McCoys look to me to be cut via some method, rather than forming of mashed potato ingredients through an extruder…..
reasons for thinking this:
– many different sizes, but still a ‘whole crisp’.
– the skin appears to be left on.
– you can see imperfections in the crisps & areas of varying translucency that I don’t think would be present with an extruded pulp (would be more consistent)
– very consistent thickness & ‘tight angles’. With an extruded mush, I would expect some sagging of the form in cross section, while it cooked, while a cut potato would retain it’s cross-sectional shape better.
– different texture of crisps while eating, implying variations in the potato that wouldn’t be present if it was an extruded mush. Pringles on the other hand are very consistent in terms of bite & feel whereas these feel more ‘home made’ than ‘factory processed’.
I was gonna take some pics, but couldn’t be bothered.