How Are Potato Chips Made In Factories? | Making Goods | Spark

Making The Goods is a documentary about the technology of manufacturing some of our favourite weekend items. No weekend away is complete without your sleeping bag, BBQ or snacks. We go behind the scenes, inside factories, and show how these things are made; from the raw materials, to the final product rolling off the assembly line. We hear from experts who oversee the design and get up close to the gears, machines and conveyor belts in the factories that pump out the products.
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[@FyeRye]

As I sit here at 2:21am and am high, eating my home made chipotle mango chips. I’m just so glad to be be alive in this moment 😩👌🏻

[@oskarjung6738]

It's 2:21 am here and I am eating chips at home.

[@sylamy7457]

It’s 7:46 and I’m bisexual

[@prithiknambiar3581]

Same brother

[@elven_music]

omg i'm glad im not the only one

[@JAKUBZable]

3am eating crisps high asf

[@wparo]

11:11 anyone noticed the empty glass container with no wax?

[@blue_mirror8]

yes! I don't know why, but I laughed.

[@TimeWatch5]

I'm chomping on some right now

[@oojimmyflip]

I used to work for Smiths here in the UK before Walkers bought them out. ahh the good old 1980s crisps straight out the fryer taste like cardboard no flavour at all not even potatoe. when you started working for Smiths they let you eat as much as you want , you grew tired of them pretty quickly, my favourite were freshly made smokey bacon flavour when they were still warm.

[@weizhiwang7290]

Who else is chewing potato chips right now while watching this video :)

[@timberrrteck]

Iam

[@Lucie-R2R_Happiness]

05:37 😹😹😹 the man's said EVEN covering, IKYFL 🤣 we all appreciate that one chip that had ALL the seasoning

[@southoripper]

Ah man I wish chips still cost a nickel a bag!! ... then I could afford more dime bags... then eat more chips lol!

[@kurtwiredd]

The lowest I’ve ever seen were 25 cent bag of chips, that’s over five times the amount.

[@Naduron0]

finally! i get to know chow hips are made

[@souravchirania3895]

Really informative video. For the complete understanding I would like to know how the peels of the potato that are removed in the peeling process is removed from the processing floor.

[@redpanther897]

It’s grinded off by sand paper like texture, and it’s carried always by water

[@sniper7.62x51]

Was a Detroit native from 1964-2017 and in the food business. Better Made is in my blood.

[@hersheeizell]

i watched this because i got curious about how chips become crunchy and stay that way as long as it is in the pack..😊

[@Layarion]

moisture makes them soft, the bags are sealed with nitrogen i think to keep that out.

[@Frankie343]

​@@Layarion your right 👍

[@michaelknight2342]

16-hour shifts? they really took good care of their workers!

[@maksphoto78]

He was speaking hypothetically.

[@budjazaradionline]

Id never work in a factory like that ever in my life,look how monotone it is,they do the exact same thing every single day,thousands of times,thats a recipe for mental illness 😂

[@jurassicverse64]

King Dedede: Hand me anotha bag of dem chips!

[@brosefmcman8264]

When I was a kid in the 1980s my parents rarely had potatoe chips and when they did it was a cheap greasy bland type like Lays. Thank god i discovered Middleswarth chips after I graduated. They are a mainstay my family loves

[@manle8517]

I LOVE CHIP POTATO OF LAYS they very difference and delicous

[@dustintravis8791]

This How It's Made err.....Spark episode is pretty good!

[@MrLehi99]

That bottling machine is putting out a hell of a lot of improperly filled bottles.

[@hefforz41]

This is done on purpose, unless you rather have a full bag of stale chips? The bags are 43% nitrogen gas.

[@MrLehi99]

@@hefforz41 Did you even watch the video for context on my comment?

[@mindofmarisa]

Oh great, now I'm craving potato chips!

[@malthewolf7182]

I'm eating some right now 😌👍

[@tonidavis1098]

Love Seeing this. So Amazing!

[@NickyNightShine]

Came for the potato chips, stayed for the plastic bottles

[@wolfie8012]

There better be potato chips in the pantry now or my mom’s gonna get it

[@pingu255]

Fun fact: the Irish were the first to make flavoured crisps

[@Hogscraper]

Kind of weird that the oldest potato chip recipe is from 1817 but it took until the 1950's before someone asked themselves 'besides salt, what else could we put on them?'.

[@pingu255]

@john simmons never heard that, do you have a link for that that I could have a read of?

