Another cracker snack that catches my attention was this Oishi Tenta Squid Chips. The word TENTA was big colored blue in that red small packaging. So I thought what a creative name for a squid chips because what came into my mind was the word “tentacles”.  Also a tagalog word “tinta” which means ink in English might sound line “TENTA” also. Squid uses ink as a defense mechanism and in cooking squid dish, some dishes includes their ink for added flavor. Again so much for that, what really matters most is the taste because the most beautiful packaging is useless if it taste like crap.

When I was about to get that on our fridge (yes I store it there so our pet mice won’t chew them up) , it was already opened and half-empty. I thought I would never have a chance again to taste it. Anyway after some munching and chewing…. the taste was good with a salty sweet taste with a mild fishy squid flavor. Describing the texture and color, the little rectangular chips were dark pink and ribbed and not black as squid ink which I think will not be appetizing if you ask me.

Product Name: Oishi Tenta Squid Chips

Type of Product: Squid Cracker

Flavor: Squid Flavor.

Net Weight: 0.88 oz. (25g)

Ingredients: Wheat, Vegetable Oil, Tapioca Starch, Squid Powder, Corn Starch, Sugar, Potato Starch, Iodized Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Soy Sauce Powder, Spices, Natural and Artificial Squid Flavor, Acesulfame Potassium, FD&C Yellow No.5, FD&C Yellow No.6, Red No. 40 and TBHQ.

Contains Wheat and Soy

Manufacturer: Liwayway Marketing Corporation – Km. 23 Aguinaldo Hi-way, Anabu 1, Imus, Cavite, Philippines

By the way, this is how the squid chips looks like outside the pack:

Actually it’s not really hard to blog about junk food but the only hard part is when I purchased some so I can blog about it, my daughter or my wife already eaten the stuffs so I always ran out it. So I have to purchase another to taste it first but sometimes I was able to taste some of it.

Those companies making this junk food should be happy because I’m promoting their product for free and making a review out of it. Hope they advertise here someday. Anyway this snack is nothing very special, just an ordinary chips like those sold in the market. It is very similar to shrimp crackers and clover chips but the texture is smoother and more crispier. The taste is also very good. Not too salty and does not contain a lot of MSG.

Product Name: Oishi Crispy Patata – Baked Potato Flavor
Type of Product: Potato Snacks
Flavor: Baked Potato Flavor
Net Weight: 90 grams (3.17 oz)
Ingredients: Wheat, Dehydrated Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (may consists of Coconut oil and or Palm Olein), Potato Starch, Sugar, Corn, Iodized Salt (salt with Potassium Iodide), Monosodium Glutamate, (as Flavor Enhancer), Milk Powder, Baking Powder, Artificial Flavors, (Garlic & Mayonnaise, Butter, and Potato), Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Citric Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, and TBHQ (added to retard rancidity).

Contains Wheat, Milk, and Soy

Manufacturer: Liwayway Marketing Corporation – Km. 23 Aguinaldo Hi-way, Anabu 1, Imus, Cavite, Philippines

I think this new flavor of Jack n Jill potato chips is only available in selected supermarkets. I can’t remember exactly,  maybe I bought this one in PureGold. Anyway, the taste of this potato chips is fishy….. but of course! It’s salmon sushi! Raw fish anyone? No, I can’t see any raw fish inside the package.

I can’t even think that the flavor is sushi because it’s hard to imitate raw food flavor to a fried potato chips. Maybe I was just attracted to the packaging because of it’s uniqueness.

Product Name: Jack n Jill Potato Chips International Cuisine
Type of Product: Potato Chips
Flavor: Salmon Sushi
Net Weight: 60 grams each
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (May Countain Palm, Corn Or Coconut Oil), Seasoning ( Natural And Artificial Flavors, Seeweed Flakes, Fish Powder, Anticaking Agent, Soybean Oil, Mustard Powder, Natural And Artificial Colors [Contain FD & C Yellow #5, (Tartrazine), Maltodextrin, Monosodium Glutamate, Iodized Salt, Sugar Flavor Enhancer And Antioxidant
Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION – 110 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Libis, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Oishi has a new kind of snack. Maybe it’s not so new and been available months ago but it’s only today I saw this new product. The snack was prawn pumpkin chips. This suppose to have pumpkins or squash as the main ingredient. I was just wondering if pumpkins grow here in the Philippines or just a mistake calling squash as pumpkin. When I open the pack I thought the chips is similar to potato chips but it was not. I looks like prawn crackers because of its thickness and color. And with regards to the taste, I can’t tell the difference between prawn and squash. If you like squash, I think you will love it. By the way, at the back of the packaging I saw this: “ Product developed in support of the Inter Agency Group (IAG) Project on veggie-enriched snacks”.

