Pirate's Booty is a puffed corn and rice

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developed and produced in 1987 by

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acquired Robert's American Gourmet Food in June 2013. In 2018, B&G Foods sold the brands to

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. 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,

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and

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Owner

Pirate Brands is owned and operated by Amplify Snack Brands, a Hershey company.

Recall

On June 29, 2007, Robert's American Gourmet recalled their Veggie Booty brand snack food due to

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contamination.''Reuters.'
"FDA recalls Veggie Booty snacks"
29 June 2007. URL accessed 29 June 2007.

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Pirate's Booty's Official Website
Brand name snack foods Products introduced in 1987 American snack foods Popcorn brands

Ingredients

Owner

Recall

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