[@stevebarbier5602]

The British invented the potato crisp.........................

[@pingu255]

@@stevebarbier5602 yes, and the Irish company tayto were the first to make flavoured ones...............

[@-CrimsoN-]

Bless the Irish

[@asmry13]

This is a basic simplistic manufacturing unit if you compare it with making tablets of potatoe with vitamins incorporate it in such a way to protect the wholesomeness of final product.

[@pamflinn375]

What is company name for the chairs?

[@Saw-Mc]

Can’t beat a good chop

[@familyguyforever9966]

Lyrical Squirel chip* 😂

[@Saw-Mc]

Tristan B 0:14 chop

[@familyguyforever9966]

Chomping

[@sajidahussain5225]

I'm eating disco crisps while watching this

[@MultiChaga]

I wish, one day, a chips making factory will make little overcooked chips. I like them brown, a little dark. I wrote to some chips makers but I was always told, we'll submit you suggestion to our customer department...Never heard again, why?

[@SalehalOreef]

Good work 👏

[@Sohasorouri]

Was reading "how food works" by DK, got to page 57 that explains how potato snacks are made. Now I'm here

[@MarknNewYorkCity]

Thanks for technology a lot of people are out of work!

[@stustig9430]

there would be 200 people peeling if it wasn't for those damn friers

[@iTheNem3sis]

I'm having some right now lol

[@regent4843]

I dont think you should be eating candles.

[@iTheNem3sis]

@@regent4843 ok ill stop 🙄

[@stustig9430]

same here - prawn cocktail

[@phillyphillyphilly1815]

Sure everybody high watched this

[@EdGolden-x2i]

In my country we call it "packet of chips" and french fries are also called Chips🤣

[@mgabrielle2343]

I just made some home made perfect crisps, I was wondering why they can't make perfect chips or crisps in factories so I came here, to see what is so different they do and where do they go wrong, so now I see why, but I can't tell you my secret, how I make perfect crisps, as I intend to become a major competitor soon.....watch this space.....

[@mostwanted2kay]

Who

[@pamflinn375]

😅

[@falxie_]

How is Better Made doing being based out of Detroit?

[@hodan.m.h]

Is it just me but the narrator sounds a lot like John Quinciniones😂😂 (I don’t know how to spell his last name lol)

[@tonyblackie3277]

18:39 Really, you expect us to believe that! Looks like highly cleaned/processed plastic, maybe even virgin. Feedstock would be much more varied if was really recycled from different sources.

[@TomashPL58]

Some recycling companies sell recycled plastic that was separated, confectioned, removed labels, cleansed, dried and packaged. The only problem is that it is often more expensive than pure non-recycled plastic. Not many factories use that.

[@FyeRye]

5:17, mans throwing away a diamond.. what a shame.

[@stustig9430]

lol😀

[@darylcheshire1618]

Is the starch recovered?

[@mikelheron20]

Why? Was it unwell?

[@benmitchell2642]

Me eating potato chips watching this like .... 👁👄👁

[@katyusha1602]

11:14 there's one glass with no candle in it! Why though?

[@tocb1560]

Because

[@the_kingslayer]

I work at Frito lay and wanted to check this out 🤣

[@siamhangnung2302]

What did they do during Potato off-season?...😝😝

[@southoripper]

Play with Mr.Potato Head!

[@unabrazoatodoslosbuenos]

" hey, I like those slightly over cooked chips. Leave them in there" 😁😁👌

[@Layarion]

bro really want from chips to candles...

[@schnuurtchke]

I’m eating chips while driving my mercury powered boat across Lake Ontario towards Harbourfront Toronto

[@budjazaradionline]

Calling chips crisps is definitely a crime 😂😂😂

[@angelkingston2312]

In the uk we call them crisps

[@negumanezer]

I want to be a seasoning barrel!!!!

[@bigjackstudio8836]

Wowwwww😃😃😃👍👍

[@AmazingJellyfish]

Getting this know you.

[@Cricket.tv.1730]

I want to know in which flavours pig fat is used???

[@nameinvalid69]

I'll get myself fired after just one day working at such factory.... for eating the chip non stop 🤣🤣🤣 how those workers even resist the temptation lol..

[@laurabryant4100]

Lol I work in a chip plant and my job is to literally eat the chips every half hour trust me you get tired of them quickly

[@mikelheron20]

@@laurabryant4100 I was going to say the same thing. Some chocolate companies use to allow the factory workers to help themselves on the job. Very soon they never wanted to eat chocolate again.

