Choose oven-baked paprika crisps if lower fat is your main reason for trying a different variety: according to product information from Lay's and Chio, their listed varieties contain less fat than regular potato crisps. Also compare fat and salt per 100 g, check the allergen information on the packaging, and take a measured portion as a snack alongside your lunch. Lower fat does not make crisps a complete lunch.
You want to take paprika crisps with you, but are looking for a variety with a substantiated claim about lower fat. Lay's and Chio make this claim for their oven-baked paprika varieties. Compare the salt content too: the figures differ.
You want something savoury alongside your lunch without taking the whole bag as a single snack. Check the pack weight, measure out how much you actually want to eat, and check the nutritional information for that amount.
Lower fat is not your only consideration. For Chio Oven Chips Paprika Flavour, Jumbo lists barley and the possible presence of milk, sesame, soya and wheat. Check the current allergen information on the packaging when you buy, and compare salt per 100 g.
Start with the nutritional information per 100 g. Then decide how much you want to take along with your lunch, and check whether your chosen variety is available.
| What to look for | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Less fat | Compare fat and salt per 100 g, and check what a fat-reduction claim refers to. | I’m looking for lower-fat paprika crisps, but don’t want to rely on the front of the bag alone. Around 50% of consumers say this is their main priority. |
| A portion to have with lunch | Check the pack weight and stated portion size, then measure out how much you’re taking with you. | When I’m out and about, I want to take an amount that goes with my lunch, without treating the whole bag as lunch. For around 30% of consumers, portion size comes first. |
| Availability | Check whether your chosen variety is currently available to order, and read the label on the pack you buy. | If a variety I’ve looked at before is no longer available, I want to be able to choose a current paprika option. Availability is the main concern for around 20% of consumers. |
Among the products listed by Jumbo, Chio Oven Chips Paprika Flavour has less fat per 100 g than Lay's Oven Baked Paprika, but more salt: 1.6 g and 0.82 g per 100 g respectively.
Compare like-for-like products on the same basis, and look at salt and the rest of the nutritional information as well as fat.
A 125 g or 150 g bag is not necessarily the amount you’ll want to eat as a snack. Voedingscentrum also describes other components of lunch, including wholegrain products.
Measure out a portion of crisps beforehand and take it along with your usual lunch.
Jumbo marked Lay's Light Paprika 170 g and We Care Paprika Flavour Chips 25 g as no longer available in its online range. An old product page therefore doesn’t tell you whether you can order the product now.
Check the current ordering options and read the packaging of the variety you eventually choose.
Lidl lists Snack Day oven-baked crisps in a 150 g paprika variety. The product description alone doesn’t tell you how its fat, salt and allergens compare with those of another variety.
Check the nutritional information, ingredients and allergen information on the packaging before comparing these crisps with other products.
Lay's Oven Baked Roasted Paprika is an oven-baked paprika variety. According to Lay's, it contains 50% less fat than regular potato crisps.
Chio Oven Chips Paprika Flavour is an oven-baked paprika potato snack. The listing at Jumbo says it contains 60% less fat than regular potato crisps.
Lidl lists Snack Day oven-baked crisps in a 150 g paprika variety.
This Joybuy selection features an oven-baked paprika variety for anyone looking to take lower-fat crisps as a snack alongside lunch.
No image available
For anyone wanting to take oven-baked paprika crisps as a snack alongside lunch: according to Lay's, this variety contains 50% less fat than regular potato crisps.
The bag contains 150 g. Jumbo lists 13 g of fat per 100 g for Lay's Oven Baked Paprika. Measure out the portion you want, and check the current label for salt and allergen information.
No. A lower fat content describes a difference between snacks; it doesn’t make crisps a complete lunch. Voedingscentrum lists wholegrain products among the possible foundations of a lunch, so you can take crisps along as an extra if you like.
Compare the fat content of paprika crisps per 100 g first, so different pack sizes and stated portions are measured on the same basis. Then use the portion information to work out how much you’ll actually take with you.
Not for the two varieties mentioned here: Jumbo lists 9.2 g of fat and 1.6 g of salt per 100 g for Chio Oven Chips Paprika Flavour, compared with 13 g of fat and 0.82 g of salt per 100 g for Lay's Oven Baked Paprika. Check both values on the current label when comparing these products.
Read the ingredients and allergen information on the current packaging of the variety you choose. For Chio Oven Chips Paprika Flavour, Jumbo lists barley and the possible presence of milk, sesame, soya and wheat. Don’t assume the same applies to another product or pack.
Yes. Once you can read the nutritional information on the packaging, you can compare fat and salt per 100 g with another paprika variety. The paprika flavour and 150 g pack size listed by Lidl aren’t enough on their own to make that comparison.
