I'm On A Seafood Diet...... (Walkers Prawn Cocktail Crisps)

Member Name: keeperofthematri

Product:	Walkers Prawn Cocktail Crisps
Date:	13/10/09 (73 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very tasty, Moreish, Crunchy

Disadvantages: High fat content, Need more crisps in bag

I got another Walker's multipack at the weekend. This one has 3 of the same flavours as the one I last week and three different flavours.


Packaging.

The front of the multipack bag is predominantly red and brown with the usual Walkers logo and various bands of colour telling you that it contains:-

4 x BBQ Rib
4 x Prawn Cocktail
4 x Worcester Sauce
4 x Salt and Vinegar
5 x Ready Salted
5 x Cheese and Onion.

The back of the bag contains the usual lists of ingredients and nutritional information for each of the flavours and a blurb about the spuds used for the crisps.

The Prawn Cocktail flavour itself comes in a pink bag and has the usual ingredients and nutritional information printed on the back of the bag as well.

You can also visit Walkers at:- www.walkers-baked.co.uk


Nutritional Information per 25g bag {per 100g in brackets}

Energy kJ: 545kJ {2181kJ}
kcal: 131kcal {523kcal}
Protein: 1.5g {5.8g}
Carbohydrate: 12.8g {51.3g}
of which sugars: 0.5g {1.9g}
Fat: 8.2g {32.7g}
(of which saturates): 0.6g {2.5g}
(of which mono-unsaturates): 6.7g {26.6g}
(of which polyunsaturates): 0.5g {2.1g}
Fibre: 1.0g {4.1g}
Sodium: 0.14g {0.55g}
Equivalent as salt: 0.35g {1.40g}

Allergy advice. These are suitable for vegetarians.
These crisps contain no MSG, no preservatives and no artificial colours


Ingredients:

Potatoes, Sunflower Oil (33%), Prawn Cocktail Seasoning {Flavouring, Sugar, Salt, Glucose, Citric Acid From Sugar Beet Molasses, Potassium Chloride, Dried Onion, Dried Tomato, Colour: Paprika Extract, Sweetener: Sucralose}


Price:

At the time of writing Morrisons are charging £2.68 for a multipack containing 26 bags of crisps.


Taste & Opinion:

Here's the first of the 3 flavours in this multipack which are different from the ones in the last pack.

On opening the bag there's a really strong aroma that you usually associate with Prawn Cocktail flavoured crisps. In fact these probably have the strongest aroma of any of the Walkers crisps on the list so far.

Like the Steak and Onion and some other flavours these have an orange appearance to them, but, as with the aroma I'd say that are stronger coloured that any of the flavours I've reviewed so far

Tastewise, I've no idea whether or not these taste anything like prawn cocktail. I'm not a big seafood person and I don't like prawn so I've never tried prawn cocktail. The flavour is tangy but it has a slight sweetness to it as well which is probably down to the sucralose listed in the ingredients. Perhaps the nice thing about this flavour is that once you've tasted it you'd recognise it again with no problem at all. Some of the Walkers "meaty" flavours are fairly similar and it's not always easy to work out which is which but that's not an issue you'd ever have with this flavour once you know what it is.

As with the rest of the regular Walkers range these crisps are pleasantly crunchy, not too hard that they're uncomfortable to eat and not so soft that they melt as soon as you put them into your mouth. They're a decent size although perhaps it would be nicer if there were more of this flavour in the bag as it's probably my favourite flavour of crisps in the Walkers range.

Like the rest of the regular Walkers range these are fairly high in fat so there are plenty of other crisp products on the market that contain less fat. But, for me, they are the most tempting Walkers flavour available in the regular range.



Crisps ranked in order of fat content:

01) Golden Wonder Nik Naks (Rib 'n' Saucy Flavour): 38.3%
02) Frisps (Ready Salted Flavour): 35.1%
03) Walkers (Ready Salted): 34.1%
04) Frisps (Cheese 'n' Onion Flavour): 34.0%
05) Frisps (Salt 'n' Vinegar Flavour): 33.9%


06) Walkers (Salt and Vinegar Flavour): 33.1%
07=) Walkers (Cheese and Onion Flavour): 33.0%
07=) Walkers (Steak and Onion Flavour): 33.0%
09=) Walkers (Prawn Cocktail Flavour): 32.7%
09=) Walkers (Roast Chicken Flavour): 32.7%

11) Walkers (Smoky Bacon Flavour): 32.6%
12) Pringles Extreme (Smokin' Ribs Flavour): 32.0%
13) Quavers (Prawn Cocktail Flavour): 31.0%
14) McCoys (Flame Grilled Steak Flavour): 30.7%
15) McCoys (Roast Ham and Mustard Flavour): 30.6%

16) McCoys (Thai Sweet Chicken Flavour): 30.3%
17=) Quavers (Cheese Flavour): 30.0%
17=) Quavers (Salt 'n' Vinegar Flavour): 30/0%
19) KP Discos (Salt 'n' Vinegar Flavour): 29.6%
20) KP Skips (Prawn Cocktail Flavour: 29.5%

21=) Golden Wonder Wheat Crunchies (Crispy Bacon flavour): 25.1%
21=) Golden Wonder Wheat Crunchies (Worcester Sauce flavour): 25.1%
23) Golden Wonder Wheat Crunchies (Spicy Tomato flavour): 25.0%
24=) Smith's Chipsticks: 23.0%
24=) Smith's Frazzles: 23.0%

26) Sainsbury's Bacon Crispies (20.6%)
27) Walkers French Fries (Ready Salted / Cheese and Onion / Salt and Vinegar flavours): 16.0%
28) Walkers Baked (Bacon and Cheddar flavour): 8.5%
29) Walkers Baked (Salt and Vinegar flavour): 8.1%

Summary: Walkers Prawn Cocktail