Lay's

• Lay's chips are known for a light color and a crispy, salty flavor. Lay's brightly colored packaging and familiar logo make the brand hard to miss. Lay's potato chips come in an array of flavors including sour cream, balsamic sweet onion and Cajun. Fried Lay's brand categories include lightly salted, wavy and kettle cooked. Baked Lay's potato chips were introduced in the late 1990s and are available in cheese, sour cream and barbecue flavors.

Kettle

• Kettle Foods was founded in 1982 "to create a great-tasting, wholesome product," according to the company website. The company, which originally sold roasted nuts, first marketed salted, fried potato chips, and then developed other flavors. Kettle later developed crinkled, tortilla and baked chip lines. The chips are made with natural ingredients and are free of trans fats and other additives.

Hawaiian Chip Company

• Hawaiian Chip Company, in business since 1999, is known for sweet potato and taro chips. The chips are made with locally grown produce and do not contain trans fats. Lightly salted, garlic and barbecue taro and sweet potato chip varieties can be found in specialty and health food stores.

Garden of Eatin'

• Garden of Eatin' chips are made from organic corn. The company produces fried yellow, blue, white and red corn chip varieties. Garden of Eatin' also markets black bean, veggie and jalapeno corn chips. Baked corn chip varieties include multigrain, yellow and blue corn.

Lundberg Family Farms

• California's Lundberg Family Farms began producing rice chips in the year 2000. Lundberg rice chips provide an alternative to potato and corn chips. The gluten-free, baked chips come in lime, barbecue, sesame and wasabi flavors. The pico de gallo flavor chips contain black beans. The chips are made with brown rice, white rice flour and corn flour.