POTATOES

HARVESTING/PRODUCTION

• In order to have a potato chip you need to have a potato. In order to grow a potato you need to live a reasonable climate.
• This food likes to be in a climate of 50 degrees or higher.
• This starch likes to grow in drained soil meaning dry.
• They usually grow about for about 10 weeks .
• Harvesting season is from April to August or late July.

PRODUCTION/PROCESSING

• After the Potatoes are harvested they are sent to factories to be cut and processed.
• They get washed then get sent into blades which slice them into specific cut. i.e ripple cut
• After that since they are wet and cut they go through seasoning. i.e sour cream and onion
• After getting their specific seasoning they are baked until crispy.
• Then they go into their packaging to be distributed.

DISTRIBUTION/PACKAGING

• After the Chips are baked and treated they are put into bag according to their flavoring.
• These bags are pumped with nitrogen to have compression
• Then they are filtered into boxes and stored.
• Some chips aren't shipped out for almost 6 months
• http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/os/potato-pesticides-s...

CONSUMPTION

• On an average 1.2 billion pounds of potato chips are consumed each year.
• A local example of potato chips it Utz or Martins
• Both of these companies ship internationally
• http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/files/2009/05/3169874982_5d738d7fbf.jpg
• Above picture of utz

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WORKS CITED

• http://www.utzsnacks.com, internet source 2010
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqBbr7Ewsw video 2004
• http://www.almanac.com/plant/potatoes
• http://m.wikihow.com/Plant-Potatoes