These parsnip, sweet potato and beetroot crisps are tasty enough though they can make the fingers a little greasy. They are, however, robust enough to dip in hummus without breaking (usually), which is always good. Max Sizzling Flame Grilled Steak– Butter extract and dried milk whey are the problems here with no steaks to be found amongst the ingredients None of the Kettle & More flavours are vegan at the time of writing (which should come as no great surprise for the Norfolk Pork Sausage flavour in particular). Now branded as Walkers, though previously a mainstay of Smith’s, the rather novel Salt & Shake concept was particularly popular in the days before parents realised that encouraging kids to put extra salt on their crisps maybe wasn’t a great idea. Still enjoying a small niche market, there is little between these and the Tesco version (other than the price). Oven Baked Cheese & Onion– Contains various milk derivatives, including dried cheese and whey powder

Even the likes of Smiths (long gone, although some of their lines were continued under Walkers) also sold (deep breath) Chipitos, Cheezers, Chipstics, Farmer browns, Flavour n' Shake, Football Crazy, Horror Bags, Tubes, Smokees, Twists and Zodiacs. ALL of the above brands offshoots had variety of flavours. Since Weight Watchers introduced the new Personal Points plan it is harder to calculate points. This means I can no longer offer exact WW Points for food lists. (I am working on the recipe part). HOW MANY CALORIES SHOULD I BE CONSUMING PER DAY?Potatoes, Sunflower Oil, Cheddar & Onion Flavour [Dried Onion, Dried Yeast Extract, Dried Whey ( Milk), Dextrose, Salt, Dried Whole Milk, Dried Cheese ( Milk), Rubbed Parsley, Flavourings (contain Milk), Onion Extract, Colour: Paprika Extract]. Lifestyle / Additives

I've wanted to try the mythical cheese flavoured Skips for a long time. Rumour has it that they once existed. Perhaps surprisingly vegan, any former omnivores who crave a bacon fix might choose these (though how close the taste is to real bacon, we really can’t remember!) Sunbites Cheddar & Caramelised Onion– Contains various milk products, including cheese powder and butter The crisp brands that fall directly under the Walkers umbrella include the following: Walkers Crisps, Walkers Oven Baked, Walkers Max, Walkers Hint of Salt, Walkers Poppables, Walkers Bugles, Walkers Mixups, Walkers Tear ‘n’ Share, Walkers Crinkles, Monster Munch, Wotsits, Quavers, French Fries, Squares, Walkers Delo, Sunbites, and Sensations. We’ll go through each of those below and assess their vegan credentials. Spicy Sriracha– A new flavour in the classic range, we unfortunately have no idea what they taste like as they contain sour cream powder from milk

Another very nice crisp from the Finest range, and again a decent value alternative to some of the branded options. The lightly salted version is nice enough, but we prefer the more interesting options mentioned below. Some time ago supermarkets came to the realisation that creating their own versions of well-loved food products could be a real money spinner. By creating similar (but often slightly less enticing) products, but charging a good deal less than the big name brands, supermarkets gave consumers the choice of prioritising brand or economic value. This is apparent across many different food product ranges, including crisps.

Some flavoured seasonings contain wheat flour to help coat the crispsthese products would not be suitable for a gluten free diet. They may also have barley malt extract included flavour, again these would not be suitable for a gluten free diet unless labelled gluten free. Additionally there are crisps where the seasonings do not contain gluten but due to the manufacturing environment there is a risk of cross contamination for example "may contain gluten". The Chilli Heatwave chip ramps up the spice a little but they are by no means tongue-sizzlingly hot, especially if coupled with a mild salsa. Available at the time of writing in two flavours (Beetroot with Sweet Chilli Jam, or Sweet Potato with Paprika), these have significantly less fat than other options in the veg crisp niche (for example, the Beetroot and Sweet Chilli Jam crisps have 14g of fat per 100g, compared to around 32g of fat per 100g of the Tyrells Mixed Root Vegetable Crisps. These aren’t quite as nice though! Flavoursome and light, these popped chips compare well to others in the genre, especially on price. Are poppadoms crisps? Well, Sainsbury’s think so, and the mini ones they produce are vegan friendly, so that’ll do for us.

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Lighter and with less fat than the conventional Walkers crisps, the Oven Baked range take some getting used to for crisp fiends, but they are worth the effort. ps- Sorry for the long post, it was meant to give you an idea of what things used to be like compared to now and went a bit angry ranty at Walkers at the end. Sorry. Its a real eye opener the flavours that existing brands used to do (not including discontinued brand offshoots such as Golden Wonders 'Kung Fuey').

Oven Baked Sour Cream & Chive– Contains various milk products, including cream powder and buttermilk James, if I told you about some of the crisp flavours that used to exist, you probably wouldn't believe me. A class above the standard Walkers crisps, these have a premium feel to them, with fancy flavours to match.

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I **** hate Walkers (and by extention Lays), even after all these years - may their senior management of the time burn in Hell. They bought so many companies just to corner the market with their crap tasteless product - its we the consumers who are ultimately the losers. They have a handful of vegan-friendly own-brand crisps, as detailed below. We had hoped for a little more imagination from Waitrose, but they sell so many branded vegan-friendly crisps that their customers will not be left wanting. Crisp Name/Flavour Note that most of the supermarkets mentioned below also sell a good number of the crisp brands mentioned above (though the discount supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl often have alternatives to the better known brands we’ve featured). Tesco Vegan Crisps Weirdly vegan!