Chiplog: President's Choice World of Flavours Jerk Chicken flavour

 Pre-chip: By the time I realized I enjoyed jerk chicken, it was too late. My onion intolerance had started to kick in and most places, when I asked, would say their jerk contains onion powder or was cooked with onions. So colour me surprised when this new flavour of chip emerged (and just barely, I've only seen it at my local Loblaws once) and it features no onion. Colour me intrigued.

Ingredients: Potatoes, sunflower/vegetable oil, seasoning (sugars, salt, spices and herbs, citric acid, yeast, dried garlic, paprica and other additives)

First smell: That's a rich concotion of odours. Smelling the paprika for sure, strangely smelling vinegar and tomato even though it's not part of the ingredients (essentially a ketchup chip smell) plus a tang of sweetness in the air.

First taste: I honestly am at a loss for words with what I'm tasting. It's really like no chip I've had before.

Aftertaste: The left side of my tongue is zinging from the paprika. the garlic is sitting somewhere twoards the middle, and whatever is emulating "chicken" lingers.

Mass consumption: We'll see, but I don't think I can really heavily consume these. The herb and spice flavour combination is intriguing but whatever is emulating meat, like a soup-stock-type powder, is putting me off. I don't mind the kick of the paprika and garlic at all, kind of welcome it actually.

Final thoughts: I'm certainly not being reminded of the best (or, really, any) jerk chicken I've ever had, but I'm not an expert.

Rating: 5.0