{"id":17358,"date":"2014-08-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17358"},"modified":"2023-08-03T20:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:05:59","slug":"review-lays-wavy-mango-salsa-potato-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/06\/review-lays-wavy-mango-salsa-potato-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Lay’s Wavy Mango Salsa Potato Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lay's<\/a><\/p>\n

If Lay\u2019s Do Us a Flavor Cappuccino chips are the crazy flavor, Wasabi Ginger are the Asian flavor, and Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese are the prerequisite meat\/cheese\/God Bless America comfort food flavor, then what are the Wavy Mango Salsa chips?<\/p>\n

A) A chip that renders actual salsa obsolete
\nB) A chip that packs some potent heat
\nC) An enjoyable mixture of sweet, spicy, and salty in an unlikely form<\/p>\n

The answer? <\/p>\n

None of the above. <\/p>\n

If anything, the Mango Salsa chips represent the bastardization of the potato for the sake of a social media contest and the limits of even the most advanced forms of flavor alchemy.<\/p>\n

The wavy-cut chips have a delightful aroma…if your idea of delightful is a pit bull throwing up daisies in the perfume store. The scent leaves you wondering if you\u2019re about to ingest a fruit, a vegetable, or an exotic plant that might just be poisonous.<\/p>\n

\"Lay's<\/a><\/p>\n

Unlike Lay\u2019s Cappuccino chips, the Mango Salsa at least appear<\/i> to have normal seasoning, with specks of red and dull green dotting the ridges in varying patterns. The initial taste of the powder ebbs and flows between unquestionably awful and modestly annoying. It depends on how much seasoning a chip has, as well as your tolerance for cilantro. <\/p>\n

If the latter is nonexistent, then I imagine you\u2019ll be feeling a lot like that aforementioned and hypothetical dog in the perfume store. While I usually maintain an agnosticism towards cilantro, the air of the powerful herb was even too much for me on some chips. It also wasn\u2019t properly balanced by a piquant chili pepper flavor one would hope is present in an actual salsa. Instead, the seasoning has an aggressive lime and garlic flavor, followed by a perfume and vague fruit flavor which doesn\u2019t scream tropical, much less mango.<\/p>\n

\"Lay's<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite being in the flavor’s name, the mango is relegated to a supporting element in the salsa. I can say this with authority because I had ripe mango handy when I sampled the chips. Likewise, the tomato and red pepper flavor you\u2019d expect to find playing important roles in a mango salsa were difficult to detect and nowhere near sweet enough. Instead, they mesh into an acidic and floral essence that will overwhelm taste buds. <\/p>\n

Lacking real sweetness, the floral essence collides head-on with the earthy and robust aftertaste of the potato, which attempts to reclaim its natural potato flavor with a metaphorical uppercut against the acidity of the chip seasoning. Ultimately, the potato wins out, but not before a series of confused and competing flavor exchanges which fail to capitalize on a simultaneous salty-sweet synergy we\u2019re all clamoring for.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the Lay\u2019s Wavy Mango Salsa Potato Chips more than the Cappuccino chips because I can sort of envision myself actually dipping and eating these with an authentic mango salsa, as opposed to the Cappuccino chips, which I\u2019m sure would just suck even more if dipped into coffee.<\/p>\n

With that said, the Wavy Mango Salsa chips aren\u2019t very good on their own, and prove that a fried Idaho potato is not the place to test chemistry concoctions of maltodextrin and artificial mango flavor. <\/p>\n

Next time Lay\u2019s should \u201cDo Us a Flavor\u201d and narrow submissions to taste sensations that actually work. <\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 oz\/about 15 chips – 150 calories, 90 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 330 milligrams of potassium, 16 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Lay’s Wavy Mango Salsa Potato Chips
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.00 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 9.5 oz bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Harris Teeter
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Wavy chips have excellent crunch. Good potato aftertaste when you get past the seasoning. Might be tasty when dipped into actual mango salsa.
\nCons:<\/b> Poor execution of tropical mango sweetness. Lacks a spicy element. Seasoning is dominated too much by herbal and acidic flavors. Ruining a perfectly good potato. Dog vomit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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