Pringles 'are not potato crisps'

[Phlegmak]

42% potato. That's actually very interesting. I had no idea. That clearly means it's not a potato chip to me. It's good, but not a potato chip.

 

[Mise]

A potato-based crisp perhaps?

 

[Bamspeedy]

Wasn't there a time where Pringles desperately tried to pass their chips as real potatoes?

All I find on the Wiki site is this: "They were originally known as "Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips", but the name was changed for introduction to the national market.", but I remember a bigger story behind that name change...

With the wonders of Google, I present you a TIME article only 2 months younger than me!

Spoiler :

Non-Crunch on Pringle's
Monday, Dec. 08, 1975

What is a potato chip? For more than a century after an American Indian chef named George Crum first deep-fried leaf-thin slices of raw potato in his hotel kitchen in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the answer seemed obvious. Recently, however, the definition of a chip has become controversial. Reason: products like Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips, made by Procter & Gamble Co. out of a dehydrated mash of cooked potatoes and marketed in tennis-ball-like cans. Newfangled chips have a long shelf life and can be shipped over long distances without breaking. Put into national distribution this year, Pringle's has gobbled up perhaps one-sixth of a market estimated at $1.5 billion a year.

The rest of the industry, made up mostly of small, regional firms, contends angrily that the P. & G. product is not a potato chip at all. Some companies, such as Detroit's Superior Potato Chips Inc., Chicago-based Jays Foods Inc., and Wise Foods of Berwick, Pa. (a division of Borden Co.), have run ads ridiculing Pringle's as an ersatz product. The Potato Chip Institute International tried to prevent snacks like Pringle's from being labeled potato chips.

Small Print. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now ruled that "potato chips made from dried potatoes" must be labeled exactly that, and the last four words must appear on the can in type at least half as large as the words potato chip (on Pringle's cans they now appear in small print easy to overlook). For good measure, the FDA slapped a similar restriction on makers of other "restructured" foods, like fish sticks made from minced fish. To P.&G.'s competitors, it is a hollow victory: Pringle's, after all, can still call itself a potato chip, sort of. And because the FDA plans to issue some other general directives on labeling in coming months, Pringle's does not have to change its label until Dec. 31,1977.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947586,00.html

And some of the 'old' commercials!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akGnNkJyKKA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHkedT1aN8Y

 

[Masquerouge]

With the wonders of Google, I present you a TIME article only 2 months younger than me!

Spoiler :

Non-Crunch on Pringle's
Monday, Dec. 08, 1975

What is a potato chip? For more than a century after an American Indian chef named George Crum first deep-fried leaf-thin slices of raw potato in his hotel kitchen in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the answer seemed obvious. Recently, however, the definition of a chip has become controversial. Reason: products like Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips, made by Procter & Gamble Co. out of a dehydrated mash of cooked potatoes and marketed in tennis-ball-like cans. Newfangled chips have a long shelf life and can be shipped over long distances without breaking. Put into national distribution this year, Pringle's has gobbled up perhaps one-sixth of a market estimated at $1.5 billion a year.

The rest of the industry, made up mostly of small, regional firms, contends angrily that the P. & G. product is not a potato chip at all. Some companies, such as Detroit's Superior Potato Chips Inc., Chicago-based Jays Foods Inc., and Wise Foods of Berwick, Pa. (a division of Borden Co.), have run ads ridiculing Pringle's as an ersatz product. The Potato Chip Institute International tried to prevent snacks like Pringle's from being labeled potato chips.

Small Print. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now ruled that "potato chips made from dried potatoes" must be labeled exactly that, and the last four words must appear on the can in type at least half as large as the words potato chip (on Pringle's cans they now appear in small print easy to overlook). For good measure, the FDA slapped a similar restriction on makers of other "restructured" foods, like fish sticks made from minced fish. To P.&G.'s competitors, it is a hollow victory: Pringle's, after all, can still call itself a potato chip, sort of. And because the FDA plans to issue some other general directives on labeling in coming months, Pringle's does not have to change its label until Dec. 31,1977.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947586,00.html

And some of the 'old' commercials!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akGnNkJyKKA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHkedT1aN8Y

You rock, buddy!

So yeah, isn't it highly ironical?

