Twisties
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Twisties are a type of cheese curl corn-based snack food product, available mainly in Australia, and other Oceanian countries such as Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, the Southeast Asian countries Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Brunei, and the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. They are also available in Europe, but marketed as Fonzies, and in France as "Belin Croustilles". It was launched in 1950 by the General Foods Corporation. The brand name is owned by The Smith's Snackfood Company. While originally an Australian-owned company, Smith's was acquired in August 1998 by Frito-Lay, the second largest producer of snack foods in Australia, which in turn is owned by American multi-national PepsiCo. In Malaysia, Twisties is a product of Mondelēz International, after having been a part of Danone and later, Kraft Foods previously. In Thailand, the Twisties trademark is owned by Lay's, which like The Smith's Snackfood Company, is owned by PepsiCo.
Product type | Cheese curl |
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Owner | The Smith's Snackfood Company |
Introduced | 1950; 74 years ago (1950) |
Markets | Oceania Southeast Asia |
Previous owners | Australia: Twistie Corporation Darrell Lea General Foods Corporation Malaysia: Danone Kraft Foods |
Registered as a trademark in | The Smith's Snackfood Company (Australia) Twisties Mondelēz International (Malaysia) Twisties Lay's (Thailand) Twisty ('ทวิสตี้' in Thai) Frito-Lay PepsiCo |
Tagline | Life's pretty straight without... (Australia) Life is fun with... (Pacific Islands) |
Website | www |
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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Energy | 2,050 kJ (490 kcal) |
61.9 g | |
Sugars | 5.8 g |
Dietary fibre | 1.5 g |
23.5 g | |
Saturated | 11.4 g |
7.1 g | |
Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
Potassium | 17% 504 mg |
Sodium | 39% 908 mg |
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] |