Product Name: Oishi Pompkins Prawn Pumpkin Chips
Type of Product: Prawn Chips
Flavor: Prawn and Squash
Net Weight: 20 grams (0.71 oz)
Date of Purchase: April 15, 2009
Ingredients: Tapioca Starch, Vegetable Oil (may consist of Coconut Oil and/or Palm Olein) Wheat, Sugar, Fresh Squash, Iodized Salt (Salt with Potassium Iodide) Shrimop, Natural Tomato Powder, Onion Powder, Fish Sauce, Baking Powder, Egg powder, Vitamin A Palmitate and TBHQ (added to retard rancidity)
Cointains: Wheat Crustacean (Shrimp), Fish(Scad and /or Pilchard) and Eggs.

Manufacturer: Liwayway Marketing Corporation – Km. 23 Aguinaldo Hi-way, Anabu 1, Imus, Cavite, Philippines

To see it outside the package, just look at the photo below:

What attracts me to this snack is the new-look packaging design. Looks better on the actual product than the picture I got because I shot it inside the kitchen. The design is also attractive with the three animated stars on this package, the shrimp, the onion and the garlic. I was really curious if will taste as good as it looks so I threw one in the basket when I was in Parco supermarket. Just like the packaging at the back say, “Triple in Taste and Triple in Fun” and the taste compliments each other. I only bought a small 25 gram pack and thought to myself that this will be another of those kropeck snack. But when I opened and poured the contents in a bowl, what I saw is the colors were attractive and appetizing too. I’m also not disappointed with the taste. This is really a good try.

Product Name: e-aji TRIOS – 3 Flavors in 1 Snack
Type of Product: Flavored Crackers
Flavor: Shrimp, Onion, Garlic
Net Weight: 25grams (0.88 oz.)
Ingredients: Wheat flour, Starches, Vegetable Oil (may contain one or more of the following: Palm oil and/or Coconut Oil), Sugar, Iodized salt, Shrimp powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, MSG(as flavor enhancer) and permitted food colors including FD and C Yellow #5 (tartrazine), Potassium iodate (as iodine)
Manufacturer: San Miguel Mills – 22F JMT Bldg., ADB Ave. Ortigas center, Pasig City, Philippines

To see the contents of the package, look at the picture below:

This chips looks like a healthy snack because its baked. And it’s not corn chips, its more of a mini soda crackers but the flavor resembles those corn chips in the market. At first I thought its only a biscuit so I did not bother buying it but when my daughter picked it up from the grocery store and taste it after we went home, then I realized that it’s no ordinary biscuit. It’s a unique snack I tasted. The cheese flavor is good too.

Product Name: Magic Chips Cheese Flavor
Type of Product: Cracker Chips
Flavor: Cheese
Net Weight: 30 grams(1.06 OZ.)
Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Vegetable Fat (Coconut, Palm, Palm Kernel, or Combinations), Sugar, Glucose, Syrup, Modified Potato starch, Cheese Powder (Whey, Cheddar Cheese ( Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt and Enzymes), Butter or Soybean Oil, dry Buttermilk, Salt, Natural Flavor (With Gluten, Milk), Disodium Phosphate and Artificial Colors [FD & C Yellow #5 (Tartazine), FD & C Yellow #6], Skimmed Milk Powder, Leavening Agents, Iodized Salt, Natural Spices, Cornstarch, Monosodium Glutamate, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, sodium Metabisulfite Anticaking agent and Artificial Colors with FD & C Yellow # 5 (Tartrazine)
Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION – 110 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Libis, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

This potato chips from Jack n Jill is in the International Cuisine category and obviously it is Japanese because the flavor is “Nori”. Nori is used for wrapping sushi, the most common dish in a Japanese restaurant. It is a dried sea weed which is pressed and dried and turned into sheets. The potato chips really taste like nori when you have your first bite. I wish there is a bigger package and more nori bits in the potato chips.

