Most 'veggie chips' are potato-flour puffs tinted with a little spinach powder — a potato chip in a healthier costume. Real root chips are actual sweet potato, plantain, or cassava, sliced and cooked in a decent oil. These makers use the whole vegetable and an oil worth frying in.
Published July 2026 · Updated 7 Jul 2026
A family that started cooking for their son Jackson's low-inflammation diet now makes sweet potato kettle chips in avocado oil — non-GMO sweet potatoes, avocado oil, sea salt, and not much else. Made in a dedicated top-9-allergen-free facility, which is rare for a chip.
Why it isn't on AmazonSweet potato chips fried in avocado oil in an allergen-free facility are a deliberate, costlier build than the standard seed-oil potato-flour puff.
See it at Jackson's →A Certified B-Corp making organic plantain chips from three things: green plantains, 100% coconut oil, and pink salt. They buy crops above market to cut farm waste and pay growers fairly, and also make cassava chips and banana bites.
Why it isn't on AmazonA three-ingredient plantain chip cooked in coconut oil, from a company paying growers over market, is a values-driven product a commodity brand has no reason to make.
See it at Barnana →A family-owned, Colombian-American brand making plantain and cassava chips (their cassava strips are baked, not fried) with non-GMO ingredients and RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil. More fibrous and substantial than a potato chip.
Why it isn't on AmazonFamily-made cassava and plantain chips on certified-sustainable oil are a specialty item — not the kind of thing a mass snack line bothers to source.
See it at Artisan Tropic →This seat's open on purpose — we won't pad the list to hit a number. If you ship real veggie & root chips direct, it's earned, not sold.
Add your brand →Depends on the chip. Many supermarket 'veggie straws' are mostly potato or corn flour with a dusting of vegetable powder — nutritionally close to a regular chip. Chips made from whole sliced roots (sweet potato, plantain, cassava) in a good oil are closer to the real vegetable, but they're still fried snacks, so portion still matters.
It's one of the biggest quality differences. Cheaper chips use refined seed oils; makers like Jackson's use avocado oil and Barnana uses coconut oil, which many people prefer for flavor and stability. If you care about the oil you're eating, root chips are one place the label actually tells you.
Yes — plantains and cassava (yuca) are starchy roots and fruit, not grains, so chips made purely from them are naturally grain-free and generally paleo-friendly. That's why they've become a go-to for people avoiding corn and wheat. Just check that nothing grain-based got added in flavored versions.
Baking (like Artisan Tropic's cassava strips) uses less oil and gives a lighter, crackery crunch instead of a rich fried one. Neither is automatically 'better' — fried tends to taste richer, baked tends to be lighter and lower in fat. It comes down to the texture and mouthfeel you want.
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