We have to admit, we were shocked by some of the Cheetos facts on this last. This seemingly benign treat has quite a colorful past!
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Flamin' Hot Cheetos were invented by a janitor
Janitor Richard Montañez got a meeting with the CEO and was so impressive he eventually got a an executive vice president position, even though he only had a sample bag of his creation and had spent just a few nights studying marketing.
It takes 5,000 cows to make a year's worth of Cheetos
A year’s worth of the cheesy snack requires 11 million gallons of milk!
Cheetos are intimately linked to the US military
The company owes part of its success to the development of cheese dehydration techniques developed by none other than the U.S. military in an effort to better feed troops.
Cheetos are produced in 22 countries and come in 50 flavors
How about peanut butter covered Cheetos from Eastern Europe or the strawberry version from Russia?
The original mascot was a mouse
We prefer the sunglasses wearing Chester Cheetah. Now that’s one cool cat!
The cheese seasoning has a stupid number of ingredients
There are more than 12 ingredients in the seasoning mix that resembles that used by Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
Cheetos are scientifically designed to be addictive
They’re designed to fool your brain’s synapses into not knowing your body just consumed a bunch of calories, a strategy used by Oreo, McDonald’s and many others.
There are a ton of weird discontinued flavors
We miss the Cheezy Pizza Puffs formula.
Each bag has more Cheetos than the serving size claims
The bag says 189, but you actually get 237.5.
The snack dodged government-sanctioned school lunch guidelines
The company did this by offering reduced-fat and whole grain versions.
Cheetos Mystery Colorz were the first snack designed to color your tongue
Introduced in 2001, this version coated your tongue either blue or green. Neat trick or ahem, cheesy gimmick? We’re still not sure!
They've inspired art
Michigan multimedia artist Jason DeMarte featured the cheesy treat in a prairie setting. Wait…what?
Cheetos popcorn is supposedly in development
We’ll take two, please!
You can make Cheetos waffles at home with this recipe
Yummy, but not the healthiest or most balanced way to start the day. We’d try it, though!
The snack helped launch a successful rap career
In 2012, Da Rich Kidzz, a group of pre-teens from Minneapolis skyrocketed to Internet fame with their ode to the treat, and subsequently bagged an endorsement deal from Kmart.
The world's largest Cheeto almost sold for a million dollars
In 2013, a man bought of a bag of Cheetos for his son and found an oversized Cheeto afflicted with “seasoning accumulation,” in the words of Frito-Lay. He put it up for auction on eBay, where bidding reached nearly $1 million before the auction site took it down because of fraudulent bids.
Were you surprised by these facts? We sure think of them differently now, but that doesn't mean we're going to stop eating them. In fact, now we're intrigued and thinking of stocking up!
Article Source: Thrillist
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