Black & Gold Cassava Chips are a packaged snack made from manioc — the starchy root also known as cassava — sliced and fried in vegetable oil with chilli and salt. The result is a firm, crunchy chip with a distinctly earthy depth that separates it from the more familiar potato crisp. The pack weighs 100g (±2g) and contains two servings, making it a practical size for an afternoon snack or to share over a board game or a film.
Manioc has been a staple across Sri Lanka for generations, and the fried chip form of it — thin wafers deep-fried to a hard snap — has long been a street-food staple as well as a supermarket shelf regular. Black & Gold, the snack range produced by Impex Trade (Pvt) Ltd since 1990, brings that tradition into a sealed, shelf-stable pouch. The dark grey and yellow flexible pouch keeps the chips intact and fresh, with the manufacture date, expiry date and batch number printed directly on the pack so you always know what you are getting.
The ingredient list is short: Manioc, Chilli, Salt, fried in Vegetable Oil. As declared on the packaging, per 100g the chips contain 210 kcal of energy, 4.3g of protein, 24.3g of total fat (of which 4.3g is saturated), 2g of total carbohydrate, 2.2g of sugar, 2.0g of dietary fibre, and 161mg of sodium. Salt is declared at 0.41g per 100g.
Impex Trade (Pvt) Ltd, the Galekoma-based company behind the Black & Gold range, describes itself as a market leader in Sri Lanka for cocktail mixtures, nuts, legumes, sweets and crisps. The cassava chips sit comfortably within that portfolio — a product made locally in Sri Lanka, designed for the everyday snack occasion rather than the gourmet shelf.
