News on Tortilla Chips

Shearer's Foods has opened its 17th manufacturing facility and fourth in Ohio. The new Moraine plant, built in a former General Motors facility, will produce variety packs, create hundreds of jobs, and expand the company's snack production capacity.

Hungritos, under Iscon Balaji Foods, showcased at Snackex 2026 (17–18 June, FIL Expo Lisbon) at Stand 244, Pavilion 4, unveiling Mashed Potato Premix range (7 flavours) and Dehydrated Potato Flakes for global snack and food industries. sectors.

Hungritos will showcase its customizable dehydrated potato flakes and potato powder at SNACKEX 2026 in Lisbon. The company aims to connect with snack manufacturers, food processors and buyers seeking potato-based ingredient solutions.

On the occasion of Snackex, taking place on June 17–18 in Lisbon, Limagrain Ingredients is showcasing blue masa flour, a naturally distinctive ingredient designed to support snack manufacturers in addressing key challenges around innovation, naturalness and product performance.

Savory snack food sales surged to USD 742 million during Super Bowl Week 2025, according to new Circana data commissioned by SNAC International, the leading international trade association for the snack industry representing over 200 companies worldwide.

Key Technology introduces COMPASS® optical sorter for potato chips at Pack Expo. Belt-fed with easy-to-use interface, it removes defects and foreign material, ensures food safety, boosts efficiency, enables fast cleaning, and offers IIoT analytics.

Utz Brands will showcase its Utz, Zapp’s, Boulder Canyon, and On The Border snacks, including new flavors, at booth #2714 during the 2025 Sweets & Snacks Expo, May 13-15 in Indianapolis.

The perfect day to explore Chip and Dip is here, the best satisfying day to explore your favorite dipping with the chips. Even though the occasion comes once in a year, but the day gained popularity in the US from 1950s.

Americans are cutting back on Doritos, Goldfish and Hostess cakes. It’s not for their health, however – it’s a sign that even small indulgences have gotten too expensive for many to afford.

PepsiCo has announced a GBP 13 million (USD 16.9 million) investment in its Coventry factory, the home of Doritos.

ZEISS Spectroscopy will once again be taking part at SNACKEX.

Recently, Utz Brands, Inc. , a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, reported financial results for the Company’s third fiscal quarter ended October 1, 2023.

Snack food sales in the United States jumped 10.5% to USD 616 million during Super Bowl Week 2022, according to new data from IRI commissioned by SNAC International (SNAC).

Savory Snack manufacturer Balaji Wafers is planning to set up a wafers and namkeen manufacturing unit at Kanagale Industrial Area in Belagavi district of Karnataka, India

The innovative plant will consume 84% less water, 52% less energy compared to a traditional nixtamalization process, and will produce 96% less waste, among other benefits.

Total snack food sales jumped 12.5% to USD 487 million during Super Bowl Week 2021, according to new data from IRI, commissioned by SNAC International (SNAC)

Hot Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips, an all-new mash-up that combines the classic Cool Ranch flavor fans love with a spicy, bold crunch.

Utz Brands Inc; a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, announced that its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement with R.W. Garcia Holdings to acquire the equity and certain real estate assets related to the operation of RW Garcia.