Bamba Foods, Inc. makes artisanal plantain chips from all-natural ingredients, kettle-cooking ripe plantains into a crunchy snack in flavors such as naturally sweet and sweet-and-spicy. Calling itself a “Food Founder,” the Columbia, Maryland company focuses on carefully produced, health-conscious foods and builds distribution through select retailers and vendors across the country.
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips, IncWhat began with Mark Dieffenbach frying potato chips on his kitchen stove in Berks County in 1964 has grown into a Pennsylvania snack maker producing kettle-cooked chips and other snacks. Still guided by the Dieffenbach family’s recipe across three generations, the company operates a 106,000-square-foot facility capable of processing more than 15 million pounds of potatoes annually. Its Uglies® brand gives cosmetically imperfect potatoes a second life while supporting hunger relief, with 10% of proceeds donated to VivaKids.WOMELSDORF, PA
Ira Middleswarth & Son, IncFrom a single kettle beside the Middleswarth family home in Beavertown, Pennsylvania, Bob Middleswarth built a potato-chip company that has been making Middleswarth Potato Chips since 1942. Ira Middleswarth & Son, Inc. remains family-operated from its Middleburg plant, where about 90 employees produce roughly 3,400 pounds of chips an hour. Known locally as Middleswarth Potato Chips, the company distributes throughout Pennsylvania and ships its snacks around the world.HARRISBURG, PA
Brothers All NaturalBrothers All Natural makes freeze-dried fruit crisps, turning real fruit into light, crunchy snacks with most varieties made from a single ingredient. The Rochester company traces its inspiration to the Betters brothers’ upbringing on an Upstate New York fruit farm and also makes Disney-branded crisps designed to make fruit more appealing to children. Its crisps are sold as snacks or used in recipes, lunchboxes and yogurt.ROCHESTER, NY
North Fork ChipsNorth Fork Chips manufactures kettle-cooked potato and sweet potato chips in sunflower oil, producing flavored and plain snack products from its Long Island, New York operation. The company sells direct to consumers, supplies retail outlets, ships nationally, and offers bulk wedding-favor pricing.MATTITUCK, NY