A SUPERMARKET brand's sweet chilli crisps have been named better than big brand alternatives including Walkers and are half the price. The crisps scored highly on appearance, aroma, flavour and texture, despite being the second cheapest in the test carried out by consumer experts Which?. 1 The crisps were tested based on flavour, appearance, aroma, texture and price The test saw crisps by premium brands like Tyrrells and Pipers pitted against household favourite Walkers and supermarket own brands, including Tesco, Lidl, Sainsbury's, M&S, Sainsbury's and Asda.
Tesco Finest Thai Inspired sweet chilli hand cooked crisps dropped only one point to the highest rated crisps Tyrrells based on appearance, aroma, flavour and texture scoring an impressive 73% to Tyrrell's 76%. Best of all the Tesco Finest crisps cost just £1.35 for a 150g bag, compared to £2.
50 for the same size bag of Tyrrells' sweet chilli and red pepper flavour crisps. The Tesco snacks were actually the second cheapest of the bags tested, with only Lidl's Deluxe Thai sweet chilli crisps coming in cheaper at £1.25 for a 150g bag.
READ MORE IN MONEY YOU'VE BEAN HAD I tested supermarket beans to see which had most for your money BOX FRESH I tried all the box wines in the supermarkets - a Lidl red wins at just £5.74 At the other end of the scale the most expensive crisps tested were Pipers Biggleswade sweet chilli crisps, which are £3 for a 150g bag and ranked eighth of eight in the taste test with a score of just 5.