Vlasic has announced that it will be releasing pickle chips, and foodies everywhere are freaking out. Why? Because the chips aren’t traditional potato chips whatsoever. In fact, they’re vacuum-fried slices of pickles, and dieters are ready to keel over. If you’ve ever wanted your favorite snack to be low-cal and practically carb-free, well, here it is. The question on everyone’s lips is, “How do they taste?” But we’ll have some time yet before we know the answer since they haven’t hit store shelves as of yet.
“Pickles has always been a flavor that people have loved in snacks, whether it’s potato chips or even in our Bigs Vlasic dill sunflower seeds,” Thomas M. McGough explained to foodbusinessnews.net. McGough is co-COO of Conagra Brands, which owns Vlasic. “…pickles themselves are a great snack, essentially no calories or carbs,” he went on to say, noting that the only problem is the messy inconvenience of eating pickles from a jar. Since pickle snacks are growing in popularity, especially at convenience stores, Vlasic chose to create a single-serve pickle slice snack, as well as Vlasic vacuum-fired pickle chips. The results are positively mouth-watering.
