Nut nut

2 years ago by Blaze to c/buyeuropean

skisnow 41 points 2 years ago

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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skarn 28 points 2 years ago

Fr*nch.

Barry we're not on 2we4u

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DmMacniel 5 points 2 years ago

What's wrong with frogs?

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skisnow 2 points 2 years ago

I guess not so much in the grander scheme of things, but it’s astonishing and depressing in equal measures that Britain doesn’t seem able to have kept hold of any of its own beloved home-grown brands.

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CowsLookLikeMaps 1 point 2 years ago

Commiserates in Canadian

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RaptorBenn 16 points 2 years ago

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Million 5 points 2 years ago

Nut Nut 💦🥴

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Diddlydee 16 points 2 years ago

I'm all about Tayto, king of crisps.

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GreatAlbatross 6 points 2 years ago

North Taytos, or South Taytos?
A very important question.

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Diddlydee 1 point 2 years ago

The Norn Irish ones are more potent and flavoursome in my humble opinion.

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frightful_hobgoblin 2 points 2 years ago

freestaytos

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Scrollone 15 points 2 years ago

Pringles are so shitty that can't even be categorised as "chips" according to European regulations

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9point6 11 points 2 years ago

Brets are S-tier crisps, I don't know why you'd pick anything over them anyway

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rmuk 2 points 2 years ago

Holy shit. I just got back from a more civilised country and while I was there I bought a family-sized bag of shallot flavour Brets crisps. "I'll just try one," I thought. Did I nail that entire bag in the car park? Why, I do believe I did.

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i_am_not_a_robot 10 points 2 years ago

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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mannycalavera 15 points 2 years ago

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.

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i_am_not_a_robot 4 points 2 years ago

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.

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Flisty 5 points 2 years ago

@i_am_not_a_robot @mannycalavera owned by Valeo https://www.valeofoodsgroup.com/... which is Euro/Canadian, so you're fine.
Personally I prefer Corkers.

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then_three_more 1 point 2 years ago

They're owned by Campbell's Soups according to Wikipedia

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i_am_not_a_robot 4 points 2 years ago

Right... so Campbell's claim to own them but their site points to "Kettle Brands" which seems to be US based.

According to another post they are owned by Valeo. Their site points to Kettle Foods, which seems to be UK based.

I suspect at some point the US and UK parts of the company have been split up, although it's very confusing that they seem to have the same branding.

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ChaosInstructor 11 points 2 years ago

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cosmicrookie 6 points 2 years ago

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frightful_hobgoblin 3 points 2 years ago

They don't taste American

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tiramichu 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Looking at this diagram as a British person it's like the US stuff is our entire selection and none of the alternative brands exist here :(

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GreatAlbatross 27 points 2 years ago

Tyrell's are good.
They're owned by KP Snacks, a UK based company, who also make:

(Images from https://www.kpsnacks.com/our-brands, arranged in gimp)

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tiramichu 6 points 2 years ago

I confess I have a secret love for pom bears, despite my age being long out of the single digits XD

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rayquetzalcoatl 4 points 2 years ago

Two pom bears eaten at once is just the perfect level of salt. They're almost a perfect crisp -- and who doesn't love little bears??

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idiomaddict 2 points 2 years ago

They’re just so good. I can’t be mad at potatoes, fat, and salt in any combination.

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ALiteralCabbage 4 points 2 years ago

You beat me to it!

KP make amazing snacks.

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then_three_more 4 points 2 years ago

These all all S tier snacks too.

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huppakee 3 points 2 years ago

I've never hear of any of these except pom-bear, which would make me buy any of the other brands lol

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GreatAlbatross 2 points 2 years ago

I love pom-bears, but love Lidl's Teddy's Hit even more.
Unfortunately, I've never seen them for sale in the UK.

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rayquetzalcoatl 2 points 2 years ago

Space Raiders til I die, best crisp out there 🫡

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NigelFrobisher 2 points 2 years ago

Space Raiders saved my life.

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MrsDoyle 1 point 2 years ago

McCoys are good (thick, rippled), except that I only really like plain salted crisps and they're impossible to find - apart from in multi packs with other flavours.

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GreatAlbatross 2 points 2 years ago

I quite like the tesco finest crinkle cut ready salted.
150g bag for £1.25 or so. The only downside is, the flavour varies (I think it's the freshness of the oil for that batch).

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Flisty 1 point 2 years ago

@GreatAlbatross @tiramichu plenty of UK crisps (including Kettle, established in here somewhere - based in Norfolk, owned in Europe). Corkers, Pipers, Tyrrells, Two Farmers come to mind. Don't think any of them are owned internationally? I come from potato country - so many crisp factories round here!

