Choose sealed individual bags if you want to put one straight into each office lunch without dividing a sharing pack. A 22–25g bag suits a smaller crisp portion, while a 35–40g bag may suit someone who wants more crisps or is stocking an office cupboard. Compare the nutrition and ingredients for the exact flavour, especially in a mixed pack.
The number of lunches and whether the crisps are for one person or an office cupboard change which pack format is useful.
If you prepare several lunches at once, individual sealed bags let you add one to each lunch without dividing a larger pack. Walkers lists 22g bags in its Oven Baked multipack, while Seabrook variety packs include individual bags.
A case of individual bags can be shared among colleagues while keeping each bag sealed until it is taken. REAL Hand Cooked Crisps lists a 24 x 35g mixed box, and the Pipers Biggleswade Sweet Chilli listing is for 24 x 40g bags.
If ingredients, allergens or nutrition affect your choice, check each flavour rather than relying on the multipack name. The Walkers Oven Baked variety pack includes milk- and barley-containing ingredients in some flavours.
Start with the number and size of sealed bags you will use, then compare flavours and the information printed for each bag.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Pack format | Count the individual bags, not just the total weight. Check whether a box contains lunch-sized bags or sharing packs. | I want to put one sealed bag into each lunch without dividing crisps or storing an opened sharing bag at work. |
| Bag size | Compare the weight of one bag: the researched individual formats include 22g, 25g, 35g and 40g bags. A larger case does not necessarily mean a larger number of lunches. | A smaller bag works for my usual lunch; I would choose a 35–40g bag only if I want that larger portion. |
| Flavours | Check which flavours are included and how many bags of each you receive. Mixed packs can have different ingredients across flavours. | I would like a change of flavour during the week, but everyone taking a bag needs a flavour they can use. |
| Nutrition per bag | Compare values for the bag you would eat, using per-100g figures alongside its weight if necessary. Walkers lists 96 kcal, 2.8g fat and 0.19g salt per 22g Oven Baked Sea Salt bag; those figures do not describe every baked flavour. | If crisps regularly go into my work lunch, I want to compare the actual bags rather than treat equal per-100g values as equal portions. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the ingredient and allergen information for every chosen flavour, including any separate “may contain” statement. Do not apply one flavour’s label to the whole box. | I need to know what is in the particular bag I am packing or offering to a colleague. |
A sharing pack has to be divided if the plan is to take a set portion each day. KETTLE Chips’ researched box contains sharing packs, and Tyrrells lists 150g and 600g formats alongside its 40g bag.
Count the sealed bags you need for the week before choosing a multipack. If you choose sharing bags, divide them into separate containers before taking lunch to work.
The Walkers Oven Baked variety pack includes milk- and barley-containing ingredients in some flavours. A brand name or the front of a mixed pack cannot tell you what is in each bag.
Check the label for every flavour you intend to use, including “may contain” information, and keep labelled wrappers with crisps supplied to colleagues.
A 22g bag and a 40g bag contain different amounts of food, even if their per-100g figures look similar. Walkers’ researched Oven Baked Sea Salt bag is 22g; the Pipers Biggleswade Sweet Chilli case contains 40g bags.
Compare per-bag values where shown. Otherwise, use the bag weight and the per-100g figures from the same product label to work out the amount in one bag.
These examples illustrate different pack formats; a brand’s wider range should not be assumed to have the same ingredients, bag size or nutrition values.
Walkers Oven Baked includes 6 x 22g multipacks suited to packing individual bags for several lunches.
Seabrook’s crinkle-cut variety packs provide individual bags and several flavours; a listed 18-pack includes Sea Salted, Cheese & Onion, Sea Salt & Vinegar and Prawn Cocktail.
Pipers Biggleswade Sweet Chilli is listed as a case of 24 individual 40g bags, a different portion size from a 22–25g lunch multipack.
REAL lists a mixed box of 24 x 35g individual bags, with a choice of nine flavours, for buyers considering a shared office supply.
Tyrrells lists Lightly Sea Salted crisps in 40g, 150g and 600g formats, so the size chosen determines whether they arrive as an individual bag or need dividing.
The researched KETTLE Chips box contains sharing packs, making it more relevant to group use or lunches prepared with separate portions.
These options include individual-bag crisp multipacks for office lunches and one Discos variety pack, which is a wheat-based savoury snack rather than a traditional potato crisp. Check the bag count, weight and exact flavours against the lunches you are planning.
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Six individual 22g bags can be packed across several office lunches without dividing a larger bag.
The variety pack contains three flavours. Some flavours contain milk- and barley-containing ingredients, so check each wrapper if ingredients matter to the person eating it.
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The 20 individual 25g bags suit a run of packed lunches or a supply shared between colleagues.
It is a mixed-flavour pack. Check each flavour’s ingredients; the product information identifies milk in Cheese & Onion.
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This six-pack gives you a 22g bag of the same flavour for each lunch rather than a mixed selection.
The product information identifies milk as an ingredient and lists possible allergen cross-contact; read the current pack before choosing it for someone with an allergy.
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With 24 individual 25g bags, this box suits multiple packed lunches or an office cupboard where people take one bag at a time.
Check the flavours included and their individual nutrition and allergen labels on the current pack.
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Six individual 25.5g bags offer a packed-lunch snack format, but Discos are a wheat-based savoury snack, not traditional potato crisps.
The product information identifies wheat- or barley-containing ingredients and milk; check the exact flavour label before packing a bag for someone else.
Choose an individual 22–25g bag if you want a smaller, sealed portion that goes straight into a lunch bag. A 35–40g individual bag is an option when you deliberately want more crisps; a sharing bag needs dividing if it is intended for separate lunches.
No. Walkers lists 0.19g salt per 22g bag for Oven Baked Sea Salt and gives separate allergen cross-contact advice. Read the nutrition, ingredients and allergen information for the exact flavour rather than applying a general baked-product claim to every bag.
Yes. The Walkers Oven Baked variety pack contains milk- and barley-containing ingredients in some flavours, so one bag’s ingredients cannot stand in for the others. Check each labelled wrapper and keep it with the bag if a colleague may need to read it.
Pack a sealed individual bag if you want to open only the crisps you will eat at lunch. If you buy a sharing bag instead, divide it into separate containers before leaving home and store the remainder according to its packaging.