NUMBER ONE sweet plantain chips are thin slices of yellow, fully ripe plantain, fried until crispy. Their sweet taste comes from the fruit itself: the label states 0 g of added sugars. 85 g bag.
Why are they sweet?
Plantain ripens like a banana: its skin turns yellow and its flesh becomes sweeter. These chips are made with yellow plantain, hence their sweet taste. The ingredient list fits in two lines: yellow plantain and refined vegetable oils.
How to eat them?
As they are, at the aperitif, as a snack or a treat. They make a change from potato chips and are easy to share. Not to be confused with alloco from Ivory Coast, made from rounds of ripe plantain fried and served hot: the Ivorian alloco recipe is on the blog.
The other plantain chips
The same brand also comes in a salted and a mild spicy version. All the plantain products are in the plantain range, and the blog explains the difference between plantain and banana.
What to pair it with?
In the same aisle: SAMAI cassava chips.
Product information
- Brand: NUMBER ONE (distribution: Tai Yat Distribution)
- Net weight: 85 g bag
- Ingredients: yellow plantain, blend of refined vegetable oils (palm and soy olein)
- Allergens: none of the 14 allergens that must be declared; the frying oil contains refined soy olein
- Nutritional values for the 85 g bag (only basis printed): 426 calories, fat 20 g of which saturates 6 g, carbohydrate 61 g of which sugars 27 g and added sugars 0 g, fibre 4 g, protein 2 g, sodium 15 mg
- Storage: bag well closed, dry and away from heat
