10 Fun Facts
1 The average Potato Chip or Crisp is between 0.04 (0.1cm) and 0.09 (0.2cm) of an inch thick. Ridged chips are around four times thicker than non-ridged potato chips.
2 The United States Potato Chip industry employs around 60,000 people.
3 It takes about five to six potatoes or 600g to make a 150g bag of chips.
4 Crisps are found in over 70% of kids' lunch boxes in the UK.
5 Walkers UK Crisps include a Carbon Footprint label on their Crisps – The carbon footprint of a standard packet of Walkers Crisps is 75g.
6 Walkers UK produces 10m packs of crisps every day, using more than 350,000 tonnes of potatoes a year, for the UK market.
7 Figures from Mintel reveal that people in the UK eat a tonne of crisps every three minutes. This would be enough to fill a telephone box every 43 seconds and an Olympic sized swimming pool every 14 hours.
8 The man that invented the Pringles can, Fredric J Baur, died in May 2008 and his cremated ashes were buried in a Pringles can.
9 The most popular US Potato Chip flavours are Regular, Barbecue and Sour Cream and Onion.
10 The most popular UK Potato Crisp varieties are Ready Salted, Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar.
2 The United States Potato Chip industry employs around 60,000 people.
3 It takes about five to six potatoes or 600g to make a 150g bag of chips.
4 Crisps are found in over 70% of kids' lunch boxes in the UK.
5 Walkers UK Crisps include a Carbon Footprint label on their Crisps – The carbon footprint of a standard packet of Walkers Crisps is 75g.
6 Walkers UK produces 10m packs of crisps every day, using more than 350,000 tonnes of potatoes a year, for the UK market.
7 Figures from Mintel reveal that people in the UK eat a tonne of crisps every three minutes. This would be enough to fill a telephone box every 43 seconds and an Olympic sized swimming pool every 14 hours.
8 The man that invented the Pringles can, Fredric J Baur, died in May 2008 and his cremated ashes were buried in a Pringles can.
9 The most popular US Potato Chip flavours are Regular, Barbecue and Sour Cream and Onion.
10 The most popular UK Potato Crisp varieties are Ready Salted, Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar.
