List of potato chip brands

This is a list ofpotato chipbrands organised by continent.
In theUnited States, potato chips are made by national chains likeFrito-Lay,PringlesandKettle Brand; major regional brands like Jay's of Chicago, Better Made of Detroit, Old Dutch of Minneapolis, and Utz of Hanover, Pennsylvania; and specialty brands with local or uneven distribution. Potato chip flavorings include variations ofbarbecue, as well as sour cream and onion, sour cream and cheddar, salt and vinegar, ranch, jalapeño and cheese.In theGulf South,Zapp'sofGramercy, Louisiana, makes kettle-cooked chips using regional flavors such as Crawtator, Cajun dill, Voodoo, and Creole onion.Pennsylvanialeads the United States in potato chip production, and has been dubbed "the Potato Chip Capital" by several sources.Pennsylvania-based companies that produce potato chips includeUtz Quality Foods,Herr's Snacks,Snyder of Berlin,Snyder's of Hanover,Martin's Potato Chips,Wise FoodsandCharles Chips.
In Canada, seasonings include the uniqueall-dressed, as well asdill pickle,jalapeño,ketchup,barbecue, sour cream and onion, and salt and vinegar. In 2006, Lay's introducedwasabichips in Toronto and Vancouver,but no longer offers them. Lays has recently released new Lay's Poppables which come in three flavours: Sea Salt and Vinegar, Honey BBQ, Sea Salt and White cheddar.Loblaw, Canada's largest food retailer, offers several unusual flavors under itsPresident's Choicebrand, includingpoutine, maple bacon, Jamaican jerk chicken, Greek feta and olive, ballpark hot dog, and barbecue baby back ribs.
InColombia,lemon,chicken,chorizo, andsirloin steakwithmushroom sauceflavored potato chips are sold.
The market in the United Kingdom is led byWalkers, which held 56% of the British crisp market in 2013.Walkers is known for its wide variety of crisps with the most popular flavors being Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, Prawn Cocktail, Beef and Onion, Roast Chicken, Smoky Bacon, Worcester Sauce, Pickled Onion, Tomato Ketchup, and Salt & Shake / Original.More exotic flavors are Thai sweet chili, roast pork and creamy mustard sauce, lime and Thai spices, chicken with Italian herbs, SpicySriracha, BBQ Pulled Pork, sea salt and cracked black pepper, sea salt and cider vinegar, spicy and aromatic curry, turkey and bacon, caramelized onion and sweet balsamic vinegar, Stilton and cranberry.Since 2008, Walkers has launched its "Do Us a Flavour" campaign, challenging the British public to think up unique flavors for their crisps. Six flavors were chosen from among the entries and released as special editions.In 2014 the public had to pick one of Walkers' base ingredients, which was made up of six flavors from around the UK—SomersetCheddar, Devonshire Chicken, Norfolk Pork, Dorset Sour Cream, Vale of Evesham Tomatoes andAberdeen AngusBeef—then add their own unique flavor.In 2018 Walkers launched six new flavors to celebrate the brand's 70th birthday, with each flavor representing a different decade.
In 1981,hedgehog flavouredcrisps were produced by the landlord ofThe VaultsinWelshpool, Philip Lewis, for his customers who kept asking for them as a joke. They became unexpectedly popular, but this led to controversy. There was concern that real hedgehogs were being slaughtered, but it proved that they were actually flavored withpork fat. This then caused concern about false advertising, and so a compromise was agreed with the trading standards authorities: the labelling was amended to "Hedgehog® Flavoured Crisps".
InGermany,Belgiumand theNetherlandsonly two flavors were traditionally available,red paprika(Paprika, sometimes also calledungarisch(from "Hungarian")) and salted (gesalzen). These are still by far the most common and popular types, but some vendors have started to offer a number of other flavors such as sour cream and onion, cheese, oriental, or more exotic seasonings like "Chakalaka", "Currywurst", "Pommes" (french fries), "Rot-weiss" (red and white: french fries withtomato ketchupandmayonnaise). In Germany, potato chips made from ground potatoes are calledStapelchipsrather thanKartoffelchipsfor legal reasons, according to the definitions in theLebensmittelbuch(Codex Alimentarius).
InIreland, the two most popular flavors are cheese and onion, and salt and vinegar. However, in Ireland the word "Tayto" is synonymous with potato chips after theTaytobrand and can be used to describe all varieties of chips, including those not produced by Tayto.Hunky Dorys and King are other popular Irish brands. In November 2010, the Tayto company opened a theme park called "Tayto Park".
In chain stores of Moscow, one can normally find four of aforementioned European flavors (such as paprika, just salt, cheese, and sour onion with greens) and such meat related flavors as bacon, chicken, grilled meat and such. Russkaya Kartoshka brand of chips, which boasts reduced content of oil in their curled (C-shaped, nearly ball-shaped) chips, offers various flavors;with "grilled salmon", "shrimp" and "Kamchatka's crab" being unique seafood-themed flavors of potato chips, mass-produced in Russia.Lay'soffers crab-flavored and no-cream green onion flavored chips as ones made uniquely for Russian market (see bottom-right corner of"About" page of Lays.ru).Lay's"Iz pechi" (literally "from the stove") line of less-oiled chips also include crab flavor. In 2013,Lay'sheld a contest on "people's choice" between two flavours:lechoflavour and buttered potato with dill; with the latter winning in the contest;however, the buttered potato flavor was discontinued on the next year. "Just Brutal" brandhas pitch-black chips(similar to American "Rainbow" chips mentioned above), sold in "Fix Price" chain stores, the flavors are "vinegar" and "Thai sweet pepper".
InJapan, flavors include norishio (noriand salt),consommé,wasabi,soy sauceandbutter,garlic,plum, barbecue, pizza, mayonnaise, and black pepper.Chili,scallopwith butter,teriyaki,takoyaki, andyakitorichip flavors are also available. Major manufacturers includeCalbee,andKoikeya.
InIndonesia, potato chips are commonly calledkripik kentangand traditionally fell under thekripikcategory. The Indonesian potato chips market is mainly ruled by two brands:Indofood's Chitato (since 1990s)andLay's(Frito-Lay). In 2014, Japan's Calbee and Indonesia's Wings Food formed Calbeewings, a joint venture and marketed Potabee potato chips in Indonesia. Common potato chips flavors marketed in Indonesia include beef barbecue, spicy chicken, cheese and plain salted. Lay's potato chips sold in Indonesia are available in six flavors: honey butter, sour cream and onion,noriseaweed, beef barbecue, classic salty, and salmonteriyakiflavors.Potabee sold in Indonesia offers two flavors: beef BBQ and grilled seaweed.In 2018 Chitato launched a "Do Us a Flavor" campaign that sells three unusual flavors: beefrendang, fried crab golden egg yolk, and mango sticky rice.
InHong Kong, the two prominent potato chips are the spicy "Ethnican" variety by Calbee,and barbecue by Jack 'n Jill.