Pirate's Booty

Last updated
Pirate's Booty
Type Puffcorn
Inventor Amplify Snack Brands
Pirate Brands
Inception1987;37 years ago (1987)
Manufacturer The Hershey Company
AvailableAvailable
Current supplier The Hershey Company
Website piratebrands.com

Pirate's Booty is a puffed corn and rice snack food developed and produced in 1987 [1] by Robert Ehrlich. B&G Foods acquired Robert's American Gourmet Food in June 2013. [2]

Contents

Ehrlich would often watch people purchasing cheese puffs in a local supermarket. The snack, Ehrlich explained, did not have "any real cheese in them... most of the ingredients you couldn't even pronounce." [3] Ehrlich then went on to found a snack brand known as Vegan Rob's, which makes cheese puffs with no cheese in them. [4]

Ingredients

The snack is made with corn meal, rice and cheddar cheese.

Owner

Pirate Brands is owned and operated by Amplify Snack Brands, a Hershey company. [5]

Recall

On June 29, 2007, Robert's American Gourmet recalled their Veggie Booty brand snack food due to salmonella contamination. [6]

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References

  1. "Pirate's Brands Products: Pirate's Booty Gluten-Free Healthy Kids Snacks". Pirate's Booty. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. "BG Foods Acquisition of Pirate Brands, Including Pirate's Booty".
  3. Rutland Herald: "Does organic label mean it's better for us?" Liz Kim, 22 November 2006. URL accessed 28 December 2006.
  4. "Vegan Rob's" . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. "Amplify Snack Brands – Snacking Without Compromise®". Amplify.
  6. Reuters. "FDA recalls Veggie Booty snacks" 29 June 2007. URL accessed 29 June 2007.