Top 5 Filipino chips in the Philippines
Filipinos are huge foodies. It is in their nature to cook a huge variety of dishes for them to eat, but when it’s time to relax particularly around merienda, they’re constantly craving for chips. Actually, when it comes to this kind of snacks, Filipinos typically don’t mind getting their hands messy while eating.
They love junk foods and when they have one, they always tend to share it. May it be with their family, friends, classmates and even their co-workers. As a matter of fact, Filipinos always have their top fave chips of all times included in their grocery lists and some of these are as follows:
Top 5 Filipino chips in the Philippines
1. Piattos
Jack ‘n Jill’s Piattos is a hexagon-shaped potato snack. With its crispy thin and tasteful texture, it is an undoubtedly fact that Piattos differ from any other chips out there.
Since it came out from a fine potato ingredient, Filipinos like to have it from time to time. In fact, Piattos comes from different flavors of (1) cheese, (2) sour cream and onion, (3) roadhouse barbeque, (4) roast beef, (5) nacho pizza and its newest combo flavor called (6) spicy cheese.
2. V-Cut
Vcut is another snack from Jack ‘n Jill that mainly came from 100% real potatoes. With its pure taste of spicy barbeque, Filipinos label it as one of their favorite chips to enjoy. It has various flavors of (1) cheese, (2) spicy barbeque and (3) onion & garlic.
3. Chicharron ni Mang Juan
Aside from the aforementioned potato snacks above, Jack ‘n Jill’s Chicharron ni Mang Juan is also a mood changer chip. This is an enchanced chicharon snack that offers its buyers a salty and spicy flavor to enjoy all throughout their past time.
It doesn’t come from real pork since it is a vegan friendly chip good for anyone of us. In fact, it has flavors of (1) sukang paombong, (2) espesyal suka’t sili and (3) spicy sisig.
Of all these Jack ‘n Jill products available in our marketplace, Oishi and Leslie also have something to offer to us.
4. Oishi
Oishi’s prawn crackers is perfect for those persons who are looking for a satisfying spicy and delicious treat. With its list of high-quality ingredients and its ability to cause a kick in the mouth since it is a purely chili flavoured chip, Filipinos can’t resist to buy it.
This snack is perfect for any occasion as it comes from different flavors of (1) spicy, (2) sweet and extra hot and even (3) salted egg flavor.
Last but not the least in our list is a Leslie chip.
5. Clover chips
Leslie’s Clover chips is a corn snack at home, office, school and anywhere here around the globe. Filipinos admit that they enjoy its unique light crunch so much to the point that when seeing this specific chip at a grocery store, they don’t even hesitate a second to add this to their cart.
Similar to all the junk foods above, Clover also has various flavors of (1) cheese, (2) barbeque, (3) chili cheese and (4) ham and cheese.
By just looking at these brief descriptions, expect that Filipinos are probably experiencing a mouthwatering craving of these chips. However, always bear in mind that these are just some of the most popular snacks in the country.
Remember that Philippines, as we all know, has a lot to offer to us. So come, visit, and try these chips.
PS: Despite our will to enjoy this food, it’s a must for us not to disregard our health. Eat, but please be mindful.
Nathalie Shien is a 4th year BUeño taking a degree in Journalism under the Department of Print and Broadcast Media at the College of Arts and Letters. She is a well motivated individual who finds writing as one of her favorite things to do. It is her past time hobby to write literary works such as poems, short stories and many more. Aside from this, she loves to talk with people, socialize with them as she saw that it is a great help to understand someone's story. Besides, her desire to become a great writer improved as she joined their school-based organization namely as Bicol Organization of Neo-Journalists (BONJour).