 

[Bigfoot3814]

A potato-based crisp perhaps?

Is cheez whiz considered a cheese-based... whiz?

 

[Spectre X]

I saw this in a documentary about snacks.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I've never really liked them. Well, the first few are nice, but after that I think the taste and texture are simply too boring. Like eating salted slightly crunchy papier-maché.

It all depends on what flavor you try. Personally, I am livid that they discontinued the Pizza flavored ones. Those were my favorite.

I've recently tried the dill pickle flavored ones, and they're not bad. But Bring Back the Pizza!

 

[warpus]

That's right!

They're not crisps, they're chips.

 

[raketooy]

They are potato crispish snacks.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Is cheez whiz considered a cheese-based... whiz?

Why don't you ask him and find out.

 

[Bill3000]

Why don't you ask him and find out.

Are you a cheese-based wiz?

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Are you a cheese-based wiz?

Well are you?


Anyway, wikipedia has a complete list of Pringles flavors from around the world. Someone over there is a dedicated fan. I'd love to try the chinese "fragrant crispy chicken" flavor.

Spoiler :

[edit] United States
Current permanent U.S. flavors (from the U.S. website):

Pringles Saddle-shaped chips

Original
Loaded Baked Potato
Sour Cream & Onion
Zesty Onion Dip
Jalapeño
Chili Cheese
Pizza (originally "Pizza-Licious")
Cheddar Cheese (originally "Cheezums")
Ranch
Barbecue
Salt & Vinegar
Hickory bacon
Bacon Ranch
Monterey Jack Cheese
Spicy Guacamole
Reduced Fat Original
Reduced Fat Sour Cream & Onion
Fat Free Original
Fat Free Sour Cream & Onion
Fat Free Jalapeño
Fat Free Barbecue
Honey Mustard
Spicy Cajun
Firey Hot
MAC'n Cheese
White Cheddar
Queso Cheese
Kickin' Cheddar
Screamin’ Dill Pickle
Blazin' Buffalo Wings
Pringles Select Gourmet Chips

Sun Dried Tomato
Szechuan Barbecue (rice flour]
Cinnamon Sweet Potato
Parmesan Garlic
Honey Chipotle Barbecue
Chedder Jack

[edit] Canada
Current Canadian flavors (from the Canadian website):

Original
BBQ
Ketchup
Jalapeño
Salt & Vinegar
Cheddar Cheese
Sour Cream & Onion
Original Prints
Reduced Fat Original
Reduced Fat BBQ
Reduced Fat Sour Cream & Onion
Pizza-Licious
Bacon Ranch
Four Cheese
Pringles Select Gourmet Chips

Sun Dried Tomato
Szechuan Barbecue
Cinnamon Sweet Potato
Parmesan Garlic

[edit] European

Pringles Rice InfusionsOriginal
Paprika
Sour Cream & Onion
Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar
Cheese & Onion
Hot & Spicy
Texas BBQ Sauce
Smokin' Bacon
Salt & Vinegar
Cheese
Tomato & Mozzarella
Light Original
Light Sour Cream & Onion
Prawn Cocktail
Oranjekaas (Orange Cheese) in the Netherlands. A flavor which is mostly around during sporting events as the football World Cup and Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) and is a reference to the Dutch monarchy (the House of Orange)
Hot Holland Hot (Netherlands)
Flame Grilled Steak & Caramelized Onion
Thai Sweet Chilli & Lemongrass Flavor
Crumbling Mature Cheese & Spring Onion
The Rice Infusions range (UK launch June 2007)
Sweet BBQ Spare Rib
Jamon (ham) (Spain)
Dill (Scandinavia)
Curry Flavour

[edit] Australia and New Zealand
Current permanent Australasian flavors (from the Australian website):

Original
Sour Cream & Onion
Salt & Vinegar
Texas Barbecue Sauce
Smokey Bacon
Tomato & Mozzarella
Light Original
Light Sour Cream & Onion
Light aromas Greek Style Cheese with a touch of Avocado Oil
Light aromas Spicy Thai with a touch of Coconut Oil

[edit] South America

Paprika pringlesCurrent South American flavors

Cheese & Onion
Cool & Hot
Pepper
Hot & Spicy
Paprika
Sour Cream & Onion (Normal & Reduced Fat)
Texas Barbecue Sauce
Bacon
Filet Mignon
Original (Normal & Reduced Fat)

