The crisp of the gods.
Next to
Guinness,
Tayto is considered to be one of Irelands most famous home grown products.
Tayto was set up in 1954 by
Joe Murphy from Donabate in Co.
Dublin,
Ireland.
Famous for it's
cheese and onion flavor, it is easily the most popular crisp in the Ireland. They also produce a fine bag of
salt and vinegar among other brands (listed below).
However, within the last two to three years, the
crisp wars have hotted up, with
Walker Crisps UK attempting to penetrate the Irish market with it's sub-standard produce. Walkers deemed it necessary to name their crisps after famous footballing "stars" such as
Michael Owen. Henceforth, the market is saturated with crisps such as "
Cheese n' Owen", "
Salt n' Lineker" after
Gary Lineker, and worst of all, I don't know who thought this one up, "
Keanly Salted" after
Roy Keane, an obvious and badly executed attempt to appeal to the Irish publics love affair with Roy. Who in the name of
jaysus would name a
crisp like that? I hope that person got fired.
Other competition to Tayto's crispy dictatorship comes in the form of smaller, less well known brands
Perri,
King and
Ma Grady's, as well as the
usual suspects ie.
Hula Hoops,
Skips,
Quavers. The
crinkle cut varieties such as
McCoys,
Hunky Dorys also provide some competition, but not enough to topple the mighty force that is Tayto.
Is it any coincedence then that Tayto cheese and onion are repackaged and sold as "
Kings" in
England?
Ingredients of Tayto cheese and onion:
Potato
Sunflower Oil
Flavouring (
Flavour Enhancer E621)
Other Tayto brands:
Snax
Chipsticks
Chickaroos
Mighty Munch (formerly
Monster Munch)
Waffles
Jonnie Onion Rings
Wheelies
Snaps
Texicanos
Peanuts
Popcorn