The most expensive potato snack in the world: Nearly 300,000 VND for a piece as thin as a sheet of paper
I don't know how potato chip fans feel, but normal people certainly can't avoid shaking their hands when holding a piece that costs nearly 300,000 VND.
As expected of a "noble" snack, the reason for its "birth" couldn't be more luxurious: because the Swedish beer factory didn't see any snack on the market that was of good enough quality to enjoy with their beer.
Expensive snacks specially made to be enjoyed with St. Eriks beer.
A box of snacks only has 5 pieces, and the selling price is 45.68 pounds (nearly 1.5 million VND), so each piece costs nearly 300,000 VND. Despite being so expensive, the first 100 boxes produced sold out almost immediately.
It is unclear whether the factory plans to produce more, so people are just… competing to buy first.
But it’s not for nothing that the factory charges such a high price for this potato snack. The snack is completely handmade and made from the following top ingredients:
Matsutake mushroom is also known as velvet mushroom.
With a cheese-like flavor, matsutake mushrooms are one of the most sought-after mushrooms in the world, with processed mushrooms costing up to more than VND40 million/kg.
The mushrooms in the potato chips are picked from pine forests in northern Sweden, and are hand-picked by the pickers, who wear cotton gloves so as not to affect the quality of the mushrooms.
Truffle algae
As the name suggests, truffle seaweed has a flavor reminiscent of truffles – the most expensive mushrooms in the world. This seaweed is only found in cold tidal areas. The seaweed in the potato chips is sourced from the waters around the Faroe Islands.
Dill flower
To get the special flavor of dill, the creators of the dish had to research many different types of dill in Sweden. They finally settled on dill from the Bjäre peninsula in southern Sweden.
Leksand onion
To get the desired onion flavor, the producer chooses Leksand onions, which are always planted on May 18 and harvested on August 10 regardless of the weather.
India Pale Ale.
To add a little sweetness to the potato slices, a splash of India Pale Ale is added, which is also used to brew St. Eriks India Pale Ale.
Ammarnäs Potatoes
Finally, the main ingredient of the fries: potatoes grown in Ammarnäs. The potato growing area is located on a south-facing hillside, on high rocky outcrops that absorb and retain the heat from the sun. Because the potatoes are only grown in small quantities and are cared for, harvested, etc. entirely by hand, they are not cheap.
Close-up of a St. Eriks potato chip.
All of these ingredients have created the most expensive potato snack on the planet.
