Utz Natural Lightly Salted Kettle Cooked Gourmet Potato Chips – Vitamin C Included

“Nothing Artificial, Everything Delicious” is written on the back of this bag, that’s all well and good, but did Utz, who generally make tasty value chips in some great flavors, succeed in making a “delicious,” more expensive snack?

I’ve had many an argument about how to pronounce Utz (its utz, like putz or cuts, not boots or fruits, you can check their website), but I always enjoyed their snacks because they are inexpensive and tasty. At 99 cents for a small bag, The Utz Natural Lightly Salted Kettle Cooked Chips are a far cry from the giant bags of original or BBQ I used to enjoy in college.

The bag itself gives more of a premium feel and the chips are touted as healthy, in fact, Utz Natural Lightly Salted Kettle Cooked Chips have 20% of your daily value of vitamin C, take that orange juice! They are part of the smart snacking line which actually accomplishes the tough task of making chips seem healthy.

However, for a chip that is supposed to be healthy, they feel extremely greasy and are very salted. Their taste was good but it was hard to differentiate them from any other kettle cooked chips, something very difficult to do with any brand.

I enjoyed them, but overall they are a pretty average kettle cooked chip, although they do come at a decent price compared to other premium snacks. They would go well with a sandwich but the cheapskate in me thinks that for the price I’d go for volume and get one of their standard chips instead. Average, but we have hope for some of the other flavors.

Tags: greasy, healthy snack, kettle cooked