Crunchy, salty, and corn-forward, tortilla chips are beloved. But which brand is best?
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0:00 – Introduction
0:34 – What Makes the Best Tortilla Chip?
1:14 – Chip #1 – Mission
2:37 – Chip #2 – Juantonio’s
4:16 – Chip #3 – On the Border
5:15 – Does Frying Oil Matter?
5:50 – Chip #4 – Tortiyahs
7:12 – Chip #5 – Santitas
8:55 – Chip #6 – Calidad
10:23 – Chip #7 – Late July
12:07 – Chip #8 – Tostitos
13:18 – Bryan and Lisa’s Favorite Tortilla Chips
13:31 – Official Results
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Are Tostitos Tortilla Chips the Best? | The Taste Test
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I do wish the ingredients were shown when reviewing food items especially- it’s a huge consideration for me when purchasing and considering an item
Can you do a best butter at the supermarket, and do it in salted and unsalted?
If you can get El Patio chips, you goota try them. They light, but crispy, full of corn flavor, and well salted. They taste better than most restaurant chips here in Texas.
I like them all
Original plain Doritos for the win.
Here in Canada we love Neal brothers, sturdy and good flavour
Santino’s for me
Juanitas are the best
Calidads and Juanitas are my preferred. I think Juanitas do have significantly more oil. Good if you're tossing them in an additional seasoning dust. Useful for making your own Doritos-style chips with your own seasoning design. Otherwise, Calidads are the best straight out of the bag. I know Late July got knocked for their tortilla chips and I agree with the assessment but I will say that some of the other Late July chips are pretty good.
If I didn't need to worry about budget, I'd get any small local tienda made fresh tortilla chips. Not a fan of triangles or round. Strips are best. Deep fried goodness❤👍
Calidad are my favorite but the white corn variety. I'm in Oklahoma and only certain stores carry them. Walmart does not.
Xochitl would beat them all!
When I go in on the guac I'll skim the surface like a Squeegee and avoid excavating by your testing perhaps I need to lower the depth of the trowel.
Finally, they toned down the "TV-ness" of these videos.
Mission chips are cheap and they're at Walmart and I live at the end of the earth so I am happy with them.
Just recently discovered the Calidad chips which are the only brand at my store that are made with corn masa, just like a good tortilla. They make awesome chilaquiles, too!
On the Border are my favorite!
Mission tortilla chips is my favorite! And it has to be the rounds. I used to love all shapes, but then they switched to white corn for the triangles and strips and the white corn formula just isn’t as good. But the rounds are still yellow corn!
On the Boarder are also made Utz. We buy them at their store in Hanover, PA.
Juanita's!!!!!! 🙌 The PNWer in me loves seeing them on this list!
Siete blue corn chips are the best! They use avocado oil not inflammatory seed oils like the others. Also organic.
GMO corn and seed oils are poison!
Enjoy the GMO corn and seed oil. Yummy.
Fiesta Grande chips are the best and it’s not even close!😊
Where my El Rancheros at?
I wonder how that Monday morning meeting at the Late July company went today?
Pal…….you will be dead in no time ⌚ with all that salt and grease……..😮
Re: Salt Content – If the dip has plenty of salt, I find the saltier chips overload me with salt to the point that it hides the flavors. For that reason I look for chips with lower salt, i.e. 80mg per serving or less.
Juanitas are my go-to since I discovered them a few years ago. Absolute best chip out there.
putting on the border this low on the list is criminal. they are the best by far!
I find that the type of oil used is the most important factor. I like Safflower best and avoid Canola.
On the Border has been my BF's go-to for a while. I was a Santitas person…However, I do also like Calidad. I think Tostitos has the charmed effect of not being "too" anything for anyone.
I recently tried Juantonios and I love them. Much better than Tostitos, IMO.
Calidad has been my favorite for years and when I can't find them, I go for Santitas. I love them both, but prefer the thickness of Calidad. Tostitos are a DISTANT third, as in they are "fine," like when your wife says it.
For several years I preferred On The Border but they don't seem as good anymore. They taste stale and usually a lot of folded over and broken chips in the bag. Tried Tostitos recently and liked them a lot. Years ago Herdez brand was available at Walmart and I liked those. Some of these brands shown I don't see in N. Florida.
Fun Fact everyone, from someone who's worked in the Frito Lay plant. Santitas are the same raw ingredients and manufacturing lines as Tostitos but they just add significantly more salt to them than they do Tostitos to make you think it's different.
Not one of these are good or healthy, all seed oil chips all inflammatory.
Best tortilla chip is the one that's on sale. 😉
Donkey Chips.
I love both of you and have the deepest Respect. Thank you for taste test
Tostido MULTIGRAIN. ❤❤❤❤
South of the Border ftw!! Ive tried them all
Juanita's are the best. Just plain facts
Thin chips are best!!!
Late July are my absolute favorite, but I love a thinner crispy chip!
So, this might be what the kids call a “hot take”, but did you consider including Dipsy Doodles, Fritos Scoops or Trader Joe’s Dippers in the lineup? While I suspect that they’d all fail when making nachos or chilaquiles, I think that any of them could wipe the floor with totopos when it comes to being used with dips. PROVE ME WRONG!
The best chip is the one YOU like. Not some yahoo from TV.
Buy a pack of corn tortilla and cut them in triangles either deep fry or air fry or use the oven to bake.
You should be testing something that tastes good. So here's the Deal You need to taste test Late July snacks Hawaiian Habanero Tortilla chips. Made with Organic Yellow corn. You would never go back to the fake food flavors from petroleum products.
When you get to the bottom of your bag and there are just broken chips left, crush them up and put them in your chilli instead of crackers. All the crunch but you also get great flavor!