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Skua 5 points 2 years ago

Kettle chips are made in the UK, but the company is American and also owned by Campbell's (of soup fame)

Edit: Campbell's actually sold the European branch of Kettle to Dutch Valeo in 2019 https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/...

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Flisty 2 points 2 years ago

@Skua @Blaze @tiramichu @GreatAlbatross Kettle Foods Inc and Kettle Foods Ltd are different companies. Kettle Foods Ltd is owned by Valeo Foods https://www.valeofoodsgroup.com/

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Skua 4 points 2 years ago

I can highly recommend Co-op's own brand Irresistible crisps. The salt & vinegar ones especially

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PixelTron 2 points 2 years ago

Stumbled on these the other week, they have no right to taste that good!!!

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NigelFrobisher 4 points 2 years ago

Seabrook are still going, though Japanese owned since 2017.

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tiramichu 2 points 2 years ago

Seabrook crisps immediately take me back to playing on the swings and slides in a pub beer garden on a warm summer afternoon

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MrsDoyle 8 points 2 years ago

I have Irish friends (republic and northern) who stock up on Taytos when they're home, and rave about them. They export from Ulster to the US, but I've never seen there here in Scotland - weird. https://www.tayto.com/about/

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addie 3 points 2 years ago

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.

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Irelephant 2 points 2 years ago

Taytos are amazing.

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unsettlinglymoist 1 point 2 years ago

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Flisty 1 point 2 years ago

@MrsDoyle @Blaze Taytos have Irish and Northern Irish versions, just to get really confusing.

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Irelephant 7 points 2 years ago

Where are you getting all of these exotic templates from?

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frightful_hobgoblin 7 points 2 years ago

How do I find an alternative to [[American product]?

Look next to it on the shelf.

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Kanda 6 points 2 years ago

1000015755

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RetroGradeBE 6 points 2 years ago

Croky in Belgium is good aswell!

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starlinguk 1 point a year ago

They're in the Netherlands too.

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Rappe 6 points 2 years ago

Taffel (FIN), Estrella (SWE) & Oikia (FIN) as well!

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boonhet 3 points 2 years ago

Taffel vs Estrella is a way to start a fight tbh

I like Estrella's sour cream and onion more, but Taffel has some other great flavors.

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Rappe 1 point 2 years ago

I agree on the sourcream & onion, taffel's furious is delicious, but Oikia Musta Melody Black Garlic is absolutely without competition for top spot.

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unsettlinglymoist 1 point 2 years ago

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j4yt33 5 points 2 years ago

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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MU5T4N6 3 points 2 years ago

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j4yt33 2 points 2 years ago

Amazing, will do. Thank you!

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9point6 2 points 2 years ago

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

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atthecoast 4 points 2 years ago

Croky! Made in Belgium!

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childOfMagenta 1 point 2 years ago

Je craque

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madjo 4 points 2 years ago

I haven't found a Brets flavour that I like. So I'll stick to the house brand chips in my supermarket, or Croky.

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muts 3 points 2 years ago

How could you leave out the best crispy crisps ever; croky?!

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Dyskolos 3 points 2 years ago

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M137 3 points 2 years ago

One of Swedens biggest chip brands has their main factory in my city, and they're available in every store. I almost exclusively buy from them, nice to have such a local thing.

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elmerdahl 1 point 2 years ago

@M137 @Blaze I think it’s also called crisps in English in case anyone is wondering. :blobmiou:

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JasonDJ 3 points 2 years ago

As an American, the only one of them that's worth eating is Kettle Chips anyway. But even then, as a Massachusettsian, I would prefer Cape Cod chips.

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huppakee 2 points 2 years ago

Well, I'm European and I think at least 80% of the brands in the chips/crisps section are those 5 us brands. Loads of people buy them.

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slackassassin 1 point 2 years ago

Cape Cod ftw

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Kacarott 3 points 2 years ago

FunnyFrisch make these "Lentil Chips" which sounds weird but they are actually so good.

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Argyle13 2 points 2 years 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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helvetpuli 2 points 2 years ago

Bonilla la Vista

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ThomasCrappersGhost 2 points 2 years ago

Kettle, Pipers, or Tyrrell’s crisps for me.

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dreikelvin 1 point 2 years ago

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starlinguk 1 point a year ago

Chio nachos are the vilest nachos known to man.

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 1 point 2 years ago

Sell those in Canada. We need more options.

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boonhet 1 point 2 years ago

Santa Maria also has decent ones and is owned by Paulig which is Finnish-owned.

Balsnack is Estonian, probably not available elsewhere. They make the brands Kartulivahvel, Piraat, Vigur, and some less traditional ones like Ossi which is actually pork based

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IndianaJones 0 points 2 years ago

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NewDay 6 points 2 years ago

It is still owned by PepsiCo.

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DavidGarcia -2 points 2 years ago

I recommend that you don't eat any of these brands food. it is better for your health

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