Andy Capp's is an American

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of flavored

corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The ...

and

potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Uni ...

snack made to look like

French fries French fries (North American English), chips (British English), finger chips (Indian English), french-fried potatoes, or simply fries, are '' batonnet'' or ''allumette''-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium and France. Th ...

. The product was created in 1971 by Goodmark Foods, Inc., which licensed the name and likeness of the

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character

Andy Capp ''Andy Capp'' is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''Sunday Mirror'' newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four panels. The s ...

from

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. Until recent years the strip was featured on the back of packages. In 1998 Goodmark Foods was acquired by

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, which manufactures and distributes the product to this day.http://www.andycapps.com - Andy Capp's Official Product Page Andy Capp's fries come in , , , , , , , and more recently, . Packages in six flavors: ''Hot Fries'', ''Ranch Fries'', ''Cheddar Fries'', ''BBQ Fries'', ''Beer Battered Onion Rings'' and ''Beer Battered Onion Rings: Hot'', the last of which are shaped like onion rings as opposed to fries, and are now hot. ''Hot Fries'' were the first popular flavor in this line of snack foods. On the back of some packages, ''Zesty Ranch'' was listed as one of the flavors, and was distributed to schools for snack purchases. The ''Pub Fries'', ''Salsa'', ''Hot Chili Cheese Steak'', and ''White Cheddar Steak Fries'' flavors have all been discontinued. The BBQ Fries, after being discontinued, resurfaced in 2011 in a new bag design made to match the current Hot Fries flavors.

List of flavors

* ''Pub Fries'' (discontinued) * ''Hot Fries'' * ''Hot Chili Cheese Steak'' Fries (discontinued) * ''Salsa Fries'' (discontinued) * ''Cheddar Fries'' * ''Cheddar and Bacon Fries'' ''(Mid-west & Southeastern U.S. only)'' * ''White Cheddar Steak'' Fries (discontinued) * ''Ranch'' Fries * ''BBQ Fries'' * ''Beer Battered Onion Rings'' * ''Beer Battered Onion Rings: Hot''

References

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