We eat 6 billion bags of crisps every year in the UK alone. Most of those bags can't be recycled and end up in landfill, the ocean or being burned. We wanted to do better.
Our spuds
Spudos crisps are made from potatoes grown on a sustainable farm that runs on solar power, uses biodiesel for its tractors, has its own rain water reservoir, and uses digestate fertiliser.
We ship them in crates over to North London where they're hand-cooked and packed into our home compostable bags ready to be shipped out from our warehouse. We sell every crisp we cook, so we have zero food waste.
We love our crisp bags
Our latest bags made from a laminate this is both strong and greaseproof, they have a zip lock to keep your crisps fresh and they're 100% home compostable including the zip lock.
Our crisp bags have been a real journey, experimenting with different materials and discovering issues related to temperature and strength, but we've got to a great place and we'll continue to develop our packaging.
Spud Dust
Our Spud Dust is also produced right here in the UK, delivered to us in recyclable plastic bags. Our shakers are made from 30% recycled plastic that can be recycled again and the labels on our shakers are certified ocean bound plastic. We will be offering Spud Dust refills again in the near future so you can reuse your shakers, but we're still working on new refill bags that are as sustainable and resilient as our crisp bags.
Sachets and shake bags
Our Spud Dust sachets are also 100% home compostable, made from a triplex laminate that keeps our dust air tight and dry. Same goes for our greaseproof shake bags, 100% home compostable.
Refillable tubs
We also offer refillable plastic tubs if you want to keep your crisps as fresh as possible in an air tight environment. These tubs can be used for years, and at end of life they can be recycled. So while not ideal, they're still a better option than a traditional crisp bag that can take over 80 years to decompose.
We get lots of things wrong
Many of the items we purchase come wrapped in tons of plastic and we don't have the buying power to dictate anything different. We have to use disposable hairnets and blue roll to meet food hygiene requirements. But we're continually trying to improve and do better and we're always open to any tips you've found that work commercially!