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The Snack, Nut and Crisp
Manufacturers Associaton
History and Fun Facts
All about our products
The Potato Crisp
One of life’s simple pleasures
A fresh slice of quality potato, quickly fried in oil and gently seasoned. A perfect
combination of texture, aroma and taste – the nation’s favourite savoury snack.
5 Potato Crisp
Facts
2 Did you know that, thanks to the efforts of
UK manufacturers, that there is now 50%
less salt in the average bag of potato crisps?
Crisps and savoury snacks now contribute less than
2% to our dietary intake of salt.
ade in 1853
were first m
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1991
Crum, at the Yo rk.
Springs, New 2019
in Saratoga
3 The largest bag of potato crisps in the world weighed
1,141kg. It was made by Corkers Crisps in Pymoor,
Cambridgeshire on 13 September 2013.
Thankfully most bags are a bit smaller than this! Over 70% of all
crisps and savoury snacks in the UK are sold in bags of 25g or
1,141
less. Potato crisps are enjoyed as a tasty treat by over 90% of
the UK population.
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5 In 2016 the most popular potato crisp flavour in
the UK was Cheese & Onion.
Golden Wonder launched the first Cheese & Onion flavour crisp
in the UK in 1962. Companies like Tayto in Northern Ireland
quickly introduced other classic flavours such as Smoky Bacon
and Prawn Cocktail.
Snack Nuts
Natural goodness
The health benefits of nuts are widely recognised. They contain vital nutrients
(carbohydrate, fat and protein), fibre and many micronutrients
in the form of vitamins and minerals.
5 Snack Nut
Facts
1 The most popular snack
nut in the UK is the
20%
Peanuts
peanut.
Around 50% of the nuts that Almonds
we eat in the UK are Nut 50%
peanuts. Technically they 13% Consumption Cashews
aren’t even a nut and are in
fact legumes which grow Other
under the ground (sometimes
referred to as groundnuts).
17%
2 Peanuts are rich in monounsaturated fatty
acids which, as well as helping maintain a
Vitamins B1, B3, B6, E healthy heart, are a source of many
(B9) Folic Acid important vitamins and minerals.
Peanuts are also an excellent source of dietary
Iron protein; containing more weight for weight protein
Magnesium than most meats. They are a good source of many
important micro-nutrients including Vitamins B1, B3,
Phosphorus B6, E and B9, and minerals such as iron, magnesium
and phosphorus. They are also high in dietary fibre.
3 The famous showman PT Barnum sold
hot peanuts at his circus in the 1870s.
However, it wasn’t until 1906 that a commercial
method of roasting peanuts was perfected by
Italian entrepreneur Amedo Obici.
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4 Nuts are produced throughout the world.
Snacks manufacturers use multi-origin
sustainable sourcing, carefully assessing
quality, food safety, cost and availability. Key
5 Almonds are high in dietary fibre
and Vitamin E, which contributes
producer countries include Argentina to the protection of cells from
(peanuts), Brazil (Brazil Nuts, cashews), oxidative stress.
China (peanuts, walnuts), India (peanuts, They are also high in Vitamin B2, which
cashews), Iran (pistachios), Turkey contributes to the maintenance of normal
(hazelnuts, pistachios) and the USA skin and vision, and calcium, which helps
(almonds, peanuts, walnuts and pistachios). maintain normal bones and teeth.Savoury Snacks
From tortilla chips to popcorn
Savoury snacks are made from everyday staple food ingredients such as vegetables,
fruit, grains (wheat, maize, rye, and rice), starch, vegetable oils and seasonings.
5 Savoury Snack
Facts
1 Popcorn is one of the original snack foods.
Evidence suggests popcorn maize was farmed in
Inca and Peruvian societies as early as 300 BC.
from milled
s are made a
2 Tortilla chip
corn mixed
into dou gh, rolled into
300 sheet and
They were
cut into sh ap es
in the late
invented
.
1940s by
r family’s ho
me in
BC Rebecca Ca
rranza at he e cut misshapen
, California. Sh
ly fried
Los Angeles to triangles and light
s in s.
flour tortilla cr unch y golden chip
oduce
them to pr
in
introduced to the UK
3 Pringles were first
1991. Made from a
po tat o and cer eal
o a mould before fry
do ugh,
ing
they are shaped int ique ‘saddle’ shape.
the m the ir un
which gives ctor & Gamble
as “Stackers”, Pro
Originally branded
logg’s in 2012.
sold the brand to Kel
5 On average m
snacks per da
en in the UK
eat 9g of
y; women ea
This is equivale
nt to 2 or
t just 6g.
most savoury 3 packets per
snacks are so week:
(78%) and th ld in multi-pa
e average siz cks
e of a packet
is 24g.
4 Did you know that many savoury snacks are
produced by mixing natural ingredients in a
high pressure cooker and then forcing the
mixture through a shaped opening?
This is called ‘extrusion’ and allows us to create a
whole variety of fun shapes and unusual textures.
Products can be lightly fried or expanded in hot air
9g 6g
=
before flavour is added. per week
a day a dayA History of Savoury Snacks
Over 9,500 years of history
1567 1926 2006
Arrival of the first
potato into
Waxed paper
bags for potato
1974 Sector introduces high oleic
sunflower oils which are low
Europe crisps first VAT introduced in saturated fat. Savoury
introduced on crisps and snacks now contribute less
savoury snacks 2002 than 1% of an average adult’s
5,000 BC Tyrrells crisps intake of saturated fat.
1947 1962
VAT
Andean people founded
first farming and Golden Wonder First plastic crisp
eating potatoes founded by packet
D
NTE
Scottish baker introduced
TE William Alexander
PA 2012
Sector meets UK
1962 Department of
Launch of Health targets for
1893 Cheese & Onion, Late 1980s salt reduction
World’s first the first flavoured First foil
patent for crisps in the UK packaging
popcorn machine
introduced for
freshness
1853 1870s 2009
KP Snacks PT Barnum sells
1978 Mackie’s
Kettle Foods Crisps
founded as hot peanuts at his
Kenyon Products renowned circus 1956 founded in the founded
1906 Tayto (Northern USA
1994
300 BC Amedo Obici Ireland) founded 2004
Doritos are
Evidence of Ancient develops process introduced Pipers Crisps
Inca and Peruvian for commercially into the UK founded
civilisations eating roasting peanuts
popcorn 1929
Smith’s Potato Crisps 1953
floated on stock 2017
exchange
Launch of the first 2000s UK exports rise
1853 roasted and salted nuts Introduction of to more than
Potato crisp many new, £116 million worth
7,600 BC invented (by innovative, of products
Evidence of accident!) in lower fat, lower
peanuts being Saratoga Springs, salt and whole
eaten in Peru New York, USA grain snacks
1948
Leicester butchers, Walkers,
branch out and begin cooking
£116m
slices of potatoes in a fish fryer exports
The Potato Processors’ Association (PPA) is the umbrella trade association for UK manufacturers of frozen
and chilled chips and potato products, potato crisps, potato based snack products and dehydrated
potatoes. PPA incorporates both the Frozen and Chilled Potato Processors’ Association (FCPPA) and
SNACMA. Our membership includes the leading UK manufacturers in these sectors. Further details on the
information presented in this brochure are available on request from the PPA secretariat.
The Potato Processors’ Association (PPA) Ltd. Snack, Nut & Crisp Manufacturers Association Ltd.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7420 7138 Email: ppa@fdf.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 7420 7220 Email: info@snacma.org.uk
www.ppauk.org www.snacma.org.uk
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