What’s your favourite flavour of crisp?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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You might know them as potato chips, but here in the UK we call them crisps... and we love them! With many different shapes, sizes and flavours, there's a lot to choose from, but why do we like them so much? And what are some of the other crispy snacks enjoyed around the world? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.

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0:36.2	Hello, this is six-minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.
0:41.0	And I'm Beth. In Britain, we call them crisps and you might know them as potato chips.
0:47.4	But whatever you call them, these fried potato slices are probably the world's favourite snack.
0:54.2	Neil, are you a big crisp eater?
0:56.1	And what's your favourite flavour?
0:57.5	I love crisps, Beth.
0:59.4	They are my favourite snack.
1:01.4	My favourite flavour is prawn cocktail,
1:04.0	which is controversial because a lot of people don't like that flavour.
1:07.8	I think my favourite is salt and vinegar.
1:10.4	Yummy. You're making me hungry.
1:12.1	Well, crisps might be popular, but with lots of oil and salt, they're not the healthiest food.
1:17.6	So why do we love them so much?
1:19.9	That's what BBC World Service programme, the food chain, wanted to find out.
1:24.1	Here, presenter Ruth Alexander, talks to Mitchell Dingwall, her food executive
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