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Cheetos




Chester Cheetah, Cheetos' mascot]]
Cheetos are a crunchy, Cheese -flavored snack made from Cornmeal introduced by Frito-Lay in 1948 , and currently sell about one billion bags per year. They are popular enough that the word "Cheetos" is often used as a Generic Term for any similar Cheese Puffs Snack Food , but it is, in fact, Trademark ed by the Frito-Lay company.

Cheetos are made in many different styles. There are "Crunchy Cheetos", which are Fried . Some Cheetos are baked in ovens; for instance, Cheetos Puffs, Cheetos Twists, Cheetos Paws, and Cheetos Whirls are all "finished dryed" in very large throughput ovens.


LIST OF CHEETOS "PRODUCTS/STYLES"


  • Crunchy Cheetos 1948

  • Cheetos Puffs 1971

  • Cheetos Paws 1991 (discontinued in 1994 )

  • Cheetos Cheezy Checkers 1995 (discontinued in 1999 )

  • Flamin' Hot Cheetos 1995

  • Crunchy Nacho Cheetos 1996 (discontinued in 1998 )

  • Cheetos Zig-Zags 1999 (discontinued in 2003 )

  • Cheetos X's and O's 2000 (discontinued in 2002 )

  • Flamin' Hot Cheetos with Limon 2000

  • Cheetos Twists 2003

  • Cheetos Pizza Puffs 2005 (discontinued later that year)

  • Cheetos Holiday Twists 2005 (discontinued in 2006 )

  • Cheddar Jalapeno Cheetos 2005


One of the more popular varieties of Cheetos are "Flamin' Hot Cheetos", which are covered in a spicy powder. They also come in "Flamin' Hot Cheetos con Limon", which are also flavored with Lime .

A distinguishing feature of snacks in this genre is their tendency to turn the eater's fingers Orange or red. This is due to the powdered Dye s used to color the corn tubes. In 2005 , Holiday Cheetos Twists were introduced, which were made to turn the eater's tongue green.

The manufacturing process does not create uniform pieces. At times, exceptionally large Cheetos have been sold on EBay . The largest of note is about the size of a lemon, weighs half an ounce, and is preserved and on display in Algona, Iowa . {Link without Title}

From the beginning, Cheetos' slogan was "The cheese that goes crunch!". That slogan remained until 1996 , when it became "Dangerously cheesy!". This is the current slogan for the product. Cheetos originally did not have a Mascot , and in 1986 , Chester Cheetah was introduced. Since his commercial was successful, he starred in another commercial, and eventually, he became the Cheetos Mascot . He has even starred in Two Video Games .


INTERNATIONAL VARIANTS



India


Cheetos are sold in small bags (15g) for 10 Indian Rupee s each. They are manufactured by PepsiCo India

Varities of Cheetos sold in India:
  • Cheetos Cheesy Masala Balls

  • Cheetos Masala Balls (Red and Green Chili flavored)

  • Cheetos Spicy Cheese Whirlz

  • Cheetos Tangy Loops (Tomato and Red Chili flavored)



Mexico


In Mexico, Chester Cheetah is Chester Cheetos.


POP CULTURE REFERENCES


On '' South Park '', the character of Cartman is excessively fond of a snack called Cheesy Poofs , which are very similar to Cheetos or cheese puffs.

According to an article in ''GQ'' Magazine , Saddam Hussein is very fond of Cheetos.

A character who looks exactly like Chester appears in issue #72 of the ''Sonic The Hedgehog'' Comic Book .


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