6. Lay’s potato chips
Total sales: 372 million bags (per year)
The 6th place in 16 most consumed products in the world list is taken by the potato chip company, founded in U.S., 1932. Since those times, it is the leading potato chip brand in the world. Owned by PepsiCo’s 1965. Other brand names are used in the United Kingdom and Ireland (Walkers), in Australia (Smith’s), in Colombia (Margarita), Mexico (Sabritas), Vietnam (Poca), Egypt (Chrispy) and in Canada (Hostess). According to The Washington Post, the company sells more than 372 million bags of Lay’s per year. Their famous slogan „Lay’s. Get your smile on. No one can eat just one.“ totally makes sense now, don’t you think?