Choose traditional potato crisps for crunch alongside cheese, eggs or meat; if the crunchy item itself needs to contribute more protein, compare protein crisp-style snacks instead. Walkers Ready Salted lists 1.6g protein per 25g pack and Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted lists 2.8g per 40g pack, while EatProtein lists 11.2g per bag for its soy-based Cheese & Onion Protein Crisps. Compare the portion you will serve, its salt content and its allergens before choosing.
If the crisps need to do more than add texture, compare protein per bag or serving. EatProtein lists 11.2g per bag for its Cheese & Onion Protein Crisps; the traditional potato-crisp portions listed by Walkers and Tyrrells provide 1.6g and 2.8g respectively.
A plain potato crisp can accompany cheese, bread and pickle when the other lunch components provide the protein you want. Check the portion rather than treating a per-100g nutrition figure as the amount on your plate.
Check the exact flavour for allergens and dietary statements. Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted carries a may-contain-milk statement, while KETTLE Lightly Salted and Seabrook Sea Salted state that they are vegan and gluten-free.
Decide what role the crunchy item has in the lunch, then compare portions, salt and the exact product’s dietary information.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Protein contribution | Compare protein per pack or the portion served, not just per 100g. Check whether the product is a potato crisp or a protein crisp-style snack. | If I want the crunchy item to contribute more protein, I need its serving figure. Walkers Ready Salted lists 1.6g per 25g pack, Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted 2.8g per 40g pack, and EatProtein Cheese & Onion Protein Crisps 11.2g per bag, according to their respective brands. |
| Salt across the lunch | Read salt per portion and per 100g on the exact flavour. Consider the amounts in cheese, pickle, chutney and any cured meat as well. | When several parts of my lunch contain salt, I want to know what the crisps add. Tyrrells lists 0.26g per 40g Lightly Sea Salted pack and Seabrook lists 0.4g per 31.8g Sea Salted bag; NHS guidance for adults is no more than 6g of salt a day. |
| Allergens and dietary suitability | Read the exact pack’s ingredient and allergen declarations, including may-contain statements. Use vegan or gluten-free claims only for the flavour to which they apply. | For a shared lunch, I need a product that works for everyone eating it. KETTLE Lightly Salted and Seabrook Sea Salted state vegan and gluten-free suitability; Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted may contain milk, and EatProtein Cheese & Onion Protein Crisps list soy and milk ingredients. |
A lunch portion may be much smaller than 100g. Walkers lists 1.6g protein in a 25g Ready Salted pack, while Tyrrells lists 2.8g in a 40g Lightly Sea Salted pack.
Compare the protein in the pack or portion you will actually serve. If that amount matters to your choice, compare it with a protein crisp-style snack on the same serving basis.
Fat and protein are separate figures. Walkers describes its Oven Baked Sea Salt product as having 50% less fat than regular potato crisps, but lists 1.3g protein per 22g pack.
Read the protein line on the exact product rather than using its cooking method or reduced-fat wording as a substitute.
Cheese, pickles and cured meat can also add salt to a ploughman’s lunch. NHS guidance says adults should have no more than 6g of salt a day.
Choose your crisp portion, check its salt figure and consider it alongside the other foods you plan to serve.
Ingredients and allergen statements vary by product. Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted may contain milk; EatProtein Cheese & Onion Protein Crisps list soy and milk ingredients.
Check the current label of the exact flavour before serving it to someone with an allergy or dietary restriction.
Ready Salted is a traditional potato-crisp option; Oven Baked Sea Salt is a separate baked product.
Lightly Sea Salted is a hand-cooked potato crisp for a traditional accompaniment.
Lightly Salted offers a plain potato-crisp option with stated vegan and gluten-free suitability.
Sea Salted is a potato-crisp option stated to be gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
Anglesey Sea Salt is a potato-crisp option with stated gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan suitability.
Sea Salt is a straightforward potato-crisp choice when the crisps are there to accompany the rest of the lunch.
These options include a lentil-cake alternative and potato crisps for the accompaniment route. Compare their exact portions and labels rather than assuming that every crunchy product serves the same protein need.
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Consider these lentil cakes if you want to compare a non-potato accompaniment with traditional crisps. Check protein for the portion you will serve. Milk appears in the listed allergen information, so check the current pack before serving anyone who avoids it; do not rely on a vegan suitability statement alone.
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For a traditional potato-crisp accompaniment, KETTLE lists 6.5g protein and 0.7g salt per 100g for Lightly Salted. The brand states that this flavour is vegan and gluten-free; check the current pack’s allergen information when sharing.
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These potato crisps fit a lunch where the crisps provide crunch and other foods provide most of the protein. Tyrrells lists 6.9g protein and 0.65g salt per 100g for Lightly Sea Salted. The product carries a may-contain-milk statement; measure the portion you serve from this 150g bag.
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The 6 x 22g format offers separate bags for serving alongside lunch. This is the Cheese & Onion flavour, not the Oven Baked Sea Salt product: check its own pack for protein, salt and allergen information rather than applying another flavour’s figures.
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For a lightly salted crisp alongside the other lunch components, serve a portion from this 150g bag. Check its own nutrition panel for protein and salt per portion, and read the current allergen declaration before sharing.
The listed single-serve examples add relatively small amounts: Walkers Ready Salted provides 1.6g protein per 25g pack and Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted provides 2.8g per 40g pack, according to the brands. Choose them for the potato-crisp accompaniment; if protein from the crunchy item matters, compare its serving figure with protein crisp-style alternatives.
Not necessarily. Walkers says Oven Baked Sea Salt has 50% less fat than regular potato crisps, yet lists 1.3g protein per 22g pack. Read the protein figure for the exact flavour instead of inferring it from a fat claim or cooking method.
Check the crisps’ salt per portion and consider the other foods in the lunch. Tyrrells lists 0.26g salt per 40g Lightly Sea Salted pack and Seabrook lists 0.4g per 31.8g Sea Salted bag; NHS guidance says adults should have no more than 6g of salt a day.
No; check the current label of the exact flavour. KETTLE Lightly Salted and Seabrook Sea Salted state vegan and gluten-free suitability, but Tyrrells Lightly Sea Salted may contain milk. The soy-based EatProtein Cheese & Onion Protein Crisps also list milk ingredients.