Potato chips cooked in pure shortening

I saw this bag of potato chips in a supermarket near my parents' place a few weeks ago.


I was a sucker for the old fashioned and authentic-looking design of it. But what amazed me was the ingredient list.


Cooked in pure vegetable shortening! That sounds so unhealthy. It's sounds so unhealthy that it must taste amazing.

But they taste disgusting. The texture is gross. The flavor is pretty good, but the texture is like it is covered in shortening.