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Cheetos

Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos) is a crunchy corn-cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United States. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito Company and H.W. Lay &…

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Owner
PepsiCo (via Frito-Lay)
Country
United States
Introduced
1948; 78 years ago (1948)
Markets
Worldwide
Previous owners
The Frito Company
Product type
Cheese curl, popcorn, macaroni and cheese

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Cheetos

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Triples127
Avg. degree1.97
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Cheetos

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related to history · 26
Cheetos → America, At, Charles Elmer Doolin, Cheese Curls, Dallas, Doolin, Elmer's Chee Wee's, Fritatos, Frito Company's, Frito-Lay, Frito-Lay Inc, Fritos, Herman, Herr's Cheese Curls, Lay, Most, North America, Pepsi-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Planters' Cheese Puffs
related to Flamin' Hot Cheetos · 24
Cheetos → According, Beginning, CEO Roger Enrico, Disney, Enrico's, Eva Longoria's, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Fox Searchlight, Frito-Lay, Fritos, Hulu, In, It, Jesse Garcia, Latinos, Lays, Lynne Greenfeld, Montañez, Newsweek
related to Manufacturing · 24
Cheetos → After, As, At, Because, Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy, Cheetos Balls, Cheetos Paws, Cheetos Puffs, Cheetos Twists, Cheetos Whirls, Crunchy, Crunchy Cheetos, Enriched, Flamin' Hot Crunchy, Flamin' Hot Limon Crunchy, Flamin' Hot Puffs, Frito-Lay, Other, Puffs, Reduced Fat Flamin' Hot
related to Marketing · 15
Cheetos → Chee-tos, Cheese, Cheetos Mouse, Cheetos Puffs, Chester, Chester Cheetah, Dangerously, Hail Chee-sar, He, In, It, The, The Cheetos, The Cheetos Mouse, United States
related to Products and distribution · 12
Cheetos → As, Baked, Baked Cheetos, Cheetos Puffs, Crunchy Cheetos, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Frito-Lay Munchies, In, San Antonio, Texas, The, United States
see also · 2
Cheetos → CheetosPirate's BootyTakisTwistiesWotsits, CheeziesKurkureList
Country · 1
Cheetos → United States
Introduced · 1
Cheetos → 1948; 78 years ago (1948)
Markets · 1
Cheetos → Worldwide
Owner · 1
Cheetos → PepsiCo (via Frito-Lay)

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frito-lay brand pepsico company snack hot flamin' product cheese first puffs crunchy united states market distribution montañez sold products introduced

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CheetosCountryUnited States1.00infobox
CheetosIntroduced1948; 78 years ago (1948)1.00infobox
CheetosMarketsWorldwide1.00infobox
CheetosOwnerPepsiCo (via Frito-Lay)1.00infobox
CheetosPrevious ownersThe Frito Company1.00infobox
CheetosProduct typeCheese curl, popcorn, macaroni and cheese1.00infobox
CheetosWebsitecheetos.com1.00infobox
Australia during the 1980sinstance offollowed by other countries0.80text
whole graininstance ofmade of ingredients0.80text
vegetables.In 2015instance ofmade of ingredients0.80text
Frito-Lay released a limited edition cinnamon sugar-flavored snack called Sweetos to U.S. marketsinstance ofmade of ingredients0.80text
Red 40 from the American food supply.Flamin' Hot CheetosAccording to Frito-Lay recordsinstance ofin response to the FDA's initiative to phase out petrolium-based food coloring0.80text

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