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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Kettle Chips are British, made in Norfolk. I double-checked their website and they haven't been taken over by anyone as far as I can tell.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Unfortunately the veil has dropped. I thought the same as you but this is what the website says:

https://kettlechips.co.uk/pages/about

Cameron Healy Founded Kettle Foods In Salem, Oregan, USA. Cameron and his son discovered the British love of crisps, prompting Cameron to establish Kettle Foods in the UK.

He chose Norfolk as our home, where you can still find us to this day, in order to be as close as possible to many of our potato growers. Our first home was actually the corner of an old converted shoe factory in Norwich. And so, from humble beginnings, the first KETTLEยฎ Chips were produced in the UK.

Cameron Healy and UK Co-owner, Tim Meyer, got talking to owner and chef Chris Barnard, in whom he recognised a true passion for authentic foods and > ingredients.

Sharing Cameronโ€™s vision, Chris soon packed up his utensils and recipe books to join us in setting up the UK branch of Kettle Foods

So it's US founded, and (at least some point in the past) UK co-owned and mainly produced in the UK. A little grey area. Nice crisps, however.

Walkers was a surprise to me. But turns out that is a UK brand sold to the yanks like everything else ๐Ÿ˜ฌ. Also nice crisps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You missed the last bit:

All the KETTLE Chips you get now are made here in the UK, with British potatoes, but our American name is a nod to the adventurer that brought us here!

So they are at least made in Europe, the last bit suggests the US connection no longer exists.

Somewhat confused.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're owned by Campbell's Soups according to Wikipedia

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right... so Campbell's claim to own them but their site points to "Kettle Brands" which seems to be US based.

According to another post they are owned by Valeo. Their site points to Kettle Foods, which seems to be UK based.

I suspect at some point the US and UK parts of the company have been split up, although it's very confusing that they seem to have the same branding.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

and where do Campbell's come from?

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