Students packing a small snack
Individual packs are straightforward to put in a lecture-lunch bag. Walkers lists its Oven Baked Sea Salt crisps in 22g packs, with 2.8g fat per pack and a 50% less-fat claim against regular potato crisps.
Who might choose these crisps?
Students who want to stay with potato crisps
Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt provides a potato-based option with an explicit comparison against regular potato crisps. Lentil crisps are a different product type, even when they carry a reduced-fat claim.
Students checking more than fat
Salt and ingredients can change the choice, particularly across flavours in a multipack. Compare the nutrition panel and read the allergen information for the exact flavour you intend to eat.
What should you compare?
Start with the product type and fat figure, then check what one pack contains and whether its salt and ingredients suit your needs.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Fat and product type | Compare fat per 100g and the wording of any reduced-fat claim. Walkers lists 13g per 100g for Oven Baked Sea Salt and says it has 50% less fat than regular potato crisps. Tyrrells’ Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper Lentil Crisps list 19g per 100g, but are made as lentil crisps. | I want a reduced-fat comparison without switching away from potato-based crisps; if I consider a snack or lentil crisp instead, I’ll check its product description. |
| Pack size | Read both the per-100g and per-pack figures. Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt lists 2.8g fat in a 22g pack; Seabrook Salt & Vinegar Crunchies list 3.0g in an 18g bag. The NHS notes that stated portions may differ from what you eat. | A single bag needs to fit in my lunch, and I want to know what that whole bag contains—not just how two products compare per 100g. |
| Salt and allergens | Check salt per 100g and the ingredients for the exact flavour. Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt lists 0.85g salt per 100g; Seabrook Salt & Vinegar Crunchies list 2.18g per 100g. | If salt or an allergen matters to me, a reduced-fat claim alone will not settle the choice, especially with several flavours in one multipack. |
What is easy to overlook?
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Reading “reduced fat” as “low fat”
Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt lists 13g fat per 100g. The NHS defines low fat as 3g or less per 100g, so its comparative claim and the low-fat threshold mean different things.
Use the claim to identify a comparison worth checking, then read fat, saturates, salt and energy on the label.
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Treating every potato snack as the same kind of crisp
Seabrook calls Salt & Vinegar Crunchies potato snacks, not sliced potato crisps. They list 16.4g fat and 2.18g salt per 100g; Seabrook Sea Salt potato crisps list 30.4g fat and 1.3g salt per 100g.
Check the product description and compare both nutrients before deciding whether the different format suits your lunch.
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Confusing less salt with less fat
Walkers Lightly Salted carries a less-salt claim but lists 31g fat per 100g. Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt lists 13g fat per 100g.
Choose which nutrient you want to compare, then use the corresponding line on the nutrition panel rather than the product name alone.
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Skipping the individual flavours in a variety pack
Joybuy’s Walkers Oven Baked variety-pack information lists barley malt vinegar extract and lactose for Salt & Vinegar, and several milk ingredients for Cheese & Onion.
Read the ingredients and allergen information for each flavour you plan to eat.
Which brands offer relevant options?
Walkers
Its Oven Baked range carries a 50% less-fat claim against regular potato crisps. The separate Lightly Salted product makes a less-salt claim, not a reduced-fat claim.
- Walkers lists 13g fat per 100g and 2.8g per 22g pack for Oven Baked Sea Salt.
- Lightly Salted lists 31g fat per 100g; check which range and flavour you are buying.
Seabrook
Its Sea Salt potato crisps and Salt & Vinegar Crunchies potato snacks offer different formats and nutrition figures.
- Seabrook lists 16.4g fat per 100g and 3.0g per 18g bag for Salt & Vinegar Crunchies.
- Crunchies list 2.18g salt per 100g, compared with 1.3g per 100g for Seabrook Sea Salt potato crisps.
Tyrrells
Its lentil crisps are an alternative if changing away from potato crisps is acceptable. Tyrrells compares their fat content with standard potato crisps using a March 2021 review.
- Tyrrells lists 19g fat per 100g for Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper Lentil Crisps.
- They are lentil crisps, not potato crisps; that flavour lists 2.1g salt per 100g.
REAL Hand Cooked Crisps
Roast Ox is a hand-cooked potato-crisp option to assess on its own nutrition and ingredient information, rather than as a reduced-fat line.
- REAL lists 25.7g fat per 100g for Roast Ox.
- Its listed flavouring contains milk, soya and celery.
KETTLE Chips
Lightly Salted is a hand-cooked potato-crisp option; its name should not be read as a reduced-fat claim.
- KETTLE lists 0.7g salt per 100g for Lightly Salted.
- The same product lists 29.5g fat per 100g, so compare its fat figure separately from its salt figure.
Joybuy options for a lecture lunch
These individual-pack multipacks include baked potato crisps and popped snacks. Check the product type as well as the flavour if you specifically want potato crisps.
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PopChips Sour Cream & Onion 5 x 17g
The 17g bags offer an individual-pack option for a lecture lunch. If you want a conventional potato crisp or are comparing reduced-fat claims, check this popped snack’s product description and nutrition label.
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Walkers Oven Baked Variety Pack 6 x 22g
Six 22g bags offer Sea Salt, Cheese & Onion and Salt & Malt Vinegar for separate lunches. The Joybuy product description states 50% less fat than regular potato crisps; check each flavour’s nutrition and allergen information, particularly the listed barley and milk ingredients.
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Walkers Oven Baked Cheese & Onion 6 x 22g
This single-flavour multipack provides 22g bags to pack individually. Check the exact Cheese & Onion pack for its nutrition figures and ingredients rather than applying the Sea Salt flavour’s figures to it.
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PopChips Barbecue 5 x 17g
The five 17g bags provide separate portions for a packed lunch. If your priority is a specific fat reduction or a conventional potato crisp, compare the product description and nutrition panel before choosing this popped snack.
Common questions
Does “50% less fat” mean low fat?
No. Walkers says Oven Baked Sea Salt has 50% less fat than regular potato crisps, but lists 13g fat per 100g. The NHS defines low fat as 3g or less per 100g; the two descriptions use different comparisons.
Should I compare figures per pack or per 100g?
Use per 100g to compare products of different sizes, then use the per-pack figure for the bag you intend to eat. Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt comes in 22g packs, while Seabrook Salt & Vinegar Crunchies come in 18g bags.
Is a less-salt crisp also reduced in fat?
Not on the strength of its salt claim. Walkers Lightly Salted lists 31g fat per 100g, while Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt lists 13g per 100g. Check the nutrient that matters to your comparison.
Do allergens vary between baked-crisp flavours?
They can. The Joybuy description for the Walkers Oven Baked variety pack lists barley malt vinegar extract and lactose for Salt & Vinegar, and several milk ingredients for Cheese & Onion. Read the information for each flavour rather than relying on the multipack’s reduced-fat wording.