These are some of the best pork rinds/cracklins out there, from humanely raised pigs and made with care. That is no small thing in a world where largescale Big-Ag pork farms supply most pork products - and make a ton of money from abusing and disrespecting these fine creatures. I think anyone who doubts the importance of humanely raised animal products should get informed about those factory farms before dismissing the notion that we as humans should do better than just use & abuse animals. Just a few generations back, all farming was humane, as it should be.

I'm so glad Epic is doing what it's doing - and improving recipes and expanding its humanely raised and wild-sourced proteins!!!

The protein in these rinds is great too! Handy for a quick low-carb/ keto meal, with some onion sour cream dip or a spicy sauce. Just enough maple to hint at a little sweetness, goes well with chilli, onion, tomato. Excellent CRUNCH factor too.

Usually love these pork rinds but the last order I received was extremely salty and peppery that you can't even taste the pork rinds. Was hoping it was only the one bag in the order but second bag was just as bad. For your info here is the batch number from the bag

I used to LOVE these pork cracklings - there was just the right mix of sweet/salty/crunchy. For those reviewers complaining about the slightly soft parts - that's because these are pork CRACKLINGS, not pork rinds - there's a difference. Over the last few months, the quality has been inconsistent. Sometimes there would be mostly pieces of the light, airy pork rinds and less of the cracklings (if all I wanted was pork rinds, there are many less expensive options to choose from). Sometimes you'd get a lot of the seasoning, sometimes hardly any. Occasionally I'd even have some that tasted rancid. I'd say I was addicted to these things and have gone through about four bags a week for the last 6 months or so. I've bought them from amazon as well as Whole Foods and have had the same problem with inconsistent quality from both places. I think I'm finally ready to quit buying them and face the fact that these aren't what they used to be.

I've been buying these porkrinds for awhile from a local health food store. They're normally slightly soft, coated in a ton of delicious seasoning, and taste great. I noticed them here on amazon and decided to give them a try, since they were cheaper.

My first batch included a pork rind with a hair in it.
A bag in my second batch was just BAD. There was literally no seasoning in the bag or on the pork rinds, they tasted like burnt plastic, and there was a clearly burnt pork rind in the pack.

I decided to give it one last try while they still had the $3 off coupon. Lo and behold, another bag missing seasoning that tastes like burnt plastic.

I would not trust these. I'm not sure if Epic has gone downhill since being acquired by General Mills, or if someone is selling bad batches on amazon, but I would not buy them!

These are great cracklings - which are different than pork rinds. Some are pure pork rinds, while the rest of the bag were true cracklings; with the rind of fat that is super delicious. This is a high quality product. I took a star off because the misleading nutritional information. The bags are small, normal size 2.5 oz snack bags. At first glance, you see a serving is 80 calories. You think, "not so bad...probably at least a couple servings per bag". Then you notice that little 2.5 oz bag had FIVE servings. The FDA has identified these types of misleading serving/nutritional info as being problematic, but hasn't regulated it. Again....good product, just read the nutrition!