A 350 gram bag of potato chips takes up almost as much shipping volume as a 2 kg bag of potatoes, and needs much more cautious handling during shipping. There

A 350 gram bag of potato chips takes up almost as much shipping volume as a 2 kg bag of potatoes, and needs much more cautious handling during shipping. There are also lots of energy costs involved in deep frying (both the oil and the heat), special packaging to keep the chips from going stale, etc.