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Potato chips manufacturers usually flush bags of chips with nitrogen gas.

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Potato chips contain oils and fats, which react with atmospheric oxygen and become rancid.
To protect chips from oxidation, nitrogen gas is passed through bags of chips which removes air (oxygen) from them. Nitrogen does not react with chips.
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