USA Foods
11 December 2008
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American junk food to your doorstep
When I think of junk food and obesity, the first thing that comes to mind is the Americanism of junk and fast food. Being brought up in the 80’s and 90’s meant being exposed to American sitcoms and dramas and it’s vast use of fast food and junk food as props in many scenes. I’ve always been intrigued by the variety of American junk food, so when a colleague of mine received a box of goodies she ordered from USA Foods I was naturally curious as to what lies inside the massive box. I actually told her to hold off from opening everything so I could bring in my camera the next day, how selfish of me ?
USA Foods are a Melbourne based American confectionary specialist. Ordering from their website is easy and delivery is quite quick with a turn around time of only a few days. They could probably do with a re-design of their website as it looks quite out-dated albeit being fully functional and informative. Information is plentiful and I do believe the stock indicators are quite accurate.
Herr's Kettle Chips - Jalepeno flavour ($4.99)
Specks of jalapeno flavour
The first packet I had to open was these Kettle chips. The Kettle chips we have here in Australia were the first ‘deli’ style chip I was exposed to as a kid. I remember being addicted to the honey baked ham flavour, however in the last couple of years I have remained loyal to the chilli flavour. I still love the honey baked ham flavour, but it leaves a pungent after smell on my fingers which is annoying. Things got a bit fancy with the tangy herb flavours, but they never got me hooked. I prefer my chips with basic flavours. It’s either plain, chilli or salt and vinegar for me. I like keeping it old school, just like Don Burke and his wooly jumper’s on Burkes Backyard.
On first bite, you can definately taste the jalapeno flavours. It’s not too spicy, but the flavour is strong and plentiful. It immediately screams “eat me, or I will burn you regardless”. Texture wise, it tastes the same as the Kettle chips we can find at any corner store or super market. At $4.99 these are actually pretty good value considering normal Kettle chips are in the $3.xx range these days. Gone are the days of $2 specials for Kettle chips, they are now atleast $2.99. With the introduction of Red Rock chips, they cost even more. These days, the old chip sandwhich isn’t so cheap after all.
In contrast to the ‘nutritional’ content of our Kettle chips :
2250kj / 35g (fat) / 3g (sat fat) / 50g (carbs
Herr's Habanero Salsa dippers ($3.95)
Texture wise, these were very crunchy. But flavour wise, I was a bit dissapointed to find that they taste almost exactly the same as Dorito’s. It takes more than a fancy name to impress me, a self confessed and labelled chip connoisseur. Am I being a little unreleastic. Just because they come from USA, doesn’t mean they need to taste like the best chips ever ? Perhaps we make the best chips in Australia ?
TGIF Potato Skins ($12.99 / 600g)
This is perhaps the biggest pack of single serve chips I have ever seen. 624.8 grams of carbs, guaranteed to make you go for a 10km jog to ensure you burn it all off. I was very excited upon opening this packet, what better combination than cheese and bacon ? Well, to tell you truth I was rather disappointed. Flavour wise, it tasted great. The cheddar and bacon flavour was very strong, tasted quite nice. But the texture of the chips was a bit ordinary as it tasted a bit like Pringles and I find Pringles to be rather over-rated. I’m not sure if I would pay $12.99 for these again, not to mention it probably took up the bulk of shipping costs.
624.48 grams of weight gain assistance , definately save these for a Friday
Lollies
These were pretty average and tasted like the lollies I use to get at a 6 year old’s birthday party.
Hersheys miniatures bag ($7.99 for 40 pieces)
Everyone loves Hershey’s chocolate. When you think of Hershey’s you generally think of cookie’s and cream. But wait, there’s more! The miniature’s bag came with peanut butter, milk and dark chocolate and krackel flavour Hershey’s. My favourite was probably the peanut butter flavour, followed closely by the original milk chocolate. These minitures are definately very addictive, I could probably finish these easily in no time with a glass of ice cold milk.
Twizzlers chocolate twists ($5.99 for 340g)
These were surprisingly full of flavour and can be quite addictive. It was chewey, but also quite soft at the same time. I love how it says “naturally and artificially flavoured”, it’s a lose-lose situation either way.
USA Foods allows you to feel like a kid in a Chicago apartment watching re-runs of The Simpsons after school. Their snack catalogue is huge, perhaps I’ll try my own order next time and try their peanut butter and jelly. Join me on my one way ticket to looking like Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin.
USA Foods Melbourne
146 Cochranes Rd
Moorabbin, Victoria
Australia 3189
Phone: (03) 9555-0288
Fax: (03) 9532-0580
info@usafoods.com.au
Web : http://www.usafoods.com.au
Arwen from Hoglet K
Reemski
belle
frank || 
LOL at Don Burke and his wooly jumpers. I’ve often thought to order Reese’s PB cups from there but fashion won out and the idea of not fitting into my clothes terrified me 
Lorraine E
and lol at Dons jumpers!
FFichiban
Miss Honey
Bubz || 
Howard
billy@ATFT
om nom nom nom! i want those jalepeno kettle chips!
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