Chips sel de mer et poivre noir

Chips sel de mer et poivre noir leans on seasoning rather than invention, and that makes it easy to place: sea salt, black pepper and a sunflower-oil potato chip. By our assessment, the best thing here is the straightforward salty-peppery hit, which gives plain chips a bit more lift without making them complicated. The downside is that the flavor idea is narrow, so if the seasoning is not your thing, there is not much else to catch on to. In practice, this is a familiar bagged snack with an assertive surface taste and the usual crisp, oily potato-chip feel. Compared with standard salted chips, it tries to be a little sharper and less blank. It is a reasonable pick for someone who wants a basic chip with a clear pepper note, and less so for anyone expecting depth. The product sits squarely in the potato-chip aisle, not in the world of refined food.