Potato Chip Health Facts: Healthy Swaps & Nutrition

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9 Better-for-You Potato Chip Swaps

Published Jan,25 2018 | By Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN

Potatoes are definitely America’s favorite vegetable. According to the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association, the potato chip was invented in 1853 and has been America’s #1 snack food for more than 50 years. In 2011, Americans ate 1.5 billion pounds of potato chips -- that’s about four pounds per person.