Pirate's Booty

For the treasure a pirate may plunder, see Pirate booty.

Pirate's Booty

Type	Puffcorn
Inventor	Amplify Snack Brands Pirate Brands
Inception	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Manufacturer	The Hershey Company
Available	Available
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]

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]

See also

• Cheese puffs
• Cheetos
• Cheez Doodles
• Robert's American Gourmet

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.

External links

• Pirate's Booty's Official Website