A potato chip or crisp is a thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, side dish, or appetizer. The basic chips are cooked and salted; additional varieties are manufactured using various flavorings and ingredients including herbs, spices, cheeses, other natural flavors, artificial flavors, and additives.
The Chips Group was a company based in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland, producing potato chips and other savoury delights since the establishment of Chips Ab Suomi in 1969 as the first potato chips producer in the country. The company was bought by the Norwegian Orkla ASA in 2005 together with Oy Panda Ab. Production of snacks and frozen potato products still continues in Haraldsby, Åland as part of Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Finland Ab. This business is integrated within the group as part of Orkla Suomi, one of its four business areas in Finland.
Bugles are a corn snack produced by General Mills and Tom's Snacks.
Orkla ASA is a Norwegian conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. At present, Orkla operates in the branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions and financial investment sectors. Orkla ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and its head office is in Oslo, Norway. As of 31 December 2021, Orkla had 21,423 employees. The Group's turnover in 2021 totalled NOK 50.4 billion.
The Smith's Snackfood Company is a British-Australian snack food company owned by American multinational corporation PepsiCo. It is best known for its brand of potato crisps. The company was founded by Frank Smith and Jim Viney in the United Kingdom in 1920 as Smiths Potato Crisps Ltd, originally packaging a twist of salt with its crisps in greaseproof paper bags which were sold around London. The dominant brand in the UK until the 1960s when Edinburgh's Golden Wonder took over with Cheese & Onion, Smith's countered by creating Salt & Vinegar flavour which was launched nationally in 1967.
Lotte Wellfood Co., Ltd., formerly Lotte Confectionery, is a South Korean international confectionery company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The company was established in 1967. Currently, it is the third-largest chewing gum manufacturer in the world, and its plants are located in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Belgium, India, Russia, Myanmar, and China. Lotte Confectionery was renamed Lotte Wellfood in 2023.
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) is a Philippine company based in Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the Philippines.
Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway. owned by the Carlsberg Group.
Nordfyn Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 452.30 km2 and has a total population of 29,714 (2022). It borders Odense Municipality to the east and south, Assens Municipality to the south and Middelfart Municipality to the west. To the east, Odense Fjord separates Nordfyn Municipality and Kerteminde Municipality. The seat of the municipality is the town of Bogense.
Polly is a series of peanut-based snacks made by KiMs Norge, a subsidiary of the Orkla Group, sold through Orkla Confectionery & Snacks. In addition to the traditional peanut products, other products include cashewnuts, in addition to a number of mixed products including various nuts and raisins. Originally Polly AS was a Skien-based company that eventually was bought by Sætre. In 1991 the Sætre corporation was bought by Orkla and two years later the production was moved to the KiMs plant at Skreia.
Anders Edvard Olsen Bergene was a Norwegian businessperson. He founded the chocolate and confectionery company Bergene.
Mondelez Kinh Do is part of Mondelēz International, Inc, located in Chicago, Illinois (US). It is a global snacking powerhouse that aims to lead the future of snacking industry with iconic global and local brands such as Cosy biscuits, Kinh Do mooncakes, Solite cakes, Slide potato chips, AFC crackers, OREO cookies, RITZ crackers, LU biscuits, Toblerone chocolate, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Tang powdered beverage, Halls candy, Trident gum and many more. In Vietnam, it operates in three locations in Ho Chi Minh City, two plants in Binh Duong and Hung Yen, Vietnam, with more than 3,000 employees.
Frito-Lay is an American subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets, and sells corn chips, potato chips, and other snack foods. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips, Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Rold Gold pretzels, and Walkers potato crisps. Each brand generated annual worldwide sales over $1 billion in 2009.
Beauvais is a Danish brand of condiments, snacks and readymade meals now owned by Norwegian food company Orkla ASA. The brand was founded by and is named for Jean Baptiste Desiré Beauvais, a French immigrant, who established a production of canned food in Copenhagen in 1850. The company was acquired by Orkla in 1995 and renamed Orkla Foods Denmark in 2013.
Elma Chips is a Brazilian snacks company and its main industrial unit is in Curitiba, capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. The company is managed by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of the American branch of PepsiCo.
Caroline Marie Hagen Kjos is a Norwegian businesswoman, heiress and billionaire based in Switzerland. In early 2018, she was the richest woman in Norway. In 2014, she was elected Chairman of the Board of the family holding company Canica. In 2014–2015, a clear majority of the company's share capital was also transferred to her. In March 2018, the US business magazine Forbes estimated Hagen Kjos' assets at $2.8 billion.
Taffel is a Finnish brand of potato chips produced by Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Finland. Taffel potato chips are produced in Åland, and it was the first product of the Orkla factory. The Taffel brand also includes dipping sauces, French fries, popcorn and nut mixes. According to research by Markkinointi & Mainonta magazine and Taloustutkimus, Taffel was Finland's most valued brand of potato chips in 2015.
Turtle Chips are a brand of chips that are made by South Korean snack company Orion. They get their name from their shape, which resembles the shell of a tortoise.
