Pirate's Booty Explained

Pirate's Booty
Type:	Puffcorn
Inventor:	Amplify Snack Brands Pirate Brands
Manufacturer:	The Hershey Company
Available:	Available
Producedby:	B&G Foods
Current Supplier:	The Hershey Company
Related:	Smart Puffs

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

External links

• Pirate's Booty's Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pirate's Brands Products: Pirate's Booty Gluten-Free Healthy Kids Snacks. 2022-02-23. Pirate's Booty. en-US.
2. Web site: 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. Web site: Vegan Rob's . 18 April 2019.
5. Web site: Amplify Snack Brands – Snacking Without Compromise®. Amplify.
6. Reuters. "FDA recalls Veggie Booty snacks" 29 June 2007. URL accessed 29 June 2007.