Fully Unwrapped - Pringles

Pringles are the chip known for coming in a convenient can. See how the factory whips up cans full of flavor in this behind the scenes look at Pringles production.

[emberZemian]

An interesting note about Pringles is if you look on the cans, they will never say "potato chips", they are specifically referred to as potato *crisps.* This is intentional, not only because of the process involved to make them, but because they also include a mixture of wheat and rice, it's not even completely potato, which is part of the reason they taste so distinct. Between the way it is made and what constitutes it, it can't even legally be called a potato chip.

[spinnirack]

Pringles are good not because they are good but because they are so processed as to be nearly 100% consistently "ok"

[moomallowz]

The first time I'd eaten a Pringle, I physically felt the sensation of sodium entering my bloodstream. I could immediately feel that something was wrong about these chips. A dark and powerful force was at play here, but I foolishly paid no mind to the warning that the Pringles has graciously provided me, and instead decided to appease my voracious desire to consume salted potato slices. My second chip sent me into a state of agony, as the very cells in my esophagus began to shrivel. With every hoarse breath, I could feel flakes of my desiccated gullet being torn asunder from their places in my digestive tract. Again, I ignored the painful omen of the suffering yet to come, and lifted the third Pringle to my suddenly chapped lips. A flash of excruciating heat spread throughout my body as the chip touched my tongue, and I hastily dropped the Pringle out of shock. Alas, it was too late. The damage had already been done.

The human body was never meant to withstand such a high concentration of pure sodium delivered in such a short span of time. At least, that's what the doctors had told me when I woke up the next day. Apparently, I had lost consciousness once most of the skin on my legs and lower torso had been replaced with elemental sodium. In order to prevent my newly reactive self from bursting into flame, I have been partially encased in a chamber of pure gaseous nitrogen, where I must remain until the doctors find a way to safely amputate the lower half of my body. To this day, I remain in my stabilizing sarcophagus, and naught but a miracle scientific breakthrough can save me. I am fully at the mercy of these medical practitioners, who, at any moment, could introduce air into the chamber, causing me to erupt into a violent blaze of inextinguishable fire.

Still worth it though. Chips were pretty good, 8/10.

[sangheili]

Fun fact: Pringles originally meant to make tennis balls, but due an error in the ordering system, a truck of potatoes arrived instead of rubber. Pringles, being the laid-back company that they are, decided to cut up the potatoes and put the chips in the tennis ball containers instead

[evillecaston]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the history of Pringles. The infamous chip was invented in 1981 by renowned CIA scientist John Pringle, and it was originally designed as a stealthy execution implement. The original formula contained just the right amount of expandable starches and flavor molecules, which would cause anyone who consumed them to explode internally, thus leading to the catchphrase "once you pop, the fun won't stop". Naturally, modern Pringles are generally less lethal, but the CIA still uses them as a spy device, particularly via the eyes of the infamous logo (which was designed after Agent Pringle himself). Pringles are now everywhere. There is no escape.

[wendibo]

I'm so glad to know that my recycled potato chips are going to a good cause

[monkeyboy]

The inventors of Pringles are genius tho. Free sponge and glove holder after your snack.

[Jeremy-wpyh]

I am actually genuinely worried about Donna. Do they really taste test each batch. Imagine how many are produced.

[Steve-sdwk]

Please never stop, we need this gold.

[balamx]

"The Can of Chips You Pop Like A Hymen." How are you not working in advertising?

[adizzmal]

Huh, great video. I always had a feeling that Pringles got their unique flavor by grinding pallets of lays chips along with the pallet, rehydrating with sewer steam and forming to create unnatural chip shape. I’m pleasantly surprised an inspector gets breath on all of them!

[bentonite_magma]

What a shame. I was completely unaware of the amount of food waste produced by Pringles. Discarding chips that are less than 40 percent edible - despicable. I was under the impression that Pringles were less than 10 percent edible. What has the world come to.

[yeolelad]

You haven’t lived if you haven’t ever stuck your whole hand in a empty can.

[TuxedoKamina]

I still buy a small can of Original once in a while when I have that craving for "salted cardboard".

[AidanS]

Cape cod isn’t given enough respect in the chip community. I’m glad someone is finally defending their good name.

[sacripudding]

I enjoy Pringles because of just how consistent they are. Yeah maybe they do suck, but I know every time I eat a BBQ Pringle, I can gurrentee that it's going to taste exactly how I thought it would

[mygills]

The seemingly effortless consistency of the speed at which the jokes are told is what really ties this all together

[yourfriendlyneighborhooddemon]

I like imagining him talking to his wife at the store like "should we get these, do we need these?" In this voice.

[Jeremy-wpyh]

I lost it at "pre-chewed potatoes" 🤣

[bmolax]

I love how we started with the innuendo of the woman with the big cans and then just called her a large breasted woman right afterwards