Who doesn’t love a good food truck?
The variety. The freshness. The wonderful smells as you walk by. I love going to farmers markets, or festivals, wherever, and you see all these food options, and you want to try a little of everything. So good.
Well, Pringles has 4 new flavors that are reminiscent of the types of food you could find in a food truck. And we are here for it.
Which Pringles are we trying today?
Everything Bagel
Philly Cheese Steak
Chili Cheese Fries
Mexican Street Corn
Who is on this Newfangled Pringle Quest?
Nate, pondering deeply.
Kris, do you smell bananas?
Matt, honka honka.
Amy, why am I the way I am?
And of course, our subscribers! Thanks to our small, yet coveted group. We appreciate the support. You too can join us on this food journey. All you need to do is… SUBSCRIBE!
The History of Pringles
In 1956, Procter & Gamble sought to make a chip that did not break and could be uniform in flavor and shape. An organic chemist named Fred Baur was enlisted by the company to create a chip that would solve the customer complaints of broken, dusty chips. It took Fred 2 years to engineer these saddle shaped chips and the tubular can design, though he just couldn't figure out the taste. In the mid 1960s, a researcher named Alexander Liepa restarted the work of Fred Baur and succeeded in improving the chip taste enough to take the product to market. On December 21, 1976, the chip was patented as “A potato chip product and process wherein a dough is prepared from dehydrated cooked potatoes and water and subsequently fried.”
When these were new to the market, they were referred to as Pringles Newfangled Potato Chips. But in 1975 the U.S. FDA ruled that Pringles could only use the word “chip” in their product name within the following phrase: “potato chips made from dried potatoes”. Rather than do this, Pringles decided to refer to their chip as a crisp.
Pringles potato chips were released to the public in 1967, and by the mid 1970s were sold nationwide. Throughout the 60s and 70s, sales were not great due to the flavor not being fantastic. In the 1980s, the crisp made a comeback when the flavor was altered, and by the late 1990s, they brought in more than 1 billion dollars in revenue. By 2011, Pringles were sold in more than 140 countries and was one of the most popular snack brands in the world, accounting for 2.2% of the market share.
In 2012, Kellogg’s bought Pringles brand from P&G for $2.695 billion. The acquisition made Kellogg company the second-largest snack company in the world at the time.
Pringles flavors include
Original
BBQ
Cheddar Cheese
Cheddar & Sour Cream
Jalapeno
Pizza
Sour Cream & Onion
Ranch
Salt & Vinegar
Dill Pickle
Parmesan & Roasted Garlic
Rotisserie Chicken
Honey Mustard
Buffalo Ranch
Scorchin Chili & Lime
Scorchin BBQ
Scorchin Cheddar
Wavy Applewood Smoked Cheddar
Wavy Classic Salted
Wavy Fire Roasted Jalapeno
Wavy Sweet & Spicy BBQ
Wavy MOA Burger
Wavy Deep Fried Pickle
Wavy Pineapple Habanero
Apparently over 150 flavors have been created.
The Pringles mascot has a name. Julius Pringles. When he premiered, he had a plump black mustache, red eyes, eyebrows, rosy cheeks, black hair parted down the middle, and his bowtie was actually part of the Pringles name. Check out his transformations throughout the years.
The Results
**SPOILER ALERT!**
Listen to the episode first if you do not want the results revealed to you yet!
4th Place: Philly Cheese Steak
Amy - 2
Kris - 3
Matt - 3
Nate - 4
3rd Place/2nd Place (tie!): Everything Bagel
Amy - 3
Kris - 3
Matt - 4
Nate - 3
2nd Place/3rd Place (tie!): Chili Cheese Fries
Amy - 2
Kris - 4
Matt - 4
Nate - 3
1st Place: Mexican Street Corn
Amy - 5
Kris - 6
Matt - 5
Nate - 7
There you have it. Mexican Street Corn Pringles gets the Quest for the Best seal of approval. Check out the Pringle website here for all your crispy needs.
https://www.pringles.com
Thank you all for joining us on this episode of Quest for the Best. Let us know what you thought. Have you tried all these Pringles? Which one was your favorite? We would love to hear your rating as well.
Also, do you have any foods you would love to get the coveted seal of approval? Let us know in the comments what you want to hear next.
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SHOW NOTES
https://www.snackhistory.com/pringles/
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/history-of-pringles-origin-facts
https://www.mashed.com/205515/the-untold-truth-of-pringles/
https://www.historyofthings.com/history-of-pringles
https://pringles.com
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