India is developing a taste for the chip apparently, according to this BBC News article.
Gujarat has become India's capital of french fry production, home to huge factories churning out chips, including facilities belonging to Canadian giant McCain Foods and India's biggest maker of French Fries, HyFun Foods.
From Gujarat fries are sent all over over the world. But the most important markets at the moment are in Asia, including the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia
McCain - a Canadian firm, is a real multinational potato superpower... I've blogged about them before.
And here's a few of their Indian ads.
Cultural globalisation?
They are now being joined by an Indian firm called HyFun, whose website says they offer "potatoes for the world".
Both companies face some issues with production and the Indian climate and issues such as infrastructure and storage facilities which are required with a crop like potatoes.
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