Arico Barbeque Bliss Cassava Chips
by Paul Arthur on Nov.25, 2009, under food, snack food
Background: Among us degenerate inhabitants of North America, cassava is perhaps most often encountered in its processed starch form of tapioca, but, as the bag tells me, cassava is “consumed by millions around the world” and “provides twice the fiber of the common potato”. It’s also poisonous in its raw unprocessed form, but fortunately Arico has gone ahead and fried these in palm or sunflower or safflower oil. Also available in “Original”, “Sea Salt Mist”, and “Ginger on Fire”.
Slightly thicker than a standard potato chip, more in the realm of kettle chips. Very little evidence of any barbecue flavouring in the appearance, other than an orange tint (perusing the ingredients, the colouring is probably from paprika). Nice crunch on eating, but there really is very little about them that says “barbecue” as opposed to, oh, “salt and sugar”.
Overall: Can’t say I’m in love. I eat chips for flavour, not fiber, and these just don’t deliver.
