YOU NEED THIS – Plant-Based Ranch Grain-Free Tortilla Chips
As aggressive as this brand is, it certainly catches the eye. While I don’t think anyone NEEDS snacks, I think everyone wants them. We talk a lot about clickbait in online spheres, but this feels like the physical equivalent of it. That packaging is certainly eye catching.
Being plant based and grain free is certainly something that sets these apart. Most tortilla chips are plant based in lieu of them usually being corn or wheat, but being grain free is an interesting one that catches the eye. That curiosity has led me to try these and see how they stack up against other grain-free chips I’ve had in the past.
These chips are huge. They look like if you took one of the smaller, medium sized tortillas and sliced it into quarters. Visually they have lots of black dots which are reminiscent of those chia crackers.The crunch of these is not quite the same as a normal tortilla chip, and lacks that crunch that ends up turning the chip to dust and having the crisp snap that is a feature of those. These instead have a crunch similar to something like a deep fried wheat based cracker or chip. It’s got a substantial feel to it but doesn’t have a crisp snap to it. Unfortunately that doesn’t apply to crumbs, as these things leave just as much of a mess as their traditional counterparts.
Unlike the nacho flavour I tried before, these aren’t nearly as salty, which is a good thing. There’s a good balance of savoury and sweet in this flavour, with the flavour of onion, tomato and garlic all working in tandem. None of the flavours are overpowering so it has a nice balance with a bit of sweetness to give it a nice complex flavour.
Something to note here is that they get sneaky with the serving size, saying that 28g is a single serving whereas a lot of other chips go with 50g as the serving size. That usually ends up with about 260 per 50g, but these are 160 per 28g, so from a caloric perspective these are higher than most mass market chips. I won’t make a judgement call on that alone, but I do find that interesting, if not a little suspicious.
Overall I did enjoy these, but just being plant based and grain free doesn’t make these healthy in any way shape or form. It just provides people with dietary restrictions with more options. I wouldn’t mind getting these again, but keep in mind they are pricier than the other mass market alternatives, so maybe wait for a sale.
