| Product: |
Tesco Select Prawn Cocktail Crisps |
| Date: |
11/09/06 (141 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Kids love them, good value for money
Disadvantages: strong flavour
Tesco Select Crisps Multipack 30 Pack Assorted
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About the Product.
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Select is the Tesco's own range of crisps. Tesco began life as a Market Stall in 1919 by Jack Cohen, from opening that first stall he continued to expand from the success to have many market stalls all over London and expanded into wholesale trade as well. In 1924, the first of the Tesco home brand products emerged in the form of Tesco Tea and began the emergence of Tesco as a trade name. In 1932 Tesco Stores became a commandite company and two years later after purchasing a piece of land in North London the first ever Tesco store was developed and opened to the public. Tesco offered the food-rationing scheme before the government did at the beginning of World War 2 to ensure everybody had equal opportunities to buy his products. This was the start of a huge and profitable company that we now see to this day as it continues to go from strength to strength, continually adding new products to the Tesco's own brand range and Finest range. The Select Crisps are sold in many different ways such as 30 pack multipacks, 18 multipacks, 12 multipacks, 12 pack meaty varieties, 12 pack ready salted, 6 pack ready salted, 6 pack salt and vinegar and also 6 pack cheese and onion.
What You Get.
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As I have said these crisps are sold in a variety of different sizes and flavours, which I will list below. Each packet of crisp though is 25g in weight and on average the price per packet is 9-10p per packet, which to me is excellent value for money when compared to the leading rivals Walkers who's 25g packets retail at approximately 12p per packet through the same supermarket chain, when calculated from the price per multipack.
30 pack multipacks retail for £2.69
18 pack multipacks retail for £1.88
12 pack multipacks retail for £1.29 (both Standard variety, ready salted 12 packs and Meaty variety).
All 6 pack flavours retail for £0.79
The packing.
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Each individual packet of crisps comes in a foil packet for added freshness and the individual packet colour varies depending of the crisps flavour. Salt and Vinegar come in a blue packet, Cheese and Onion come in green packets, Ready Salted come in a red packet, Prawn Cocktail come in a pink packet, Smokey Bacon come in a reddish brown packet, Roast Chicken come in a orangey yellow packet and Barbecue Beef which are available in the Meaty variety packets come in a brown packet. The multipackets are then bagged together in a plastic wrapping which clearly states on the front the variety of crisps and the number of packets in each bag as well as the number of each individual flavours in each bag. All the Multipack Variety packets are in a dark blue plastic bag and the individual flavour multipacks bags are colour co-ordinated according to there flavour.
Taste, Smell and Appearance.
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Individual for Cheese and Onion and Prawn Cocktail
Cheese and Onion Flavour: - On opening the packet of Cheese and Onion crisps, you are greeted with a clear fragrance of cheese and onion flavourings. The taste is very pleasant and clear to, but I did find it a little overpowering and strong in flavour at first and gradually I found I could only really taste the onion flavouring as it was definitely more to taste than the cheese. The crisps also had a hint of an over-cooked type taste to them, which became clearer as I ate more of the packet. They do not appear to be burnt in anyway to look at but one or two crisps in the packet did look a little overcooked. There were no bad crisps in the packet I ate but I have had just one or two in previous packets I have eaten.
Prawn Cocktail Flavour: - On opening the packet of Prawn Cocktail crisps, I was greeted with a very strong fishy smell I have to confess which did not appeal to me at all. The crisps did not look that appealing either, as all of them seemed a little dark brown in colour as if overcooked and covered in the clearly visible pink flavouring of the crisps. To taste was not any better either as the first crisp I ate burnt my mouth, which had a small sore inside at the time. This did improve as I ate further into the packet however the flavour did not as all I seemed to be able to taste was salty fish and burnt crisps.
My Opinion.
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I must confess I am not a lover of the select crisps but my children love them and because they eat more crisps than I do these are usually the Brand I choose to purchase. I have mentioned above my opinion on the Cheese and Onion and the Prawn Cocktail varieties so I feel it only fair to comment on the other flavours in this section. I found the Salt and Vinegar flavour to be very strong and have an excess of salt and vinegar flavouring, The Smokey Bacon variety were also very strong to taste and they burnt my mouth which I think everyone who has Ulcers in there mouth should be aware of as they really do burn your mouth. The Roast Chicken crisps however, I found to have just the correct amount of flavour to them however, they still seemed to have that lingering burnt flavour to some of them as did the Ready Salted, but they were also very salty as well. Finally I have tasted the Barbecued Beef Flavour and must say that apart from a very slight taste of burnt they were a very nice flavoured crisp. When you consider though that these crisps work out to be approximately 9-10 per packet they are of reasonable quality for the price. However, I have to stand my ground and say that they leave a lot to be desired before they can ever compete in the quality and taste competition with Walkers.
Ingredients. (Prawn Cocktail Variety)
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Potatoes
Vegetable Oil
Prawn Cocktail Flavouring:-
Acidity Regulator: Sodium Diacetate
Salt
Sucrose
Dried Skimmed Milk
Lactose
Onion Powder
Yeast Extract Powder
Tomato Powder
Citric Acid
Flavourings
Colour: Paprika Extract
Sweetener
Saccharin
Nutritional Info. (Per Packet)
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Energy 558KJ / 134 kcal
Protein 1.6g
Carbohydrates 12.3g
of which Sugars 0.9g
Fat 8.2g
of which Saturated 3.9g
Mono-unsaturated 3.8g
Polyunsaturated 1.0g
Fibre 1.1g
Salt 1.0g
of which Sodium 0.4g
Summary.
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Not exactly the healthiest of snacks and not of the best quality so I give these a 7/10 but still recommend them as the Kids seem to love them (See Above)
Summary: 7/10 for Tesco Select Crisps
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