Potato Chips in South Africa

As we all know, potato chips was accidentally invented by George Crum, but do you know Crum is actually an African American? Yes, Crum was an African American chef at the Moon Lake Lodge resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. In Africa, Simba Chips is one of the most popular food or snacks in Africa. In fact, Simba Chips and Lay’s are both wholly owned by PepsiCo. Simba is only the local producer of many of that company’s Frito-Lay brands.

Being the same as Lay’s, Simba chips are also fried potato chips not compound potato chips. As for the difference between fried potato chips and compound potato chips, you can refer to our another Newsletters Sliced Potato Chips VS Compound Potato Chips. It can be seen that Africans are more interested in fried potato chips. Apart from the normal flavor potato chips we eat, like Cheese and Grilled Chili Lay’s, Mushroom Lay’s, Crab Lay’s, Garlic Prawn Lay’s etc. they have some unique potato chip flavors that make them very different, such as Caribbean Onion and Balsamic Vinegar chip that is yummy.

Lay’s Potato Chips are thin light and crispy. Thay are One of the most popular chips in South Africa,because they are made from specially selected potatoes and produced with the highest quality standards. For most of us, Lay’s or Simba chips are Naturally Irresistible!