Space Raiders

For other uses, see Space Raiders (disambiguation).

A standard pickled onion packet of Space Raiders. This is of the smaller £0.10 variety.

Space Raiders are a cheap snack food, intended to fill the same niche market as crisps, and are sold in similar style packets. They are made from corn and wheat and available in several flavours. They are made by KP Snacks in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in the UK. Space Raiders are especially popular with children, but also hold nostalgic notions for many British adults today.

Price controversy

Space Raiders remained at an inflation-beating retail price of 10 pence from their introduction in the late 1970s all the way until late October 2007, when the price soared to 15p. The price has continued to fluctuate, reflecting the volatility of the underlying commodity prices. There has been massive uproar at the price hike in the Space Raiders fan community (a fan club named the 'Raidettes')^{[citation needed]} and as a result the Raidettes have approached Benson's brand of Snacks to produce a rival snack. There is also a campaign on the social networking site Facebook to get the price of Space Raiders back down to 10p.

Each crisp is in the shape of an alien head. Prior to the change in EC food colouring laws, Roast Beef Space Raiders were bright red and pickled onion ones were green. They are now a light brown colour, reflecting the maize / corn ingredients.

Comics

Mini comic stories are printed on the backs of packets. They have over the years included the adventures of, 'Astra and her Space Pirates' through to the current stories of aliens being afraid of the crunching sounds of Space Raiders being eaten. These, however, are now not included on the back of packets (2010) and instead there is a factfile of the flavors own alien.

Flavours

• Beef
• Pickled Onion
• Spicy
• Salt and Vinegar (rarely available)
• Cheese (discontinued)
• Saucy BBQ (new 2010)

Nutrition information

	Beef Flavour			Pickled Onion Flavour
Average Values	Per 100 g	Per 28 g Bag	Per 13 g Bag	Per 100 g	Per 13 g Bag
Energy (kJ)	2007	562	261	1958	255
Energy (kCal)	479	134	62	467	61
Protein	7.0 g	2.0 g	0.9 g	6.3 g	0.8 g
Carbohydrate	61.5 g	17.2 g	8.0 g	59.3 g	7.7 g
of which Sugars	3.3 g	0.9 g	0.4 g	1.7 g	0.2 g
Fat	22.8 g	6.4 g	3.0 g	22.8 g	3.0 g
of which Saturates	5.0 g	1.4 g	0.7 g	5.0 g	0.7 g
Fibre	3.6 g	1.0 g	0.5 g	3.6 g	0.5 g
Sodium	1.2 g	0.3 g	0.2 g	1.6 g	0.2 g