Copico’s potato chips are not directly made from potato chips, but potato chips processed from potato powder. Copico is a potato chip brand launched by Fujian Dali Group. Food name: Cobic potato chips (fried potato compound puffed food) ingredients potato flour refined vegetable oil starch modified starch corn flour seasoning (white sugar, chicken powder, edible salt, sodium glutamate, corn starch, chili powder, soy sauce powder, Compound seasoning, sunset yellow lemon yellow) edible salt emulsifier, antioxidant seasoning.
China is a major potato producer, with a planting area of ??4.7 million hectares and an annual output of 60 million tons. However, due to various factors, potato processing and utilization lag far behind developed countries. The processed products mainly include vermicelli, vermicelli, fried potato foods, etc. Currently, there are few potato flour and potato derivative products on the domestic market, and some of them still rely on imports.
After the 1990s, Asia has also formed an emerging market for potatoes in the world. French fries, potato chips and other processed foods and snacks from European and American countries are popular among people. With the continuous expansion of American fast-food chains McDonald's and KFC, fried foods such as mashed potatoes and hash browns made from potato flour have become popular around the world, including China. However, potato flour as a small food still relies on imports, with an annual demand of more than 30,000 tons. The current annual output is only 3,500 tons, which is far from meeting market demand.
The oil content of potato chips is usually about 30%, which is a high-oil and high-salt food. Like other fried foods, long-term consumption has no health benefits. At the same time, starch-rich foods may produce varying amounts of acrylamide after high-temperature processing. Some people worry that this substance may cause cancer.