Onion is one of the most common savoury flavours in snacks. Makers use dried onion powder or granules, which give a sweet, toasty and slightly sharp taste, and they often pair it with sour cream, cheese or garlic. This category is about the flavour rather than the snack type, so it can hold chips, crackers, rings or puffs.
SeekSnack’s example is Price E. Hunt Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips, which is also filed under onion chips. Ring-shaped onion snacks, where the onion flavour is baked into the dough itself, are grouped under onion rings.
Onion powder is plant-based, but onion seasonings are often mixed with sour cream or cheese powders made from milk, so the ingredient list is worth a look if you avoid dairy.
