- Crisps are a beloved snack in the UK, with an estimated 6 billion packets consumed annually.
- The first commercially sold crisps were produced in the UK in 1853 by a man named William Kitchiner.
- The most popular crisp flavour in the UK is salt and vinegar.
- Other popular crisp flavours in the UK include cheese and onion, ready salted, prawn cocktail, and smoky bacon.
- Walkers is the largest crisps brand in the UK, with a market share of around 50%.
- Walkers was founded in 1948 and is based in Leicester, UK.
- The crisps brand Tayto is the largest in Northern Ireland.
- The average UK resident consumes around 150 packets of crisps per year.
- The UK crisp market is worth over £2 billion annually.
- The first flavoured crisps were introduced in the UK in the 1960s.
- In the UK, crisps are often referred to as “crisps” rather than “chips”.
- In the UK, crisps are sold in packets rather than by weight.
- The world’s largest bag of crisps was made in the UK in 2013 and weighed 1,141 kg.
- The UK is home to a number of regional crisp brands, including Golden Wonder in Scotland and Seabrook in the North of England.
- The UK crisp market is dominated by potato-based crisps, but other types of crisps, such as vegetable crisps and tortilla chips, are also popular.
- Walkers produces over 10 million packets of crisps per day in the UK.
- In the UK, the term “crisp sandwich” refers to a sandwich made with crisps instead of filling.
- In the UK, some crisps brands are associated with particular sports teams, such as Walkers and Leicester City Football Club.
- The UK consumes more crisps per capita than any other country in Europe.
- In the UK, crisps are often served with sandwiches or as a side dish with meals.
- The first flavoured crisps in the UK were salt and vinegar, followed by cheese and onion and smoky bacon.
- In the UK, crisps packets are often only half full due to the excess space needed to protect the crisps during shipping and handling.
- Walkers has introduced several unusual crisp flavours in the UK, including Cajun squirrel, fish and chips, and builder’s breakfast.
- In the UK, Walkers has a recycling scheme that allows consumers to return empty crisp packets for recycling.
- In the UK, “crispmas” is a term used to describe the tradition of eating crisps on Christmas Day.
- The crisp brand Pringles is owned by the Kellogg Company and was first introduced in the US in 1968 before being sold in the UK in 1991.
- In the UK, “crisp wars” refers to the fierce competition between crisp brands.
- In the UK, some crisps brands are associated with particular regions, such as Monster Munch with the North of England and Hula Hoops with Scotland.
- The world’s first crisp museum opened in the UK in 2018 and is located in Leicester.
- The UK’s largest crisp festival, the Crisp Festival, takes place annually in the town of Brighouse.