[@Music-zz5il]

@@laurabryant4100 But you get to try different flavours? How come its every 30 mins

[@laurabryant4100]

@@Music-zz5il to make sure the chips are salted or seasoned correctly

[@Ubeogesh]

but how do they make pringles where every chip is the same?

[@hefforz41]

They are made from corn flour, masa, and vegetable oil. The mixture is rolled out onto a flat sheet on what we call a die cut sheeter. A rolling set of dies cuts out a row of flat chips, then they are fed into an oven. The length after they are cooked they are fed into coating drums, where they are seasoned, dumped onto a weigh scale, and packaged.

[@616CC]

Crisps They’re called crisps my brothers

[@scottworley1479]

The bag says chips

[@mikelheron20]

Slice potatoes and fry them. Just saving everyone time.

[@gogoyana6811]

11:09 they haven't fill one of the glasses with wax

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur tomato 🍅

[@issacovid1270]

Some bags still have more seasoning than others 🤔🤔

[@DonLee1980]

I wonder how do they actually cook "hand cooked kettle chips"... probably just a lie

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

Vitamin C is in the peel... leave the peel on. I like the burnt ones too.

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur fries 🍟

[@ranadeep7462]

1:01 7:05

[@schnuurtchke]

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[@Kyle-hf8vh]

Who Else loves chips just want to know

[@wanderlustspirit4607]

Potato chips were an essential food item? Lol only in America

[@josejoeldelara1587]

Im watching a potato chips video while eating potato chips sorry if i copy someone btw

[@hornetobiker]

Crisps.

[@malthewolf7182]

Chips 😩

[@scottworley1479]

Crispy chips 😁

[@bomma2694]

Crisps*

[@jaanrambo4521]

Cant say yankee's got deferent world so lets leave soda drinks alone...

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur Toto music 🎵

[@RetroExhibitCollective]

Candles

[@razaabdur7108]

Candles demontrated in daylight, beside the pool 🤔🤨

[@Cześć-q7p]

The common denominator: Make more faster

[@Sohasorouri]

How are so many potatos produced to begin with though... And there are factories like this all over the world. The food industry is insane. We totally take it for granted. Chips isn't even a main meal and this much is produced to keep the shelves full. Now I understand how hard managing famine should've been for the old governments.

[@BoushoC]

11 to 13 weeks... shit i be buying chips that are 2.5 years old.

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur potato 🥔

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur chicken 🐔

[@ronkol28]

i absolutely hate the long introductions. just get into it already. im watching spark less and less. just get into it.

[@Strange_Man1911]

You know you can skip forward unlike cable tv.

[@Saw-Mc]

ITS CRISPS

[@dadikkedude]

Think the rest of the world calls them chips

[@TheRealKendrick]

You mean “Cuomo Chips” for those in NY

[@mikelheron20]

Why peel them?

[@cangrejopendejo4909]

Idk. I wonder if deep fried potato peels are any good.

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur Nissan

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur defect

[@garyinmaine1278]

Potato chips used to be really good before they changed to oil that SUCKS!

[@LuvlyyIsxbella]

Ok…

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur office building 🏢

[@danhammond8406]

Chips not crisps

[@rotaholik89]

That blonde chick though

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

British crisps are the worst 0% flavoured I'm buying American as much as possible

[@dgb921]

Oh man 200 extra jobs. No we wouldn’t want that

[@Boypogikami132]

So you call these things here "chips", instead of crispity crunchy munchie crackerjack snacker nibbler snap crack and pop westpoolchestershireshire queen"s lovely jubly delights? thats a rather bit cringe, innit bruv

[@borisalatalo7750]

Ratio

[@christiansfortruth5953]

They are not chips dummy....CRISPS !!!

[@WV591]

Those tatos did nothing to you...

[@djosearth3618]

Poor man's "Hows it made" ;]

[@Fellowtellurian]

"The science of manufacturing these items has evolved over time." No, the technology has developed. Science does not evolve, science is discovered and is and always will be the same.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

'How it's made' ripoff, meh

[@g00rb4u]

I've never appreciated how employees don't talk in How It's Made until I watched this!

[@pixielowman2748]

complete bs

[@schnuurtchke]

Zazur Toronto 🌆🌇🎆🏙🌃🛣🏢