Mature Cheddar & Chive

Mature Cheddar & Chive promises a familiar savoury profile, but the actual product is still potato crisps in sunflower oil, so the cheddar-and-chive part lives mostly in seasoning rather than in any dairy richness. By our assessment, that makes it a dependable flavoured crisp rather than a deep cheese snack. The good part is the clean, recognisable mix of sharp cheese note and green onion lift; the weak part is that it can taste like a standard seasoning blend once the bag is open and the first handful is gone. In practice it is straightforward pub-style snacking, easy to eat and easy to forget if the flavour balance is thin. Compared with plain crisps, it offers more character; compared with fuller cheese snacks, it stays lighter and less creamy. The attraction is the label’s flavour idea, not a heavy cheddar load.