Pirate's Booty is a puffed corn and rice snack food developed and produced in 1987 by Robert Ehrlich. B&G Foods acquired Robert's American Gourmet Food in June 2013. In 2018, B&G Foods sold the brands to The Hershey Company.
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."Rutland Herald: "Does organic label mean it's better for us?" Liz Kim, 22 November 2006. URL accessed 28 December 2006. Ehrlich then went on to found a snack brand known as Vegan Rob's, which makes cheese puffs with no cheese in them.
Ingredients The snack is made with corn meal, rice, and cheddar cheese.
Owner Pirate Brands is owned and operated by the Hershey Salty Snacks Company, a Hershey company.
Recall On June 29, 2007, Robert's American Gourmet recalled their Veggie Booty brand snack food due to salmonella contamination.Reuters. "FDA recalls Veggie Booty snacks" 29 June 2007. URL accessed 29 June 2007.
See also Cheese puffs Cheetos Cheez Doodles Robert's American Gourmet
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