Stale and/or Moldy
Unlike others, I received two packs of each flavor in this bundle.<br /><br />Having been delighted with the plain green pea crisps purchased at a local store, and then rather pleasantly surprised by the Wasabi Ranch flavor, that I got by accident at the same store, I decided to try more flavors, and ordered this bundle.<br /><br />I opened the Tomato Basil Lentil packet first.  Either the packet was stale, which seems likely as I tried the others later, or truth in advertising is not this company's strong suit.  I could not taste tomato, although tomato powder and extractive of tomato are both listed in the ingredients panel.  I also could not taste basil, but that is less surprising, as it is not actually listed in the ingredients for the &#34;tomato basil seasoning&#34; --- unless, that is, it is one of the un-named &#34;natural flavors.&#34;  What I could taste was paprika and garlic and salt  --- not an unpleasant taste, but certainly not &#34;tomato basil.&#34;<br /><br />So, a few days later, after finishing off that first packet, I tried the Onion Thyme flavored lentil crisps.  Yech!  Moldy-tasting! Awful!  There were undertones of onion under the overwhelming moldy taste, but I spit it out too quickly to detect any thyme.  I may get brave enough to try the second packet of these, but I may not.<br /><br />Then I tried the plain Green Pea crisps, and I'm going to vote for stale.  These had nowhere near the fresh green pea taste of the original, locally-purchased ones ... flat and near-tasteless ... sad ....<br /><br />I don't know if it is the seller's supplying stale crisps, or Amazon's handling of them during distribution (although I have generally been quite pleased with Amazon-distributed foodstuffs), but these just don't measure up.
Rating: 2 stars