Comments on: You Say Potato, I Say Po-Tah-Dough

By: Franklin Eugene Rhoads

Franklin Eugene Rhoads — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:42:02 +0000

This reminds me of the recent increase in the tax on cigarettes. There are some tobacco companies marketing roll-your-own tobacco and labeling it “pipe tobacco” to escape paying the high cigarertte tobacco tax.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:34:58 +0000

Oh, I enjoy fat and flour in bread. Only then, I just call it bread. I don’t call it potato chips.

By: SFR Daniel

SFR Daniel — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:08:45 +0000

I think they might qualify as well as ‘corn chips’ as they do as potato. I believe that’s maize flour they’re using.

By: JBruce

JBruce — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:08:07 +0000

Excuse me — but aren’t Pringles a “snack” the same as “real” potato chips, Cheetos and Hershey Bars? What, indeed, is a “snack”? Anything that isn’t a “meal”, or a main course in a genuine meal?

I’ve got an idea — instead of taxing “snacks” and such, why not tax the “undesirable” ingredient in foods? For example, a tax of x per gram of trans-fat, y per gram of saturated fat, z per gram of sugars, etc etc. $10 for a quarter-pounder, $2 for a salad with nonfat dressing. And they pay you $1.00 for eating eggplant.

By: Kelvin Kao

Kelvin Kao — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:34:06 +0000

When I was little, I used to think they are made from potato, but when I was older, I started to think that it wasn’t possible to get those perfect cuts and shapes from real potato, so it must’ve been made from some kind of flour. However, I am still surprised to see how little potato is in the dough.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:49:22 +0000

If you think fat and flour is gross you’ll have to give up bread. And gjve up going to restaraunts. As a chef I can attest to the fact that nearly everything that tastes good ahas flour and fat cooked into it some way.

By: Ron Hassett

Ron Hassett — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:08:58 +0000

It is amazing the lengths corporations will go to avoid taxes even to the extent of “outing” their own product. It kinda makes you wonder the extent of financial gymnastics they go through to avoid taxes on issues that are not so obvious. A national sales tax or value added tax to replace the monstrous antiquated income tax is sounding better all the time.

By: Deb on the Rocks

Deb on the Rocks — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:01:07 +0000

This was a seriously bad PR decision for P&G. In order for the public to feel good about buying all sorts of non-foods, we have to be able to pretend we don’t KNOW they are not really assaults against nature. I’m not sure what people thought Pringles were made of, but denying them a place in the potato family tree seems bizarre. It’s very Maury….”As to the parentage of the child Pringles: Potatoes, you are NOT the father!”