Most plantain chips in the snack aisle are fried in cheap oil by the same handful of big brands. The good ones come from makers who source the plantains and cassava directly, use a single clean oil, and keep the ingredient list to three things. Here are independents worth ordering by the case — fried, baked, sweet, and salty.
Published July 2026 · Updated 7 Jul 2026
A Colombian-American family brand that farms its own plantains and cassava in Colombia's Quindío region — 135,000 trees on regenerative land — and turns them into thick strips in sustainable palm oil and sea salt. Just plantain (or cassava), oil, and salt, from a maker that controls the crop end to end.
Why it isn't on AmazonA maker that grows its own plantains on named acreage can stand behind the sourcing in a way a brand buying commodity plantain flour can't.
See it at Artisan Tropic →A Tampa maker founded in 1963 by an Ecuadorian couple and still family-run under the Rivas family, making the plantain chip a lot of people grew up on. Thin, crisp, and consistent — the benchmark salted plantain chip, made in the USA.
Why it isn't on AmazonSixty years on one recipe from a family operation is a track record a private-label snack line doesn't have; this is the chip other chips get compared to.
See it at Chifles →A certified B-Corp making organic plantain chips from just green plantains, 100% coconut oil, and pink salt, sourced from small family farmers across Latin America with a focus on reducing crop waste. Kettle-cooked, ridged, and clean-labeled, in flavors like Acapulco lime.
Why it isn't on AmazonOrganic plantains fried in coconut oil is a deliberately more expensive build than the commodity chip's cheap seed-oil fry — you're paying for the ingredients, not the bag.
See it at Barnana →A woman-owned maker (WBENC-certified) whose plantain chips are dried and roasted in olive oil rather than fried, sourced from fair-trade farms in Uganda — plantain, olive oil, salt, nothing else. A chewier, less greasy chip for people who don't love a deep-fried crunch.
Why it isn't on AmazonRoasted-in-olive-oil plantain chips are a niche a mass fryer won't bother with; the whole point is skipping the deep-fry, which changes the texture entirely.
See it at Amazi Foods →Plantains handpicked on Ecuador's Pacific coast and made into two-ingredient chips — ripe plantain and oil — in a naturally sweet version alongside the salted one. The sweet chips are the standout: made from riper plantains, so they caramelize instead of just crisping.
Why it isn't on AmazonA genuinely sweet plantain chip comes from using riper fruit, which most salty-chip makers won't do — it's a distinct product, not a flavor dusting.
See it at Samai →This seat's open on purpose — we won't pad the list to hit a number. If you ship real plantain & cassava chips direct, it's earned, not sold.
Add your brand →Plantains are a starchy cooking cousin of the banana — less sweet, firmer, more like a potato when green. Green-plantain chips are savory and crisp like a potato chip; ripe-plantain chips (like Samai's sweet ones) caramelize and taste faintly of banana. Banana chips are usually dried sweet bananas, a different snack entirely.
It depends on the maker. The three-ingredient chips here — plantain, one clean oil, salt — skip the seed-oil blends and additives common in commodity chips, and they're grain-free and often paleo-friendly. They're still a fried (or roasted) snack, so it's about a cleaner ingredient list, not a health food.
Green-plantain chips are savory, crisp, and great for dipping or eating with a salty meal. Ripe-plantain chips are sweeter and softer-crunching because the fruit's starch has turned to sugar. If you want a snack that leans dessert-ish, go ripe (sweet); for a chip-and-guac situation, go green (salted).
Cassava (also called yuca) is a starchy root, not a fruit — its chips are neutral, sturdy, and closer to a plain potato chip than plantain's slight sweetness. Makers like Artisan Tropic and Barnana do both. Cassava is naturally grain-free and gluten-free, which is a big part of why these brands make it.
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