[edit] Japan
Current Japan flavors (from the Japan website):

"Lightly Salted Flavor" (similar to Original in other countries)
Sour Cream & Onion
French Consommé
Funky Soy Sauce
Creamy Cheddar Cheese
Devil Hot
Spanish Salsa
Black Pepper
Grilled Cheese

[edit] South Korea
Current South Korean flavors (from the South Korea website):

Original
Sour Cream & Onion
Hot & Spicy
Cheddar Cheese
Pizza
Grilled BBQ
European (Tomato)

[edit] Israel
Current Israel flavors

Original
Jalapeño
Pizza-licious
Sour Cream & Onion
Spicy Cajun
Smokey Bacon
Mini Original
Mini Sour Cream & Onion
Hot & Spicy
Cheezums
BBQ
Ketchup

[edit] Limited editions
Partial list of current and discontinued limited edition flavors :

"Alter Ego" Salsa (Spider-Man 3 movie tie-in, 2007)
Cheddar and Sour Cream
Cheeseburger (2008 flavor)
Cheesy Quesadilla (2006 flavor)
Chipolata & Bacon
Chili Cheese
Chipotle Limón (2006 flavor)
Chipotle Ranch (2007 flavor)
Crunchy Dill (2005 flavor)
Crushed Pepper
Wild Strawberry (Promotional item for Disney's movie based on Tarzan)
Curry (UK)
Grand Taco (Limited in Southwest America and Mexico)
Honey Mustard (2007 flavor)
Hickory BBQ
Italian Bruschetta
Jalapeño (was popular ; added to current 'permanent' list)
Mac n Cheese (2008 flavor)
Oniony Fries
Oniony Cheese Dip
Philly Cheesesteak (2008 flavor)
Roasted Turkey
Salsa Verde
Salt & Pepper
Smokey BBQ
Smoked Bacon (2008 flavor) (in UK : "Smokin' Bacon")
Southwestern Salsa
Spicy Guacamole
Thai Sweet Chilli & Lemongrass Flavor
Tuscan Red Pepper with Hint of Olive Oil
Valentines Day (original with pink coloring)
Winter Cheese Fondue (Japan)
Wisconsin White Cheddar
Zesty BBQ
Zesty Queso (2008 flavor)

[edit] China
Current China flavors:

Original
Sour Cream & Onion
Tomato
BBQ
Cheesy Cheese
Aromatic Crispy Chicken
Hot & Spicy
Salt & Pepper

 

[Valka D'Ur]

That site is a liar. I haven't seen Pizza-flavored Pringles here in a looooong time.

And we do have Dill-flavored ones. Some of those others look mighty tempting. Maybe I should have a chat with the grocery manager at my local Co-op about placing an order...

 

[Bigfoot3814]

That site is a liar. I haven't seen Pizza-flavored Pringles here in a looooong time.

The same thing happened to me with Raspberry poptarts. They were my favorite flavor, and then they disappeared for quite a while. But then one day the shelves were chock-full of them. I don't know if we have the pizza flavor here either, but I'll make a point of looking next time.

 

[Enkidu Warrior]

There have also been way more crazy flavours here in Japan. Garlic seafood was good.

 

[Bamspeedy]

It all depends on what flavor you try. Personally, I am livid that they discontinued the Pizza flavored ones. Those were my favorite.

I've recently tried the dill pickle flavored ones, and they're not bad. But Bring Back the Pizza!

That site is a liar. I haven't seen Pizza-flavored Pringles here in a looooong time

We can still get Pizza Pringles in the US as I just bought some. This must be our revenge on Canada....deprive them of Pizza Pringles!

 

[h4ppy]

How is a Pringle more like a cake than a crisp?

Its sold in a tube, made out of dough, and more than half of it doesn't come from potatoes.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

We can still get Pizza Pringles in the US as I just bought some. This must be our revenge on Canada....deprive them of Pizza Pringles!

Give me back my Pizza Pringles!

 

[Steph]

This is indeed a very important information.

Shouldn't British courts have something else to do?

Like taking care of the evil people who savagely murdered two innocent French people?

 

[useless]

pringles are more important then the french sorry.