How Many Potatoes Does It Take To Make A Regular Size Bag Of Potato Chips??

**tsquared** · 01-19-2007, 11:45 AM

We were talking about this this morning and wondering how many potatoes it takes to make a bag of regular size potatoe chips??

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**YankeeMary** · 01-19-2007, 11:53 AM

Someone has to much time on his hands...

**freeby4me** · 01-19-2007, 12:29 PM

LOL I think they either should or have done a show on that on How It's Made...Perhaps I'll go over there and see if it says.
My guess is prolly 8 potatoes

**April** · 01-19-2007, 02:33 PM

The way they pack them, with more air than chips, I would say 2.

Oh, and it's "potato" Dan LOL

**pepperpot** · 01-19-2007, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by tsquared

We were talking about this this morning and wondering how many potatoes it takes to make a bag of regular size potatoe chips??

http://www.goldenflake.com/factsheet.html

How many potatoes are used to make a bag of Golden Flake Potato chips?
Normally you will yield about 22 to 25 pounds of potato chips from one hundred pounds of potatoes. Since potatoes are about 75% moisture this amount is lost during the cooking process. Golden Flake uses over 100,000,000 pounds of potatoes each year.

So for a 10oz bag of chips, you would need 40-45oz of potatoes.

So, how much does the average potato weigh?

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