Cheetos

Cheetos are a crunchy, cheese-flavored snack made from cornmeal introduced by Frito-Lay in 1948. 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, trademarked by the Frito-Lay company.

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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.

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One of the most popular varitities 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.

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A distinguishing feature of snacks in this genre is their tendency to turn the eater's fingers orange. This is due to the powdered dyes used to color the corn tubes.

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The manufacturing process does not create uniform pieces. At times, exceptionally large Cheetos have been sold on eBay.

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Cheetos' current slogan is "Dangerously cheesy!" Its product's mascot is Chester Cheetah. He has even starred in two video games.

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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.

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

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Cheese: Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of various mammals—most commonly cows but sometimes goats, sheep, or buffalo. Rennet is often used to induce coagulation in the milk, although some cheeses are curdled with acids such as vinegar or lemon juice, or with extracts of various speci...

Cornmeal: Cornmeal is a staple food in many parts of the world, made from maize (A. E. corn) that is dried and ground by hand or in a gristmill. Other names for cornmeal are masa harina, mealie meal, farina di granturco....

Frito-Lay: Frito-Lay is a maker of corn and potato chips (or "crisps") and other snack foods. It is based in Plano, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex....