Aplenty Parmesan Garlic and Herbs Pita Chips Review

They are very flavorful, perhaps too much.

Aplenty is one of Amazon Fresh’s private label brands – I got these a couple of weeks ago when I ordered from Amazon Fresh for the first time. I got the chips to eat with hummus, but the flavor is too strong for hummus or anything else to stand up to it.

The flavor of these Aplenty Parmesan Garlic and Herbs Pita Chips is hard to describe. At first, it just tastes and feels like fake butter – the type used on popcorn. The ingredients say it’s high oleic sunflower oil, which is supposed to have a neutral flavor. Later, the intense flavor of the cheese and the seasoning explodes. One of the ingredients is citric acid, and the chips are surprisingly sour.

In all, I don’t really like them and I don’t think I’d get them again.

The 8oz package of chips is $2.90

Just OK

Over the last decade I’ve learned to appreciate the single serve salads available at supermarkets. Like many people, I spent many years buying bags of mixed greens and bottles of salad dressing, only to have them go unused. Not only are members of my family very particular about the salads they like, but very particular as to when they want a salad. And it’s never the same salad at the same time.

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to order from Amazon Fresh for the first time, and ordered a salad for myself to see what I thought of it. It was OK, but I wasn’t overly impressed.

The Fresh Apple Walnut Salad had mixed greens, large slices of carrots (which I removed, as I don’t like carrots), a thick apple slice, and came with blue cheese, candied walnuts and dried cranberries, cubed chicken and an onion vinaigrette.

Despite Apple being the first ingredient in the name of the salad, it included a single apple slice. The slice was fresh, crisp and juicy but it was large enough that it had to be eaten by itself and it didn’t add anything to the rest of the salad. The chicken had a processed flavor, and while it was not bad per se, it detracted from the freshness you want in a salad. The few caramelized walnuts tasted great, but there weren’t enough of them. The salad dressing was pretty good, it stayed in the background and wasn’t too acidic.

All in all, I felt this salad was too processed, but might get it again if I was ordering from Amazon Fresh and it was on sale. The regular price is $3.80, I paid $3.50 for it but it’s currently on sale for $2.70

Tag: Amazon Fresh