This flavour from Hardbite is one I like second best, after the Rock Salt and Vinegar. There is a definite smokiness to the flavour, and the BBQ flavour is not strong, nor spicy. I think their disclaimer is kind of funny; Mass consumption of this product may cause some individuals to have too much fun.
Hardbite has several potato chip flavours, this one is, well, natural, or un-flavoured. The idea that one can tell whether the product itself is good can be determined from the plain or natural, no added flavour ones is one that I have thought was true for a while now. This is a pretty good potato chip, crispy, with a little bit of salt, and the chips are not all the same size or shape. Good, if you like unfettered chips.
I liked this flavour of Hardbite Canadian artisan hand-made kettle-cooked potato chips least of the three that I have tried so far, but, in saying so, the potato chips are not bad tasting. The kick to these chips are from jalapeno powder, and it is a fairly spicy kick, more than I've tasted in other "spicy" potato chips. Himalayan crystal salt is used as well, as in the others.
When we first were introduced to these Canadian-made potato chips from Hardbite, one of them we tried was their Rock Salt and Vinegar. Salt and Vinegar chips are a flavour I enjoy. Some of their other chips have Himalayan salt, an unusual ingredient, but there is no indication that this flavour uses the Himalayan rock salt. These are artisan-made kettle-cooked; this bag was made by Christine. It's a good tasting salt and vinegar chip, quite salty and vinegary (though it uses vinegar powder, however that works); otherwise, the ingredients look pretty good. These were $2 per bag, but I have seen them costing $3.
Hardbite is a new line of artisan potato chips from a Canadian company, from British Columbia, Naturally Homegrown Foods Ltd.. They are artisan as they are handmade, kettle cooked in small batches, this bag was created by Christina. The other interesting feature, is that they use Himalayan crystal salt; I have a Himalayan crystal salt lamp, but have never really seen salt products for eating. This one is wild onion and yogurt flavour, there is natural yogurt powder and sour cream powder among the ingredients; the onion comes in the form of onion powder. I also noticed there is a fair bit of cane sugar, but the chips do taste very salty. This is a premium product, we got it for $2 for the 150 g bag, but it could easily sell for $3 or even more in places. They were tasty chips, with good flavour, and I like the kettle cooked chip, but I think I would only buy these again on sale.
