These chips were another impulse purchase from Costco (really, we can't resist). My husband tore into the bag before I could take a photograph of it, which is why you see the lovely blue bag clip in the shot below.
Boulder Canyon Natural Foods has been around since 1994, but I don't think their products are widely available in Canada, as this is the first time I've purchased one of their products. However, since there seem to be so many chip brands out there these days, maybe it's been under my nose the whole time and I just never noticed. According to their website, their main product line is varying flavours of kettle chips, but they also make some other snacks (vegetable crisps, hummus chips). This company uses "all natural ingredients" and its products contain zero trans fat, zero cholesterol, and are lower in saturated fat that other brands of potato chips. The bag we purchased was the sea salt flavour, but when I looked online, I actually couldn't find sea salt on its roster of kettle chips - the closest were "totally natural" and "malt vinegar and sea salt".
From a flavour perspective, these chips did not blow me away. They had a touch of sea salt, but other than that, I found the flavour to be quite bland on the palate. A quick look at the nutritional information provided the explanation: a 50g serving of these chips contained 210mg sodium, whereas a same-sized serving of Ruffles All-Dressed (one of my favourites) clocked in at 580mg. The other nutritional stats between Boulder Canyon and Ruffles were not significant, but Boulder Canyon's ingredient list stood out to me. It contains 4 ingredients: organic potatoes, organic sunflower and/or safflower oil, and sea salt. Plain and simple. Plus, the use of organic potatoes is a nice touch, since potatoes are on the EWG's "dirty dozen plus" list of fruits and vegetables.
Buy Again? Yes - despite the blander flavour profile of these chips, the "natural" aspect does appeal to me. I'm not going to stop buying my Ruffles All-Dressed, but I would certainly repurchase this brand in the future. ~C$5.99 for 596.4g/21oz bag, Costco.
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