Do crisps taste like their claimed flavour?

[purplepoppy]

Crisps come in lots of different flavours. But I've never bit into a chicken flavoured crisp and thought it tasted like actual chicken. If you're vegan and ever tasted steak flavoured crisps and thought that's what steak is like, well you're wrong.

Thoughts?

[Adventurer23]

I personally prefer pee-soaked gerbil cage flavour myself.

But seriously, I have never tasted any chip, except for salt & vinegar or perhaps dill pickle, that actually tastes like the flavour says.

I have never tried meat-flavoured chips (the idea never appealed to me), but the only flavoured chip I buy on occasion are ones called "all dressed", which are a Canadian creation, and are only offered here in Canada, as far as I know. As the name implies, it's basically a mix of several flavours such as: ketchup (another Canadian favourite lol), barbecue, sour cream & onion, and salt & vinegar. They're a little salty, a little smokey, and savoury with a hint of sweetness. I prefer them over other flavours.

[Kaneki05]

No but that's why they taste nice in the first place. I hate bacon but loves bacon crisps. I hate barbeque but love barbeque crisps. Prawn Cocktail? I can happily say I've never had a prawn but had many of these.

[DJB72]

You hate bacon 🥓🥓🥓?

What kind of psychopath are you?😉😜

[Kaneki05]

Well the doctor always said I might be but he was more concerned with my liking of pineapple on pizza hehe.

[DJB72]

What's wrong with putting pineapple on pizza? How else do you make a Hawaiian Pizza? 🍍🍍🍍

[PBandJ_Nerd]

The ones I've had, like pizza for example, has that hint of flavor that kind of tastes like a pizza. But ones I eat are sour cream & onion, cheddar & sour cream, ketchup, salt & vinegar.

[electromagnetic]

I hate walkers and sensations. I feel like UK is deprived of the quality stuff 🤣 they don’t taste good like their American counterparts

[MrOracle]

I don't believe in any flavors that didn't already exist in the 1980s. This trend of making 70 different variations of every item is stupid in my opinion. I don't need bitter root and penguin-flavored potato chips, for f's sake.

[molonski2]

Wet dog , yeah , kinda like when Adidas first bought out men's perfume..

What does it smell like? A sweaty shoe , was my first thought..

So happy I don't eat Chips at all , Wet dog - Yuk.

[Nikki1989]

People are addicted to tasteless, bland foods. That is how McDonald's become so popular. The packaging probably has more taste than the food.

[DJB72]

Here in South Africa there's a company called Messaris that does a lamb flavour that actually tastes like lamb because the crisps are cooked in rendered lamb fat with herbs etc.

Walkers/Lays not so much

[AviatorTom]

No matter what the flavor is labeled on the bag, they all taste pretty much the same.

[JacobJordan]

It is pretty shocking what chemicals can do to make things taste like other things

[Surely]

Us dumb humans will eventually kill ourselves with all the chemicals we put into our bodies!

[JacobJordan]

@Surely oh most definitely until then I suppose we enjoy the fact we can have bland chips covered in fancy colors that makes it taste like cream cheese and onions or whatever

[LiamJHayden]

lol Wet Dog. If I am ever down, I just come on here and find one of you questions and get cheered up quickly.

Maybe salt and vinegar do. Otherwise, rarely do crisps / chips (as called in USA) taste as advertised.

[Twalli]

From what I've found, not really. If, however, you chose to get something else on thenm, like pepper, you can taste and see the pepper.

[Pete671]

Well Walkers now do Christmas pudding flavour crisps,

[Ruenella_]

Not always. But it still tastes good so I ignore it.

[douride2]

Some do others not so much.