DORITOS Original Corn Chips | Doritos (2024)

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What was the original Dorito flavor? ›

In 1966, Doritos became the first tortilla chip available nationally in the United States. The initial flavor was simply toasted corn, followed by taco in 1967, and the now-ubiquitous nacho cheese in 1972. Now, the chips are available worldwide in a wide variety of flavors, differing regionally.

During March 2022, PepsiCo removed five chips from every bag of Doritos. While the bag's weight shrunk from 9.75 ounces to 9.25, its price remained at $4.29. A bag with fewer Doritos is just a small part of today's story.

Doritos Jacked Test Flavor: 404 (Caribbean Citrus Jerk)

This flavor was part of the top secret test flavor project, where the brand released a variety of bags that left the taste as a mystery to customers. The 404 version turned out to be Caribbean Citrus Jerk flavor, which was pretty spicy (and delicious).

DORITOS® isn't just a chip. It's fuel for disruption — our flavors ignite adventure and inspire action. With every crunch, we aim to redefine culture and support those who are boldly themselves.

There have been well over 100 different flavors. These range from classic, like Spicy Nacho and Cool Ranch, to wacky with flavors like Late-Night Cheeseburger, Ranch-Dipped Chicken Wings and Mountain Dew.

Eating a lot of spicy nacho flavored Dorito chips can increase the risk of weight gain, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol due to their high calorie, sodium, and unhealthy fat content. Additionally, consuming spicy foods in excess may cause digestive discomfort such as heartburn or indigestion.

No. Because it was a vendor who supplied Casa de Fritos (which was a restaurant run by Frito-Lays, not Disney run) with their tortillas who sort of invented it.

Those flavour enhancers include monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides, which create that savoury taste best described as yummy. Citric acid helps to make the mouth water. Doritos are fried in oil, and there is oil in the ingredients. Fat, salt and sugar in one mouthful is highly seductive to our tastebuds.

Doritos is launching a brand-new flavor that fans of Mountain Dew's Baja Blast are likely to enjoy: Doritos Baja Fiery Mango. The flavor, which the chip brand has described as “spice-packed and tangy,” marks Doritos' first flavor inspired by Mountain Dew's fan-favorite soda.

What are cool original Doritos? ›

With intense flavour, full-on crunch and a triangular shape to load with dip, Doritos Cool Original flavour tortilla chips are a great tasting bold snack for when you're getting together with friends!

With an ambitious turnaround time, we created a new brand mascot, Sparky, as well as developing several 3D real-time environments.

From 1964 to 1973, the Doritos logo was a very brightly colored shade of yellow and orange blocks with a darker red for the actual letters. The typeface was transitional because the lowercase serifs are really horizontal. This logo showed no sign of Doritos being a tortilla chips brand whatsoever.

Doritos Silent is not a new flavor of chips, but a gaming software that removes the sounds of crunching when playing a game with a microphone. On the official Doritos Silent website, it's described as “Crunch Cancellation software” that “silences the sound of the iconic Doritos crunch.

Doritos debuted in 1964 in Southern California. The name means “l*ttle golden things” in Spanish, which is fitting because Doritos actually started out as tortilla chips. The inventor of Doritos is unclear. Some say the chips launched at a Disneyland restaurant in the early 1960s called Casa de Fritos.

1964 – Doritos Original Logo

The original logo was created in 1964 and featured a simple yellow and red sunburst color, and remained unchanged until 1973.

Quick history lesson: Though Doritos were sold nationwide by 1966, the Nacho Cheese version didn't emerge until 1972 — but sales really picked up upon the intro of Cool Ranch in 1986, when the new flavor "blew the collective minds of junk food addicts around the world" (via Maxim).