For a weekly shop, compare calories alongside the weight of each inner pack: Tesco Groceries lists Wotsits Really Cheesy at 82 kcal per 16.5g pack and Tesco Cheese Puffs at 86 kcal per 17g bag. Skips Prawn Cocktail is listed at 71 kcal per 13.1g pack, but it is described as a tapioca snack containing maize flour rather than a maize-based puff. Check salt information and the current ingredient and allergen label as well as calories before choosing a multipack.
Individually wrapped multipacks let you compare the calories in one packet with the amount you expect to eat. Check its weight too: a smaller packet can have fewer calories without being lower in calories per 100g.
If several people will use the multipack, compare the number and size of its inner bags. Look at the calories and salt per bag, and check ingredient and allergen information for anyone who needs it.
A maize base does not establish whether a snack is milk-free or gluten-free. Tesco labels its Free From Onion Maize Snack Rings gluten free, wheat free, milk free and suitable for vegans; its stated 25g portion contains 124 kcal. Check the current pack against your requirements.
Start with the amount you would eat, then check the snack base, salt information and ingredients. A per-pack comparison answers a different question from a per-100g comparison.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Portion size and calories | Read kcal and weight for one inner pack. Compare per 100g as well if you want to account for different pack weights. | I plan to eat one packet at a time and want its calorie figure to reflect that portion, rather than comparing unlike pack sizes as though they were equal. |
| Salt and traffic-light labelling | Compare salt per pack and any front-of-pack indicator. Tesco Groceries lists Frazzles Bacon at 0.54g salt per 20g pack with a high salt indication. | Calories matter to me, but I also want to see how the packs compare for salt. A lower calorie number alone will not answer that question. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the current ingredients, highlighted allergens and any may-contain statement. Check free-from wording against the exact product, not just its snack base. | Someone in the household avoids particular ingredients, so I need the label for the pack I am buying rather than an assumption based on maize or a flavour name. |
| Maize-snack fit | Check the product description and ingredients. Tesco Groceries describes Skips Prawn Cocktail as a tapioca snack containing maize flour and Quavers Cheese as a potato snack. | If I specifically want a maize-based puff, I need to distinguish it from similar-looking snacks made primarily with another starch. |
Tesco Groceries lists Skips Prawn Cocktail at 71 kcal for a 13.1g pack; the other multipacks considered here have larger inner packs. Per-pack calories are useful for planning one snack, but pack weight changes the comparison.
Read kcal and grams together. If equal-weight portions matter to you, compare the per-100g figures too.
Some of these snacks contain milk or carry may-contain statements. Neither a maize base nor the word “baked” establishes allergen suitability.
Check the ingredients, highlighted allergens and may-contain wording on the current physical pack.
The stated portion for Tesco Free From Onion Maize Snack Rings is 25g, or one-sixth of the 150g bag, with 124 kcal. Eating a different amount changes the calories consumed.
If a fixed portion matters, use the stated serving size to measure what you take from a sharing bag, or compare individually wrapped alternatives.
Tesco Groceries describes Quavers Cheese as a potato snack and Skips Prawn Cocktail as a tapioca snack containing maize flour. Their appearance does not make them equivalent to maize-based puffs.
Read the product description and ingredients when the snack base is part of your buying decision.
These are references to specific products and variants, not a statement that every product from each brand has the same ingredients or nutrition.
The Really Cheesy multipack is a maize-based cheesy puff option with individual 16.5g bags.
Prawn Cocktail is a tapioca snack containing maize flour, relevant if maize-containing snacks are within your search.
The Pickled Onion multipack contains individually wrapped baked corn snacks.
The Bacon multipack is a corn-snack option in 20g inner packs.
Tesco Cheese Puffs and Tesco Free From Onion Maize Snack Rings address different portion and ingredient requirements.
Cheese Quavers are an adjacent puffed-snack option, not a strict maize-snack choice.
These individually packed maize-snack options offer cheesy and spicy flavours for a weekly shop. Check the pack size and current label for the variant you choose.
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The 12 individually portioned bags suit a shop planned around one bag per snack. Joybuy lists 82 kcal per 16.5g pack for this Really Cheesy variant and identifies maize in the ingredients. It contains milk; check the current pack for its full allergen statement.
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This six-pack provides individual 16.5g bags if that pack count fits your household's weekly shop. Check the current nutrition and allergen label for this Cheese variant rather than assuming every Wotsits multipack has identical details.
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For a spicy corn-snack option, this multipack has six individual 20g bags. Compare the calories on its current label with the smaller bags elsewhere in your shop, and check its ingredient and allergen information if barley, soya or wheat matters to you.
Among the products compared here, Tesco Groceries lists Skips Prawn Cocktail at 71 kcal per 13.1g pack, Wotsits Really Cheesy at 82 kcal per 16.5g pack and Tesco Cheese Puffs at 86 kcal per 17g bag. That compares one supplied packet at a time, not equal weights; Skips is also described as a tapioca snack containing maize flour rather than a maize-based puff.
No. Check the figures for the exact product and portion. Tesco Groceries lists baked Monster Munch Pickled Onion at 98 kcal and 0.31g salt per 20g pack, while its Frazzles Bacon listing gives 97 kcal and 0.54g salt per 20g pack.
They show whether the labelled amount of fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt is high, medium or low, as GOV.UK explains. Read the label alongside the stated portion size: a calorie figure by itself does not describe those other nutrients.
No; suitability depends on the exact product and current label. Tesco Groceries lists milk in Wotsits and Tesco Cheese Puffs, and says Skips may contain milk, soya and gluten. Its Free From Onion Maize Snack Rings are labelled gluten free, wheat free and milk free. Check the physical pack's ingredients and allergen statements before buying for a specific requirement.
Not for a strict maize-snack comparison: Tesco Groceries describes the Quavers Cheese multipack as a potato snack. It can still be compared as a separate puffed-snack option if the snack base is not essential to your choice.