Who Makes Real Crisps?

Real Crisps (often stylized as REAL Crisps) is a crisp (potato chip) brand. The company was founded in 1997, and expanded over the following decade to become a business turning over £15 million a year. In 2007, it was purchased by the Northern Ireland based crisp manufacturer Tayto.

Are Real Crisps Welsh?

Surprisingly though, Real Crisps did start out in life as a Wales-made product. It was manufactured by Sirhowy Valley Foods in Caerphilly. But it was brought by Northern Ireland crisp manufacturers Tayto in December 2007. REAL Crisps has now apologised for the wording on the Welsh Rarebit flavoured crisps.

Where are Crisps originally from?

Crisps first came to Britain from France in the early part of the 20th century. They caught the eye of William Alexander, an Edinburgh baker, who found he had time on his hands after the early morning baking shift.