Kurkure

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Kurkure
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Product typeCornpuff Sticks
Owner Frito-Lay (PepsiCo)
CountryIndia (country of origin)
Introduced1999;25 years ago (1999) (India)
2008;16 years ago (2008) (Pakistan)

Kurkure is a brand of spiced crunchy puffcorn snacks made up of rice, lentil and corn. It is owned by PepsiCo through its subsidiary Frito-Lay. It was First launched in India in 1999 and nine years later, the snack was launched in Pakistan in 2008. [1] [2] [3] [4] The snack is manufactured in India and Pakistan, and has limited availability in certain international markets such as Canada and the United Kingdom. [5] [6] [7] [8] The word Kurkure means "crunchy" in Hindi and Urdu languages.

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In India, it is manufactured in Sangrur, Pune, Howrah, Sonipat, Ranga Reddy, Vaishali and Kamrup whereas in Pakistan, it is manufactured in Gulberg, Lahore.

Ingredients

Kurkure is made from rice meal, edible vegetable oil [9] (palm oil), corn meal, gram meal, spices (such as turmeric), condiments, salt, sugar, tartaric, and E631. Kurkure is not completely vegan as the PepsiCo India website in a pdf listing the ingredients show milk solids as one of the ingredients.

It contains natural, nature-identical, and artificial flavoring substances. [10]

Flavors

India

Pakistan

Launching

Kurkure was originated in India in 1999; in 2001 Indian television actresses Mandira Bedi and Pooja Ghai appeared in few commercials of Kurkure and served for the new brand . [11] In 2004, Indian Hindi film actress Juhi Chawla was featured in advertisements for Kurkure. [12] and from 2008 Kareena Kapoor was endorsing a new range (Kurkure Desi beats) under the main brand . [13] Kurkure was launched in Tamil Media in 2008 with actress Simran as its brand ambassador. [14] In 2012, Parineeti Chopra, Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Ramya Krishnan, and Farida Jalal, started to advertise Kurkure. [15] In 2019 Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Taapsee Pannu acted in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu commercials of Kurkure. [16] [17] In 2021 and 2022 Akshay Kumar appeared in Kurkure commercials along with Kritika Kamra and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. [18] [19] In 2024, actress Sara Ali Khan acted in Kurkure's Hindi commercial. [20]

Kurkure was launched in Pakistan in 2008. [1] [2] Actresses Ayesha Omer, Hania Amir and Iqra Aziz have all been featured in television commercials for Kurkure in the country. [21] [22]

In November 2006, Frito-Lay announced plans to release Kurkure to American markets in 2007. [23] This decision was made after analysts showed increasing interest in Indian spices in the region. [24] Kurkure was subsequently introduced in other markets with a significant non-resident Indian population such as the UK. [25] As of 2010, Kurkure is available in Eastern Canada. [26] As of 2013, Kurkure is available in Western Canada.

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