A CRISP fan is glad she kept her eyes peeled after spotting a soggy potato in her packet.
Helen Reed, 33, grew suspicious when the first cheese and onion snacks she pulled out were damp.
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The packet, made by REAL Crisps, promised “bags of character” but when Helen emptied it on the table at work she found a weepy spud inside instead.
She said: “The bag didn’t feel heavy, it felt normal.
“The potato was quite a decent size — it was a bit bigger than a golf ball.
“It was soggy and squishy and smelled a bit funny.
“I didn’t eat any of them as they were all soggy. I remember thinking, ‘How on earth has that got through?’.”
The face-painting business owner wrapped the stray tuber in kitchen roll and brought it home to show her gas engineer husband Graham, 34.
She went on: “I said, ‘Look what I found in a bag of crisps’, and he said, ‘Eugh, put it in the bin’.
“It’s quite funny the brand’s called REAL as well. You can’t get realer than a potato in a bag of crisps.”
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Helen contacted the manufacturer and received a few free bags of different flavours — which she happily ate.
Helen, of Aberford, West Yorkshire, said: “It’s not put me off, I just found it funny — things happen. It could have been a lot worse. At least it was a potato.”
REAL Crisps was contacted for comment.
