Not particularly awful taste, but beware the after effects! (Walker's Crisps - Builder's Breakfast)

Member Name: gooeyuk

Product:	Walker's Crisps - Builder's Breakfast
Date:	29/05/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: They're Walkers crisps and the flavour isn't too bad at first

Disadvantages: Persistent taste stayed with me all day

I'm a huge fan of Walker's Crisps. They are, in my humble opinion, the best crisps around bar none.

But this new Builder's Breakfast flavour is, to be frank, awful. Just awful.

When I was actually eating the crisps, they didn't actually taste too bad. Possibly even the best* of the six new awful flavours they've been trying out - although that's possibly damned by faint praise. The taste reminded me of a slightly salty beans on toast flavour. And possibly a slightly eggy taste at the back of the mouth. Not much of the other so-called breakfast constituents though.

The problem is that the taste was with me all day until I could get home and clean my teeth. What stated out as a not particularly unpleasant bag of crisps turned into a day of beaniness and egginess that grew progessively more unpleasant and persisted depite lots of cups of tea (that other builder's staple food), a sandwich and even some chocolate. Only the application of minty toothpaste and a sonic toothbrush seemed to shift it.

The one good thing is that my detal hygiene was particularly good that day - had to be, really.

Retail price is around 50p for a 34.5g bag. But I wouldn't eat another pack if they were free.

* For "best" read "least awful".

Summary: The least awful of the new flavours, but I'd still avoid them.