Japan's Calbee to fully resume potato chips production by September

Everyone knows that Japan has pretty awesome potato chips, but supplies have been scarce due to a wave of typhoons hitting the potato-producing region of Hokkaido.

However, the potato-calypse looks to be over, and both locals and visitors to Japan can once again partake in the snack.

Shuji Ito, the president of popular Japanese potato chips brand Calbee announced during a press conference that production will fully resume by September.

That means consumers can expect popular products like the pizza-flavoured potato chips and black pepper-flavoured potato chips to return to shelves across the country.

A record-breaking number of typhoons that hit Hokkaido last summer resulted in a major lack of the main ingredient – Hokkaido-produced potatoes.

They account for 70 per cent of the ingredients used in making Calbee’s potato chips.

This shortage made the production of some Calbee products impossible, and the subsequent fall in the supply of potato chips also caused prices to soar.

At one time, a bag of chips was going for more than 1,250 yen (about S$12) online.

Calbee has looked into importing more US-produced potatoes to curb the shortage, but that endeavour has not been very fruitful.

However, having secured Kyushu-produced potatoes in mid-May this year, Calbee will fully replenish stocks around July.

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