Selling plantain chips in prettier bags for quadruple the price doesn’t count as “revolutionizing” the snack
Every year, British website Health Food gives out awards for the best “healthy products” of the year, ranging from the best freezer meals to low-calorie desserts. But this year, the best snack category is stirring up some controversy. Wild Garlic Purely Plantain Crisps was named “best crisp” of the year, which the site called “savoury sensations.” The problem is plantain chips aren’t exactly new.
Writer and artist Samuel Williams tweeted about the awards, pointing out the ridiculousness of the idea that fried plantains are some sort of innovation, and that Purely Plantain was using the hashtag #plantainrevolution on their Instagram, as if they were single handedly bringing the fruit to the rest of the world. Williams declined to comment for this story, but balked at the fact that “a 75g bag costs £1.99.
Some white people just won an award at the vegan awards 2019 in the best vegan snack category for their new innovative snack idea. It’s called... plantain crisps.
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