Potato chips are best when they’re fresh, and preservatives have basically become a thing of the past in the business since the gains made by the “natural style” chips of the early ’70s.

Potato chips are America's number one snack, according to the group's 2012 state of the industry report, and we spent $9 billion on them in 2010, 50 percent more than what we spent on the No. 2 ...

Potato chips were apparently invented in 1853 by a cook named George Crum — possibly of African-American and Native American descent — who worked at Moon’s Lake House on Saratoga Lake in New ...

Lay’s is one of the most popular potato chip brands in the world, but not all varieties are made with the same quality standards. While their premium lines, like Lay’s Kettle Cooked, tend to use ...

Ohio is the second-largest potato chip producer in the U.S., home to brands like, Grippo's, Jones', Gold'N Krisp and Mike-sell's. Ohio's love of potato chips is a deep one.

Cases of Gold'N Krisp Potato Chips are still available for purchase on the company's website. Meanwhile, Shearers pivoted to making in-house branded chips for Aldi, Costco, Walmart and others.

Shortly after the second move to Happy Valley, The Wall Street Journal put his dad and his Kitch’n Cook’d Potato Chips on its front page in October 1975. From that point on, business boomed.

Add potato chips and gently press them down until they are submerged in the egg mixture. Gently shake one more time, then let the chips soften in the egg mixture for 10 minutes.