Article: Detroit chip city: today, the Motor City might best be known for its own Better Made Snack Foods, which uses locally grown potatoes and trans fat-free cottonseed oil to produce potato chips that have earned a loyal following in Detroit, Michigan and beyond.(Snack Manufacturer of the Year)

Automobiles, Motown, Eminem and the Red Wings aren't all Detroit is known for. Ask any resident of the area--or the state of Michigan, for that matter--and they'll tell you that great potato chips and other snacks hail from the former Motor City.

Located on the east side of Detroit, Better Made Snack Foods' 250,000-sq.-ft. plant has expanded by leaps and bounds in recent years. There, the company produces various flavors of popcorn, which are sold in its Gratiot Avenue outlet store, alongside the tortilla chips, corn chips, corn pops, extruded cheese items, beef jerky, pretzels, pork rinds and party mixes that co-pack manufacturers produce under the Better Made ...

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