In this article, we will be taking a look at the 5 biggest potato chip brands and companies in the world. To skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to see the 15 Biggest Potato Chip Brands and Companies in the World.
5. Cape Cod Potato Chips
Total Sales as of April 2022 (in millions): $329.9
Cape Cod Potato Chips, owned by Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) since 2018, is an American snack food company best known for their brand of kettle-cooked potato chips.
Instead of using the continuous frying technique employed by the majority of commercial brands, Cape Cod chips are shallow-fried in kettles in batches while being stirred with a rake. Among the brand’s best-selling flavors include Original, Sea Salt & Vinegar, and Sweet Mesquite Barbecue.
4. Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE:UTZ)
Total Sales as of April 2022 (in millions): $338.3
Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE:UTZ) is based in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Under well-known trademarks including Utz, Zapp’s, Golden Flake, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian Brand, and TORTIYAHS, the company offers a wide variety of salty snacks. Potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, party mix and veggie snacks are some of the salty snacks that the company sells.
395 distinct varieties and flavors of snacks are produced by Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE:UTZ) in total.
3. Pringles
Total Sales as of April 2022 (in millions): $1200
Pringles, created in 1968 by The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), is an American brand of stackable potato chips. In 2012, Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) purchased the brand. Around 140 countries currently sell Pringles.
The percentage of potatoes in Pringles is around 42%. The remaining ingredients consist of vegetable oils, wheat starch and flours (potato, corn, and rice), along with salt and spice.
Recently, the brand debuted its new range of Wavy Pringles, which are available in five distinct flavors. These include Applewood Smoked Cheddar Crisps, Fire Roasted Jalapeno, Sweet & Spicy BBQ, and White Cheddar, Original Classic Salted.
2. Ruffles
Total Sales as of April 2022 (in millions): $1600
Ruffles, with a long history that stretches back to 1948, is an American brand of ruffled potato chips. It is sold by the Frito-Lay company.
Ruffles come in a wide range of flavors including cheese, barbecue, salt & vinegar, cream cheese, and hot wings. The most popular Ruffles flavor in Canada is All-Dressed. It combines the flavors of ketchup, barbecue, salt and vinegar.
1. Lay’s
Total Sales as of April 2022 (in millions): $3600
Lay’s, America’s favorite snack for more than 75 years, is a brand of potato chips with different flavors. Since Lay’s and Fritos are both sold by the Frito-Lay company, an exclusively owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) since 1965, the brand is also known as Frito-Lay.
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