How Pringles Are Made – Revealing the Shocking Truth
Potato chips. Potato flakes. Potato crisps. Which is it? You may think that Pringles are just like other potato chips, but the truth is that Pringles do not come from potatoes in the…classical way. In fact, the Pringles company once stated that the potato content of their chips was so low that they were technically not even potato chips. So: how are Pringles made, and if not potatoes, what the hell are they made of?
The claim that they aren’t potato chips was made to avoid taxes typically placed upon traditional potato chip makers, though it revealed a bit of truth behind what goes into the creation of Pringles.
What are Pringles Made Of? The Truth Behind How Pringles are Made
While traditional potato chip manufacturers shave off slices of potato and deep fry them, Pringles are much different. The creation process begins with a slurry of wheat flour, rice flour, corn flour, and potato flakes that are pressed into form. Maltodextrin as well as mono-and diglycerides are also added to the mix.
Pringles get their shape from a process known as high-pressure transformation.
The dough is then laid out like a sheet of ultra-thin cookie dough and mechanically cut into shape. The chips then move forward on a conveyor belt until they are ultimately pressed into molds, giving it the famous Pringles shape.
After this stage, they still need frying and shaping before packaging.
This next step of how Pringles are made truly separates Pringles from traditional potato chips, even more so than the fact that they aren’t made using mostly real potatoes.
After moving through burning oil and frying for a few seconds, the chips are blown dry, sprayed with powdered flavors, and flipped onto a slower conveyor belt that allows them to stack.
The Pringles are then distributed to a store near you, resting among other mystery food items to be consumed by unknowing customers.
Gene Wolfe made the cooking machine used for this process. His machine ensures that every Pringle is fried for the exact right amount of time and gets its famous shape.
Pringles Contain Only 42% Potatoes!
Instead of chowing down on potato-free Pringles, it may be better to purchase some superfood snacks for a delicious treat that only contains 1-2 ingredients at most, none of which are processed in mega factories with artificial flavoring!
But hey – if you enjoy them, grab some cheddar cheese or sour cream and onion flavored Pringles and eat on! At least you can answer someone the next time they ask: how do they make Pringles?
Plus they are genetically modified!
Why care about nutritional content or require there to be few ingredients?!
Its junk food!!
When looking at the ingredients of the pringles can infront of me it says: Dried Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Corn Starch Corn Flour Rice Flour…etc
As you can see, there is more oil in these chips than there is any non-potato filler. So my assumption is that this article is using old information, or applies to other “stackable chips” that are not pringles.
Even if it means there is 30% dried potatoes, and 20% of each of the other filler flours, i would still consider them potato chips.
In general I think its ridiculously stupid to care about the nutrition and healthiness of fried potato chips. Its just being dumb and not recognizing that if you want to eat healthy or nutritious foods, you just dont eat potato chips or other junk foods period.
Congrats, you now know how junk food is made -_- This is normal