• Argyle13 @lemmy.worldM
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    19 hours ago

    In Spain we have Bonilla a la vista, really good crisps, even Koreans are crazy about them. We also have snacks from Grefusa or Frit Ravish. And more crisps from eapinaler, El Gallo, Sarriegui and literally dozens of brands. Nearly all the regions have 6-7 good brans for crisps and there are hundreds of small brands in every area. Apart from the brands you can find at every supermarket.

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    It’s distressing how many British sweet brands now have a chain of ownership leading to the US. Mondelez famously bought Cadbury’s, and Bain Capital (y’know, Mitt Romney’s company) own most of the “classics” like Barratts, Fox’s Glacier Mints, Poppets, Tavener’s, Mojo chews, Barker & Dobson etc. The only big non-American company left is Nestle, and they can also fuck wayyyyy off.

    It’s only Terry’s and Tunnocks left now, and even then Terry’s are owned by the Fr*nch.

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    Pringles are so shitty that can’t even be categorised as “chips” according to European regulations

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    In the UK we have… all of the ones at the top and… none of the ones at the bottom

    I think

    Please let me know I’m wrong and where I can find those thx

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      Try the Euro Food shops. They’ll have the European brands. But yeah, the bug stores only have the typical American brands.

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      You can find brets although you need to do a big supermarket for them (or a specialist fancy food shop)

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      They’re occasionally the crisp of choice in pubs; an excellent accompaniment to an 80/-. Suppose there’s worse criteria for your pub crawls. But aye, a weird omission - you’d be thinking there’s plenty of wagons on the Stranraer ferry that could bring a few palletloads over.

    • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world
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      I’m in the US and a store a few minutes away sells Keogh’s chips which are Irish. My girlfriend is crazy about them so I buy a bag every time I go there.

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    Kettle Chips are British, made in Norfolk. I double-checked their website and they haven’t been taken over by anyone as far as I can tell.

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      Unfortunately the veil has dropped. I thought the same as you but this is what the website says:

      https://kettlechips.co.uk/pages/about

      Cameron Healy Founded Kettle Foods In Salem, Oregan, USA. Cameron and his son discovered the British love of crisps, prompting Cameron to establish Kettle Foods in the UK.

      He chose Norfolk as our home, where you can still find us to this day, in order to be as close as possible to many of our potato growers. Our first home was actually the corner of an old converted shoe factory in Norwich. And so, from humble beginnings, the first KETTLE® Chips were produced in the UK.

      Cameron Healy and UK Co-owner, Tim Meyer, got talking to owner and chef Chris Barnard, in whom he recognised a true passion for authentic foods and > ingredients.

      Sharing Cameron’s vision, Chris soon packed up his utensils and recipe books to join us in setting up the UK branch of Kettle Foods

      So it’s US founded, and (at least some point in the past) UK co-owned and mainly produced in the UK. A little grey area. Nice crisps, however.

      Walkers was a surprise to me. But turns out that is a UK brand sold to the yanks like everything else 😬. Also nice crisps.

      • Chris@feddit.uk
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        You missed the last bit:

        All the KETTLE Chips you get now are made here in the UK, with British potatoes, but our American name is a nod to the adventurer that brought us here!

        So they are at least made in Europe, the last bit suggests the US connection no longer exists.

        Somewhat confused.