CC's (pronounced ''sea-seas'' and short for “corn chips”) is an Australian brand of flavoured

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s produced since the early 1980s, originally by

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, and currently by Snack Brands Australia. CC's are predominantly sold in

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and come in assorted flavours. CC's were also sold in

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until Bluebird Foods (the owner of the CC's brand in New Zealand) decided to locally produce the American brand

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in March 2010. However, the CC's brand returned to New Zealand shelves for a limited run in 2019, and will return for a second run in 2023. CC's are 100% Australian manufactured. The chips are made of ground corn, vegetable oil, and seasoning. The full ingredients list is corn, vegetable oils (

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, palmolein), milk solids (

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), food acids ( 270,

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), flavour enhancers (

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(wheat, maize), vegetable powders (onion, tomato, garlic), salt, sugar, herbs, spice (

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), flavour (natural and nature identical),

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, vegetable extract (soy, wheat),

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s (

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Flavours

CC's have four main flavours, original, tasty cheese, Tangy Salsa and nacho cheese. From time to time, CC's release tangy BBQ flavour. They recently added a limited edition" three cheese fiesta" in 2021.

Promotion

CC's have been marketing with the

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"You can't say no" since the beginning of 1980s, with the most notable campaign featuring ''

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'' during 1998. Since Arnotts sale of Snack Foods Limited, CC's have been marketed as being 100% Australian owned and made.

''Simpsons'' commercials

In June 1998, ''

'' featured on a set of television commercials with each commercial involving

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wanting

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's CC's, so Bart would make Homer do an outlandish stunt (a dare) to get them. Homer would never succeed because of Bart. Each commercial ended with a pun on the famous

"You can't say no" with

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saying "CC's, you can't say..." and then Homer would say "

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". These adverts were similar to the

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adverts that aired in the United States from 1988 to 2001. Even though the commercials only ran on Australian television, they have been included in the DVD release of

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New Zealand

In New Zealand, CC's were marketed with the tagline "Only CC's is tasting like these".

References

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Flavours

Promotion

''Simpsons'' commercials

New Zealand

See also

References