Product Name: Potato Chips Nori Flavor
Type of Product: Potato Chips
Flavor: Nori
Net Weight: 22 grams(0.78 OZ.)
Store: Save More Angono
Date of Purchase: October 13, 2008
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil ( May contain Palm, Corn or Coconut Oil) Seasoning (Monosodium Glutamate, Hydrolyzed Soy protein, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Herbs, Modified Starch, Vegetable Oil, Flavor Enhancer), Maltodextrin, Sugar, Iodized Salt, Anticaking Agent and Antioxidant
Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION – 110 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Libis, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

All I can say that it isn’t just an ordinary fish cracker sold in sari-sari stores and the size is bigger than ordinary fish crackers. What I mean about bigger is each cracker is bigger than the usual besides the packaging which is also big in size.  The taste is also better than the ordinary ones. With a fish flavor but doesn’t have a strong fishy odor and with a little sweetness on each bite. I hope the company making this stuff gives me some incentive blogging and saying good things about their product (just kidding). 

Product Name: Regent Sashimi Fish Flavored Crackers
Type of Product: Fish Flavored Crackers
Flavor: Fish Flavor
Net Weight: 100 grams (3.5oz)
Store: Save More Angono
Date of Purchase: September 2, 2008
Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Vegetable Oil (may contain coconut Oil and/or Palm Oil), Fish Sauce, Baking Powder, Fish Flavor, Garlic, Sugar, Iodized Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Food Colors (Sunset Yellow FCF, Tartrazine)
Manufacturer: Regent Foods Corporation – 80 Eusco Road, Bo.Kalawaan Sur, Pasig City, Philippines

Again I’ll put and borrow what the packaging says:“Just when you thought the delectable taste of Piattos couldn’t get any better – It now comes in Nacho Pizza Flavor! Piattos astounds you with the flavorful taste of pizza! Who wouldn’t love that? Especially when it comes in chips so light and crispy – you’ll definitely enjoy the flavor that is distinctly Pizza! With the tangy tomato sauce and rich nacho cheese

So go ahead, indulge in the flavorful slice, er……….chip of Piattos Nacho Pizza!”

Sounds like too good to be true and very good sales pitch, eh? Anyway just try some and you’ll be the judge. Yeah it do taste like a nacho pizza.

Product Name: Piattos – Nacho Pizza Flavored Potato Chips
Type of Product: Potato Chips
Flavor: Nacho Pizza
Net Weight: 85 grams(3 OZ.)
Store: Save More Angono
Date of Purchase: August 28, 2008
Ingredients: Dehydrated Potatoes, Potato Starch, Vegetable Oil (May Contain Palm Olein, Palm. Corn And/Or Coconut Oil), Nacho Pizza Seasoning (Natural Flavors With Gluten, Milk, Soybean) and Lake Yellow #6, Sugar, Iodized Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Emulsifier, Acidulant and Antioxidant.
Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION – 110 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Libis, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

This is what the contents looks like:

Before I make my own observation about this stuff, I’ll put here what the packaging says:“Just when you thought the delectable taste of Piattos couldn’t get any better – It astounds you with the mouth- watering taste of Roast Beef The unique, light and crispy goodness of Piattos is now smothered with the succulent taste of roast beef. Excite your senses with an explosion of flavors that only Piattos Roast Beef can give….. a blend of sweet and tanginess in every bite a whole new flavorful sensation. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy and let yourself go indulge in the delightful taste of Piattos Roast Beef.”

I guess the packaging was right because it really taste good specially for meat lovers.

Product Name: Piattos – Roast Beef Flavored Potato Chips
Type of Product: Potato Chips
Flavor: Roast Beef
Net Weight: 85 grams(3 OZ.)
Store: Save More Angono
Date of Purchase: August 25, 2008
Ingredients: Dehydrated Potatoes, Potato Starch Vegetable Oil (May Contain Palm Olein, Palm. Corn And/Or Coconut Oil), Sugar, Roast Beef Seasoning, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Oils, Etc. Etc. Etc.
Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION – 110 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Libis, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines