an awful texture - far too hard despite being oily and they just didn't satisfy like I remember from my childhood. I put it down to a bad bag. The next packet turned out to be the same, and the next. I wondered whether they were all this crap now and whether they were being made to a much tighter budget.

Looking at the nutrition panel I saw they still had the best part of 10g of fat per bag, but that the saturates were almost negligible. Bingo! Crisps are meant to be a snack treat. They aren't a staple of any diet so why do they feel the need to make them st for the sake of a little saturated fat? I know, when I munch on a bag, that I'm not extending my life or helping my waistline. Why can't they provide a snack that is simply that? It appears most manufacturers are doing this now. Removing what makes crap food taste nice in an effort to help people believe it's not crap. Why though? Is it simply to protect idiots who think they can live on crisps and mass produced cakes and still live to be 80?

( 2/10 - Not enough swearing)

[beko1987]

I used to love McCoys, full of flavor.

Now their rubbish. Taste very artificial and the crisps themselves are normally broken, smaller than they were and a dark colour.

Recently discovered Seabrooks though, so not all bad (Just had a pack - yum yum)

[blindswelledrat]

BrewsterBear said:

Looking at the nutrition panel I saw they still had the best part of 10g of fat per bag, but that the saturates were almost negligible. Bingo! Crisps are meant to be a snack treat. They aren't a staple of any diet so why do they feel the need to make them st for the sake of a little saturated fat? I know, when I munch on a bag, that I'm not extending my life or helping my waistline. Why can't they provide a snack that is simply that? It appears most manufacturers are doing this now. Removing what makes crap food taste nice in an effort to help people believe it's not crap. Why though? Is it simply to protect idiots who think they can live on crisps and mass produced cakes and still live to be 80?

( 2/10 - Not enough swearing)

Agree completely. My pet hate. What doubly annoys me is that walkers crisps are the same and taste rubbish and yet no one else in the world seems to have noticed thus their sales are unaffected.