Does Procter and Gamble make potato chips?
Pringles is an American brand of stackable potato-based crisps. Originally sold by Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1968 and marketed as “Pringle’s Newfangled Potato Chips”, the brand was sold in 2012 to the current owners, Kellogg’s….Pringles.
| A stack of Pringles chips | |
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| Previous owners | Procter & Gamble (1968–2012) |
| Website | pringles.com |
Do they still use Olestra?
Discontinued products Olestra was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a food additive in 1996, and was initially used in potato chips under the WOW brand by Frito Lay. As of 2013, Lay’s Light chips were still available, listing olestra as an ingredient; however, they were discontinued by 2016.
What foods still contain Olestra?
Olestra, under the brand name Olean®, is still used primarily as a fat substitute in the manufacture of certain savory snack foods including Lays® Light Potato Chips, Doritos® Light Snack Chips, Pringles® Light Potato Crisps, Ruffles® Light Potato Chips, and Tostitos® Light Tortilla Chips.
Is Pringles owned by Proctor and Gamble?
Pringles, which is owned by Procter & Gamble and makes stacked potato crisps served out of a long canister, offered itself up to Kellogg’s for nearly $2.7 billion in cash.
Is Pringles P&G?
What were the potato chips that give you diarrhea?
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) today warned consumers that Frito-Lay’s “Light” snack chips are fried in the infamous, diarrhea-inducing fake fat known as olestra. Formerly known as WOW! chips, the rebranded products are now called Lays’s Light, Ruffles Light, Doritos Light, and Tostitos Light.
Do they still make WOW chips?
Around the same time, the WOW brand was renamed to “Light.” The product then continued under that brand name until they were discontinued in 2016….Lay’s WOW chips.
| A bag of Nacho Cheesier Doritos WOW from 1998 | |
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| Place of origin | United States |
| Created by | Frito-Lay |
| Main ingredients | Potatoes, Olestra |
| Cookbook: Lay’s Wow Chips |