Calbee Potato Chips Cho Usugiri Nori Shio – Ultra-Thin Cut Seaweed & Salt

Calbee’s Potato Chips Cho Usugiri Nori Shio brings the ultra-thin cut format of the Cho Usugiri series to its first-ever nori shio flavor — and the pairing makes immediate sense.

Nori shio is one of the most enduring flavors in Japanese potato chips: seaweed and salt, oceanic and mineral, with an aroma that hits the moment the bag opens.

Applied to the Cho Usugiri’s featherweight chip, it becomes something slightly different from its standard counterpart.

The thinner slice means less potato between you and the seasoning, and the seasoning here has been developed specifically for this format — not simply transplanted from another product.

Two types of seaweed form the flavor’s backbone: aonori (green seaweed), which delivers the bright, vivid marine character that defines the nori shio genre, and yakitori (roasted seaweed), which contributes a deeper, slightly smoky dimension alongside it.

The combination produces a seaweed presence that is more layered than either variety alone.

Kelp (kombu) umami runs underneath both, adding savory depth that keeps the flavor from fading after the first few chips.

The chip itself is Calbee’s thinnest — sliced thinner than even the Katayaki Potato, fried in 100% sunflower oil, and sized small enough that the light texture is built into the format rather than achieved in spite of it.

The result is a nori shio chip that is hard to put down: clean enough to keep reaching for, and just complex enough to reward the habit.

About this item
Item Name : Potato Chips Cho Usugiri Nori Shio
Brand : Calbee
Item Form : Potato Chips
Number of Items : 40g (Pack of 1)