Burts Guinness Rich Beef Chilli Potato Chips Review
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Nutrition

Bag
Calories
Fat
Saturated
Salt
Sugars
100g
514
28.8g
4.1g
1.5g
2.5g

Verdict

Bag

Burts did have plain flavour colour coded bags just like market leaders, Kettle Brand. The update is among the best Crisp bags designs we have seen. Each flavour has a different coloured apron and each cook, standing with hands on hips, has a matching shirt. The brand name is nicely sized, and although we would prefer the all important flavour was given more prominence, this design is as good as any. However, as this is a kind of standalone partnership Crisp, it separates itself by the giant and impressive logo, plus the golden glow of the potential contents. We think it would have been better designed by having a black apron and a creamy shirt to stay within branding. Maybe the apron could have had a little harp badge, maybe even a couple of the old Guinness toucan badges. At the very least, the top of this design should have finished in a creamy head colouring.
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Crunch

The oil hardened potato slices benefited in the crunch stakes from the hand cooked frying method, as the crunch was sustained throughout the Crisp's demise. Which, it has to be said, took a lot longer than most regular cut Crisps. 

Texture

If a Crisp lived in a dark cave, with sharp, jagged walls to bump into, no mirror and little care for appearance, it might look like this characterful splendour. There were crusty oil boils, some broken, some intact. There were curls, bends and rugged edges. The colour was a combination of of oil soaked transparency, medium darkness yellow, reds, browns, plus there was lots of seasoning dotted about. 
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Taste

A Nose Plunge Test revealed a stout, maybe even best bitter aroma. The taste followed up in a similar vein. It was almost like biting into a warm and crusty steak and ale pie. There appeared to be less Guinness flavouring than the other flavour in the range, but there was certainly a beefy, meaty, well seasoned taste, with a hint of onion and pepper. It did well to avoid  the simple beef stock flavouring of many Beef Crisps, and instead posed as an original and worthy addition to a range we would certainly like to see expand.