snack foods founded 1999 1999 founder rafael del rosal lopez carmen osuna headquarters priego de c rdoba spain products potato chips website sannicasio.es eng san nicasio is a spanish brand of gourmet potato chips established in 1999 . the slow cooked chips have won a number of food industry awards for quality and have received a level of notoriety due to the high price tag of the product . contents 1 history 2 product 2.1 cooking 2.2 pricing 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit san nicasio was established in 1999 in priego de c rdoba in the andalusian mountains of spain by rafael del rosal lopez and his wife carmen osuna . 1 2 they are being distributed by fayrefield foods in the uk who are targeting distributors such as harvey nichols and harrods . 1 3 product edit himalayan pink salt san nicasio are handmade small batch potato chips made with catalan potatoes extra virgin olive oil and himalayan pink salt a marketing term for rock salt mined in khewra salt mines pakistan . 4 5 the olive oil used has the priego de c rdoba denomination of origin . 6 as of 2012 update they are only available in salted flavour and two sizes 40 g 1.4 oz and 190 g 6.7 oz . 7 cooking edit the chips are slow cooked unlike most other brand name chips . 7 8 9 according to owner lopez this is to prevent the formation of undesirable substances . 7 pricing edit the product received significant press coverage on release in the united kingdom due to the financial market at the time and the 4 pricing for the larger packet almost double the market standard . 1 3 4 grocery magazine the grocer asked will british crisp lovers fork out almost four quid for a new super premium snack although it did not speculate on the answer to this question . 10 the rich times stated that analysts are as yet divided as to whether or not a product at this price point makes any sense . 11 awards edit the brand has won a number of food industry awards and certifications . 2008 monde selection gold medal 9 12 2009 monde selection gold medal 9 12 2010 monde selection gold medal 9 12 2010 monde selection international high quality trophy for 3 consecutive gold medals 13 2011 monde selection gold medal 12 2011 expoliva award for best food made with olive oil 14 2012 monde selection gold medal 12 references edit a b c whitelocks sadie 20 may 2011 . san nicasio patatas fritas are the upper crust of the crisp world at 4 a bag . daily mail . retrieved 12 july 2012 . san nicasio crisps . reality sense . 20 july 2011 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . a b 4 san nicasio luxury crisps to hit the shops in uk . metro . 17 may 2011 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . a b sayid ruki 18 may 2011 . posh crisps to go on sale for 4 a bag . daily mirror . archived from the original on 18 may 2011 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . you need to know about lambrucha and san nicasio patatas fritas . time out . new york . 24 june 2011 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . capital move for spanish crisps . fayrefield.com . 13 march 2012 . retrieved 17 july 2012 . a b c official product page . sannicasio . retrieved 17 july 2012 . healthy spanish potato chips international food blog . ziibest.com . 19 march 2012 . retrieved 17 july 2012 . a b c d san nicasio premium spanish crisps . regional food & drink . 6 june 2011 . retrieved 18 july 2012 . top tier crisps to tap into taste for tapas fmcg news . the grocer . 14 may 2011 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . london gets luxury crisps that s posh potato chips for the rest of us . the rich times . 18 may 2011 . retrieved 17 july 2012 . a b c d e quinta medalla de oro a la calidad . info restauracion . 21 may 2012 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . spanish the international high quality trophy 2010 . monde selection . retrieved 12 july 2012 . una segunda jornada de expoliva repleta de actos . diario digital agrario . 12 may 2011 . retrieved 12 july 2012 . spanish external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title san nicasio & oldid 725665850 categories brand name potato chips and crispssnack food manufacturers of spain1999 introductionshidden categories articles with spanish language external linksuse dmy dates from july 2012articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 17 june 2016 at 03 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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