NWR: Pringles are NOT real potatoes!!!

MD835 Posted: Jul 07, 2008 07:03 PM

NWR: Pringles are NOT real potatoes!!!

Did you hear??? A judge ruled that Pringles are NOT real potatoes - the company is being sued -- And I'm a pringles-junkie - i can eat the entire can in one sitting

JodyLC Posted: Jul 07, 2008 07:05 PM

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OMG Me too!!! Especially the Jalepino ones!!

JKFris09 Posted: Jul 07, 2008 07:43 PM

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The have jalopeno ones?!?! I never knew that

MrsJ08 Posted: Jul 07, 2008 07:55 PM

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Thats funny...but they are still goood... love the chedder and sour cream...and sour cream and onion...so craving them now!!

chakrasdeosil Posted: Jul 07, 2008 08:32 PM

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If they arent potatoes, then what are they really?? dun dun dun!!!

Maria31 Posted: Jul 07, 2008 09:12 PM

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

If they arent potatoes, then what are they really?? dun dun dun!!!

That's what I'm saying...

BoxOfRocks Posted: Jul 07, 2008 09:33 PM

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According to the company's US Web site, Pringles are made out of potato flakes.

The ruling was in the UK. I'm not sure if Pringles has a different formulation there, but the ruling was not that Pringles weren't made out of potatoes, but that they didn't contain enough potatoes to be a considered a potato snack. They are a combination of potatoes and rice flour, and the ruling stated there was too much rice flour. The linked article states that Pringles is therefore exempt from a tax on potato snacks.