Wise Ridgies Barbecue Potato Chips Review

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Nutrition

Bag
Calories
Fat
Saturated
Salt
Sugars
28g
150
10g
2.5g
230mg
2g
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Verdict

Bag

Wise are one of the biggest and most established Chips companies in the world. Their bag designs will understandably have a bit of a corporate feel. With the 'Ridgies' range they have resisted any sort of design challenge and just gone for advanced graphics in the hope that this well make their brand stand out. The flavors are color coded, and the giant cut style notice provides the all important differentiation to their standard Chips, but it all lacks character. The Wise logo has shrunk and altered over the years but it is highly visible, recognisable and very well designed, but that is the only respect this design pays to the history of one of America's great established and successful companies. Even the flavor name and 'Dare to Dip' slogan are somewhat plonked on, rather than designed.
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Crunch

The Ridged nature of these Chips meant a thicker than regular Chip was required to sustain the challenge of remaining whole. This in turn created a softer than Kettle Cooked, but more rigid than Regular Chip crunch. This crunch quickly turned soft after the hard breaking noise.

Texture

There were a few broken Chips in our bag and most appeared a little on the small side. However, they also featured a strange texture. They were thinly Marcelled and flat. There were the odd curved or bent, highly dippable propositions in the bag but most looked as though they had been smoothed with a ridged flat iron. There were brown edges and browning on some Chips, and there was notable seasoning; a sort of darker reddish brown than you often see on Barbecue Chips.
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Taste

Unlike most Barbecue Chips, our Nose Plunge Test did not reveal much of an aroma. There was maybe a hint of Barbecue. Our minds may have played tricks but this did not taste like the same recipe that Wise use on their standard Barbecue Chips. These had a rounded and well established Barbecue flavoring that packed a little peppery heat. Certainly an improvement, but also a nicer tasting Chip than its regular counterpart.