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Tayto Snacks, formerly known as Largo Foods, is an Irish company, established in 1983.

Largo Foods is the leading manufacturer and distributor of premium snack foods (crisps, snacks, peanuts and popcorn) in Ireland, supplying branded and own label products in the Irish, UK and Continental European markets.

Largo Foods Brands include Tayto, King (King Crisps), Hunky Dorys, Perri and Sam Spudz.

Largo Foods has production facilities in Co. Meath and Co. Donegal.

The Co. Meath factory produces its potato based products. Most of the potatoes come from Irish farmers in Meath, Dublin, Louth and Wexford.

All crisps are cooked in 100% pure Sunflower oil.

German snack manufacturer Intersnack owns a stake of Largo Foods.

Not to be confused with the chips manufacturer Tayto in Northern Ireland. Information on Tayto in North Ireland can be found at Tayto (North Ireland)  

News for this Company

 Mr Tayto
February 25, 2012

Largo Foods (Tayto) receives grant for equipment and R&D

In Ireland, the government have committed grant assistance in excess of half a million euro to Gaoth Dobhair based Largo Food Exports Ltd. The funds will be used to update equipment and for research and development into new products to be produced in ...
 Tayto
July 17, 2011

Chips maker Intersnack increases stake in Largo Foods

Ray Coyle, founder of Irish potato crisp maker Largo Foods, is selling a 25 percent stake in the company to German snack maker Intersnack, the Sunday Times reported, citing an interview with Coyle. Coyle is selling a further 11 percent stake in the co...
 Mr Tayto
June 20, 2011

Largo Foods (Mr Tayto) announces further expansion

Snack foods maker, Largo Foods, is to invest €2.6m in the expansion of its Co Donegal facility, Ireland.
New varieties for potato chips (crisps) impress in trials at Seabrook Crisps
July 23, 2010

New varieties for potato chips (crisps) impress in trials at Seabrook Crisps

A new potato processing variety has yielded well in trials in a difficult growing season.The new variety from Potato Innovations (PI), known only as YP0243, has yielded nearly 35t/ha of marketable ware in the trials.YP0243 is due to receive registratio...