Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 7/2/21


North Carolina produces well over 200 million pounds of potatoes each year, the vast majority of which are processed into potato chip products.

In fact, if you live just about anywhere in the Eastern U.S. (which includes most of the country’s population), whenever you tear into a bag of potato chips, you’re probably enjoying North Carolina potatoes.

The primary potato variety grown for chipping in North Carolina is the Atlantic, with many familiar brand names — Frito-Lay, Utz and Wise, for example — sourcing their chipping potatoes from North Carolina during the summer.

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