Allergy Information

We do our very best to create the world's best potato chips that almost everyone can enjoy. Chip fans with allergies or dietary restrictions can find detailed information on this page about our products and how our processes create the most delicious, allergy-safe snack experiences we can make.

Free of Most Major Allergens

All Route 11 Chips are free of peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, wheat, soy, eggs, fish, and shellfish.

The only major allergen in our factory is milk. Some of our flavors contain milk; others do not.

For a limited period of time in the summer of 2022, due to a global shortage of sunflower oil at any cost, we blended refined non-GMO peanut oil with our normal sunflower oil. These bags were appropriately labeled with peanut oil in the ingredients. As of August 2022, we returned to cooking in pure sunflower oil, and we anticipate continuing to cook only in sunflower oil.

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Route 11 Chips has its own Factory

Our private factory makes nothing but Route 11 Chips—and happiness. This means that most major allergens do not even enter our facility. All Route 11 Potato Chips are made right here in our factory in Mount Jackson, Virginia. You can even come visit us and watch us make them!

Squeaky Clean!

We take a lot of pride in our little chip factory. Looking through the windows to our kitchen, you'll see equipment so clean that it's gleaming! To minimize any chance of batch-to-batch allergen contamination, we perform intense cleanings at the end of every day we cook, and it really shows!

Allergy-focused Scheduling

We plan our cooking schedule with a lot of care to minimize the chance that any of our dairy-containing flavors might affect any of our non-dairy flavors. We do not make dairy and non-dairy flavors at the same time. Also, if we are cooking more than one flavor in a single day, we always cook the non-dairy flavor first, getting it safely sealed up before any dairy-based seasoning is used.

Delicious, Better-for-you Oil

A tell-tale sign of a chip company's commitment to quality is the oil they use. With all the available options, why do we insist on expeller pressed, high oleic sunflower oil? First, it tastes great on chips. It's non-GMO, and the fact that it's "expeller pressed" means that the oil is extracted by pressure only (without using any solvents). Being "high oleic" means that our oil is healthier for you than other seed oils. Let's explore this a bit more:

Seed oils have a reputation for high levels of Omega-6 fatty acids, which can cause inflammation. But "high oleic" sunflower oil contains mostly oleic acid. This is the same healthy, monounsaturated fat found in olive oil, just without the olive taste. According to the National Institutes of Health, high oleic sunflower oil may help reduce LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, leading to better heart health.

So basically, we're using the best tasting, best-for-you oil that we can. It's part of our commitment to kettle-cooking America's favorite snack food into an art form. Hopefully it also helps keep you feeling good.

Details on Major Dietary Restrictions

Peanuts and Tree Nuts

All Route 11 Potato Chips are peanut-free and tree nut-free. Our factory does not process peanuts or tree nuts.

During the summer of 2022, we temporarily cooked in a blend of sunflower oil and non-GMO, refined peanut oil due to a global shortage of sunflower oil. As of August 2022, we returned to cooking in 100% sunflower oil. All bags of our chips have been correctly labeled for ingredients, and will show "peanut oil" in the ingredients if there is a chance that peanut oil was used in that batch. Because our chips have a 6-month shelf life, chips that were possibly cooked in partial peanut oil should no longer be available anywhere after February 2023. Orders from this website ship directly from the factory and are very fresh chips. Therefore, all chips ordered on this website will no longer contain peanut oil.

Gluten / Wheat

All Route 11 Potato Chips are certified gluten-free by GFCO. Our factory processes no wheat or gluten.

Shellfish and Fish

Yes, we have a flavor called Chesapeake Crab, but it doesn't actually contain crab—only a blend of herbs and spices that will take you back to the salty goodness of a traditional, mid-Atlantic crab fest! All of our chips are free of fish and shellfish. Our factory processes no fish or shellfish.

Milk / Dairy

Our factory does process a limited amount of milk products. Here are the flavors that have dairy:

• Sour Cream & Chive: contains whey powder, nonfat dry milk powder, sour cream powder, buttermilk powder, and lactic acid.
• Dill Pickle: contains lactose.
• Salt N Vinegar: contains lactose and cultured buttermilk.

All our other flavors contain no milk or dairy: Lightly Salted, Barbeque, Chesapeake Crab, Mama Zuma's Revenge, Sweet Potato, Yukon Gold, and No Salt.

Vegan / Vegetarian

All flavors of Route 11 Chips are vegetarian.

Eight of our flavors are vegan: Lightly Salted, Barbeque, Chesapeake Crab, Mama Zuma's Revenge, Sweet Potato, Yukon Gold, and No Salt.

Our other three flavors contain dairy (see above): Sour Cream & Chive, Dill Pickle, and Salt N Vinegar. These three flavors do not contain any other non-vegan components.

Milk is the only non-vegan substance that our factory processes.

Cholesterol & Trans Fats

All flavors of Route 11 Chips have no cholesterol and no trans fats. We cook our chips in expeller pressed, high oleic sunflower oil. Sunflower oil is rich in monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acids (one of the two "healthy" fats), which can help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol.

Eggs & Soy

All Route 11 Potato Chips are egg-free and soy-free. Our factory processes no eggs or soy.

Ingredient Lists

We realize that dietary restrictions and allergies can get complicated. We're committed to transparency about our ingredients to make it easier for our wonderful chip fans to determine if our flavors meet your needs.

The full ingredients of every flavor is listed on the Product Page for that case of chips. We're also including all ingredient lists below for convenience and easy reference: