Corn snack

Last updated January 08, 2026

Corn snacks are snack foods made from corn (maize).^[1] They are often marketed, packaged and flavoured in a similar way to potato crisps.

Extruded

Extruded corn snacks come in "puffed" and "crunchy" varieties. They include:

Puffcorn
- Cheese puffs and varieties (cheese curls, cheese balls, etc.)
- Seasoned "fries" such as Andy Capp's fries
- Umaibō, cylindrical corn snack from Japan

Chips

Corn chips
Tortilla chips
Rolled corn chips, such as Takis

Other

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↑ Hui, Y. H.; Sherkat, Frank (2005). Handbook of Food Science, Technology, and Engineering (1 ed.). Taylor & Francis. pp. 168–3. ISBN 978-0849398476.

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[1] Hui, Y. H.; Sherkat, Frank (2005). Handbook of Food Science, Technology, and Engineering (1 ed.). Taylor & Francis. pp. 168–3. ISBN 978-0849398476.

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Corn snack

Contents

Extruded

Chips

Other