New flavors, recalls, industry moves and regional snack trends from around the world. Every story is summarised in our own words and links to its original source.
Gangwon Province, Lotte Mart and Haitai have teamed up on a gamjajeon (Korean potato pancake) flavor of Saengsaeng potato chips. Haitai bought 70 tonnes of Seolbong potatoes from Gangwon farms and made 180,000 bags at its Wonju plant. Sales start 15 October at Lotte Mart, Lotte Super and 7-Eleven stores nationwide, following last year’s corn-flavored collaboration.
🇰🇷 Chips in South Korea →Walkers is moving into premium sharing bags with Gold, a four-flavor range aimed at hosting and special occasions. Somerset Mature Cheddar & Onion, Sea Salt & Olive Oil and Black Truffle come in 140 g bags with a gold foil lining, while Cider Vinegar & Sea Salt arrives exclusively at Tesco from 4 November. It follows the ridge-cut Wavy Cut range launched in August.
🇬🇧 Chips in the United Kingdom →Frito-Lay has released a limited-edition Wavy Magic Masala chip in the United States to mark Diwali, borrowing one of Lay’s best-known Indian flavors. The rippled chips come in a blue-and-gold festive bag with a seasoning built on cumin, chili, black pepper, cilantro, garlic and onion. They are sold through Lay’s TikTok Shop and have been spotted at select grocery chains.
🇮🇳 Chips in India →PepsiCo’s third-quarter revenue rose 5.6% to about $25.3 billion, with organic growth of 3.1%. In North America, the company says snack volumes and volume market share improved, helped by new products and the affordability push that cut prices on brands like Lay’s and Doritos earlier this year, although lower net pricing offset part of the gain. Further cost cuts are planned to absorb rising input costs.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →Canadian snack maker Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company says Costco Japan has ordered 12 container loads of its chips, eight of which had shipped by late September. The company entered Japan in June under an open-ended Costco supply deal, making it its tenth export market. Costco Japan stocks its thick-cut Sea Salt and Sea Salt & Vinegar chips in 567 g bags.
🇨🇦 Chips in Canada →Utz Brands has called a special stockholder meeting for 13 November 2026 to approve its takeover by German snack group Intersnack, the owner of funny-frisch, Tyrrells and McCoy’s. Shareholders would receive $14.25 in cash per Class A share, roughly a 91% premium to the price before the deal was announced in July. Afterwards, the Utz founding families and Intersnack would each own half of the business.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a Class I recall of about 189 pounds of YUPI Golpe Con Todo Sabor BBQ snack mix imported by Miami-based Inexport Logistics. The 60 g bags combine potato chips, plantain chips and chicharrón made in Colombia, which is not eligible to export meat products to the U.S. The bags reached stores in eight states; no illnesses were reported.
🇨🇴 Chips in Colombia →Calbee is reworking Potato Chips Nori-Shio, the seaweed-and-salt flavor it introduced in 1976 as its second-ever chip, ahead of the flavor’s 50th anniversary. After 171 test batches, the hidden umami note switches from scallop to bonito extract, and the thick-cut and ultra-thin versions are retuned too. Renewed bags roll out across Japan from the week of 26 October.
🇯🇵 Chips in Japan →New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit estimates that this summer’s drought cut about 3.1 million tonnes from potato harvests in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, and more than 3.5 million tonnes once Great Britain is included. Combined with a smaller planted area, Europe faces one of its smallest crops on record, and processors are paying sharply more for potatoes than earlier in the year.
🇩🇪 Chips in Germany →Saratoga Potato Chips of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is recalling 7.75-ounce bags of J. Higgs Loaded Bacon & Cheddar Potato Chips because they may contain soy that is not listed on the label. The affected bags carry best-by dates of 11 or 18 December 2026 and were sold at Save A Lot stores in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Maryland. No illnesses have been reported.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →KETTLE Chips’ 2026 festive limited edition in the UK is Beef Bourguignon & Winter Herbs, developed with chef Rachel Khoo. The seasoning layers Aberdeen Angus and ribeye beef, mushroom, tomato and red wine with thyme, rosemary and bay. The 130 g sharing bag reaches Sainsbury’s and Ocado from 23 September, Morrisons from 1 October and Co-op in November, staying on sale until the end of December.
🇬🇧 Chips in the United Kingdom →Walkers has put the two finalists of its TikTok-first Do Us A Flavour contest into shops across the UK: Salt & Pepper Chicken, inspired by Chinese takeaway, and Grilled Cheese & Chilli Jam. Every pack sold by 30 November counts toward the result, and the best seller joins the permanent range, with its creator eligible for a share of product sales worth up to £500,000.
🇬🇧 Chips in the United Kingdom →Mars is adding Pringles Dippers to the U.S. lineup: a thicker, sturdier and wavier take on the stackable crisp, shaped for scooping dip. Flavors at launch are Original, French Onion and Bacon Cheddar. Pringles is also extending its bowtie-shaped Mingles puffs with a new Sweet & Salty flavor. Both products are rolling out to retailers nationwide from September.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →A wave of challenger brands is trying to win over chip fans with snacks made from cassava, tempeh, mushrooms, chicken breast and whole eggs, promising more protein and fiber in the same salty, crunchy, grab-and-go format. Bloomberg reports that the trend is driven by shoppers looking for more nutrient-dense, whole-food snacks, which puts pressure on the classic potato chip’s place in the aisle.
Stackable chips like Pringles are made from dough rather than whole slices, which lets processors use undersized potatoes and the offcuts left over from fry production. As Tummers Food Processing Solutions explains, the scraps are pureed, drum-dried into flakes, milled into powder and mixed into a dough that is sheeted, stamped and fried, while potato water, peels and residual heat can be recovered too.
Cape Cod added a spring limited edition to its kettle-cooked lineup: Lemon Herb Butter, seasoned with butter, garlic, onion, parsley and lemon juice concentrate. The brand pitched it as a match for lobster rolls and picnic food. Early bags were spotted at Walmart, Publix and Target, with availability elsewhere depending on how far the rollout reached.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →Frito-Lay recalled select 8 oz bags of Miss Vickie’s Spicy Dill Pickle chips after a consumer contact revealed some bags could contain jalapeño chips, which contain milk that is not declared on the label. The affected bags carried a 21 April 2026 Guaranteed Fresh date and were sold in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. No allergic reactions were reported.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →Responding to shoppers squeezed by everyday costs, PepsiCo lowered suggested retail prices across many of its U.S. snack brands, including Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos, by up to nearly 15%. Bag sizes and recipes stay the same, and final shelf prices remain up to each retailer. The rollout began in early February, just ahead of the Super Bowl snacking peak.
🇺🇸 Chips in the United States →Private equity firm General Atlantic has taken a minority stake in Gujarat-based Balaji Wafers, one of India’s largest packaged snack makers. Founder Chandubhai Virani told Mint the 7% stake values the company at about ₹35,000 crore (around $4 billion) and that Balaji plans to professionalise its management and list publicly within three to four years. The deal still required regulatory approval.
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