Four Strange Things You Don't Know About Cheetos

Four Strange Things You Don't Know About Cheetos

You go to a grocery store and then you see an inviting pack of Cheetos.  You try to fight your brain not to grab this snack pack, after all, it's not in your grocery list but you grab it anyway.

So you grabbed it without thinking, right?  Do you know why you're addicted to Cheetos?  It's because Cheetos are specially engineered to hypnotize your pleasure receptors just like other products like Oreos, McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

There's just that kind of magnet in every pack of Cheetos and you will be more amazed when you learn the strangest bit of things about your favorite Cheetos.

Trivia Number 1:  Did you know that a janitor of Frito-Lay discovered your favorite Flamin' Hot Cheetos?  Yes, that's right and by the way, he is now the company's executive Vice President.  His name is Richard Montañez.  How cool is that?

Trivia Number 2:  Did you know that it takes 5000 cows to supply a year of Cheetos?

You can just imagine the moo sounds of all the cows that need to supply Frito-Lay to make more Cheetos.  One year of production according to demand is 11 million gallons, needed for the 10 million pounds of cheddar cheese to be used in the Cheetos seasoning. We need lots of cows to make more Cheetos!

Trivia 3:  Did you know that Cheetos come in 50 flavors and not solely produced in America?

Cheetos is not only produced in the U.S. but is also produced in 22 different countries including Cyprus, Pakistan, Spain, and Poland.  Flavors from other countries include fizzy Pepsi (Japan), ketchup (Poland), strawberry (Russia), peanut butter covered (Eastern Europe), and Japanese steak sold in China, not Japan.

Trivia 4:  Did you know that there are additional 48 pieces of corn chips in your Cheetos than what the actual label say in the food packaging?

Each bag of crunchy Cheetos has a label of 189 chips as content when in fact, it contains 237.5 pieces!