If protein is the priority, choose a protein crisp rather than assuming a familiar maize puff will meet that aim: Myprotein lists 11g protein per 25g pack for each of its two reviewed crisps, while Walkers lists 1.2g per pack for Wotsits Cheese and Monster Munch Pickled Onion. The reviewed Popped Protein Crisps use soya protein concentrate, so the trade-off is a different snack base; check protein, salt and allergens on the particular pack before buying.
If protein per single pack drives your mid-morning choice, compare the serving rather than the snack’s appearance. Myprotein lists 11g per 25g pack for its reviewed crisps; Walkers lists 1.2g for a 22.5g pack of Wotsits Cheese and a 20g pack of Monster Munch Pickled Onion.
Wotsits Cheese and Monster Munch Pickled Onion offer familiar maize-snack formats. Their Walkers nutrition panels list 1.2g protein per pack, so choose them for the type of snack rather than treating them as protein-led options.
A soya-protein crisp and a maize puff need not have the same ingredients or allergen declaration. Check the exact flavour and current pack, particularly when soya, milk or gluten-containing cereals matter to your choice.
Start with protein in the portion you expect to eat, then check whether its ingredient base, salt and pack format fit the snack you want.
Choose when: Protein per portable pack matters more than having a conventional maize puff; Myprotein lists 11g per 25g pack for both reviewed crisps.
Trade-off: Myprotein Popped Protein Crisps list soya protein concentrate as their main ingredient, not maize.
Choose when: The familiar puffed-snack format matters more to you than a substantial protein contribution.
Trade-off: Walkers lists 1.2g protein per pack for both Wotsits Cheese and Monster Munch Pickled Onion.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Protein per portion | Read grams per pack as well as per 100g. Walkers lists 1.0g in a 12g Wotsits Cheese Toastie pack; Myprotein lists 11g in a 25g Popped Protein Crisps pack. | I want to know what one mid-morning pack contributes, rather than judging by the product name or a per-100g figure alone. |
| Snack base | Read the first ingredients and the protein value together. Walkers lists chickpea flour at 39% before maize in Wotsits Cheese Toastie, but 1.0g protein per 12g pack. | A maize-inclusive snack appeals to me, but I do not want to mistake a pulse ingredient for a substantial amount of protein in the finished pack. |
| Salt | Compare the stated serving sizes and flavours. Myprotein lists 1.40g salt per 25g pack for Popped Protein Crisps Salt & Vinegar; Walkers lists 0.44g per 22.5g pack for Wotsits Cheese. | If I am comparing these snacks for protein, I also want to see the salt amount in the portion I would eat. |
| Allergens and pack size | Read the current flavour-specific allergen declaration. Check whether the nutrition figures refer to one cake, one small pack or a larger sharing bag. | I need a snack with ingredients that suit me, and I want the label’s serving size to match the portion I plan to have. |
Walkers lists 1.2g protein per pack for both Wotsits Cheese and Monster Munch Pickled Onion. The cooking method or maize base does not tell you the protein contribution of the portion.
Read protein per pack first if that is the reason for buying the snack, then check whether you want its particular ingredients and flavour.
Tesco lists lentil flour and corn flour in Proper Chips Sea Salt, but its nutrition panel gives 1.9g protein per 20g serving. Walkers lists 1.0g per 12g pack for the chickpea-and-maize Wotsits Cheese Toastie.
Use the finished product’s nutrition panel to compare servings; an ingredient name alone cannot tell you the grams of protein you will get.
Myprotein Popped Protein Crisps Salt & Vinegar list 11g protein and 1.40g salt per 25g pack, with soya protein concentrate as the main ingredient.
Check salt per pack and the current allergen declaration for the exact product and flavour, particularly if an allergy affects what you can buy.
These examples illustrate how much the ingredient base and protein per serving can differ; a brand name alone does not describe every product in its range.
Its reviewed savoury protein crisps provide an alternative when protein per pack takes priority over a maize-puff format.
Compare the specific Wotsits product rather than assuming every pack has the same size or ingredients.
Pickled Onion is a maize-snack example for comparing a familiar small pack with protein crisps.
The reviewed Cheese product is a savoury-snack reference, rather than a protein-led choice.
Proper Chips Sea Salt illustrates why a crisp containing pulse flour still needs a per-serving protein check.
These options include corn snacks for a familiar mid-morning format and lentil cakes for a different type of savoury snack. Compare the current pack’s protein per serving before choosing one for a protein-focused snack.
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A sweet-corn puff for a maize-snack choice. Check protein per 40g pack if protein is your deciding criterion.
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Lentil cakes rather than conventional maize puffs. Compare protein for the number of cakes you would eat, not just the wording on the pack.
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A maize-puff option in a sharing bag. Check the labelled serving size before comparing its protein with an individual snack pack.
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A grilled-corn-flavoured snack for a savoury mid-morning choice. Use the pack’s serving information to judge its protein contribution.
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Six individual 20g packs make the portion size clear. Compare protein per pack if you are choosing between this corn snack and a protein crisp.
For a food carrying a ‘high protein’ nutrition claim in Great Britain, at least 20% of its energy value must come from protein. That is the condition set out in the nutrition-claims legislation published by legislation.gov.uk, not a requirement that every mid-morning snack has to meet.
The reviewed packs contribute relatively little protein: Walkers lists 1.2g per 22.5g Wotsits Cheese pack, 1.2g per 20g Monster Munch Pickled Onion pack and 0.4g per 16g Quavers Cheese pack. Compare the exact product’s current per-pack panel rather than applying those figures to other flavours or sizes.
No. Myprotein lists soya protein concentrate as the main ingredient in its reviewed Popped Protein Crisps, so that product is a different type of crisp from a conventional maize puff. Walkers’ Wotsits Cheese Toastie includes maize but lists chickpea flour first and provides 1.0g protein per 12g pack.
Read the allergen declaration on the current pack for the exact flavour you intend to buy. Ingredient bases differ between soya-protein crisps, maize snacks and pulse-containing snacks, and a declaration for one product should not be assumed to apply to another.