I don’t think the unseasoned ones were the first to market. Doritos has always been owned by frito-lay, which has maintained the frito corn chip as their signature snack for a long time.
You are wrong. Unless both Valdosta, Georgia and Los Alamos, New Mexico were unusual in the mid-1960s, not only was the plain Dorito the default Dorito, it was the ONLY Dorito. The Tostito came out later (essentially to replace the original Dorito once it become true that the only Doritos available any more were Nacho Cheese and Taco Flavor (and then the others).
It is now a brand of flavored tortilla chip, and the brand was introduced in 1961, but it wasn’t a flavored brand at the time that it was introduced.
That sounds reasonable. We were probably in the “region”. And “original” implies that that’s what they came out with FIRST, yes?
As with Star Wars’ A New Hope, “Toasted Corn” was a renaming of what was originally simply “Doritos” because they didn’t have any other versions to distinguish it from.
Third, I believe. The first flavored chip, i.e., the second type of Dorito, was Taco Flavor. Nacho Cheese was next, and was the version that essentially crowded the regular plain Dorito off the shelves.
The Tostitos came out after the plain Doritos.
Eey, eey, eey, eey, I am the Frito Bandito. I still have erasers of the Frito Bandito, and strangly enough W.C. Fields. I think he was in some of their comercials for a while.
I’ll just check out mother’s cupboards, and see what the original bags said. Oh wait, I cleaned out the outdated stuff two years ago. Sorry.
I’m not convinced. I always remember one kind of Doritos, and it was the Nacho Cheese, or just Cheese flavor. I can’t figure out why Frito-Lay would introduce a new brand of chip (Doritos) that would have been exactly the same product as their flagship brand (Fritos).
I’m not saying that I can’t be convinced, it just makes very little sense.
A thick salty Fritos corn chip isn’t anything like a thin dorito, which was basicly a broken taco shell. You can’t eat many of the corn chips without you mouth hurting from the salt.
When there aren’t quotes around it, that’s what it means. When there are, it usually means it’s a marketing slogan.
This guy seems to investigate the issue. I didn’t pore over all of it, but he seems to have anecdotes from people who first remember the corn flavor.
http://www.enduringvision.com/archives/doritos/index.htm
I’d still like to hear it from Frito Lay, though.
Other than the fact that they have the exact same list of ingredients?
It is true that Fritos have more salt. 170 mg vs. 120.
Here’s another site referencing the original chip (= Toasted Corn). I can’t believe I don’t remember these.
Except it’s wrong too.
By no account was the corn flavor out “long before” other flavors were added.
They also say, “Since the introduction of white corn tortilla chips, you might think that this flavor is copying those, but this is actually the original.”
Which may or may not be true, but Doritos writing “original” on the bag doesn’t prove it. And, even if it was the original, I’d still think that Doritos was trying to jump on the white corn bandwagon.
I’m surprised there’s no good info on the 'net about this. Did corn really predate nacho cheese? Was it nacho cheese or “taco”? Were they possibly introduced simultaneously but some markets only got one or the other?
All four were out there in the first year or two for sure and I think that one of the flavors may have been released a bit after the plain and two other flavors. They didn’t just start with one flavor.
I wonder if they maybe had a test market, for just the plain Doritos, and that is why some remember the Toasted Corn as being the first Doritos?
I lived in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. and I remember the plain white corn chips being the first with the other flavors coming out afterwards. They finally got rid of any of the flavors that I liked and I avoid all Doritos now.
The plain corn Doritos were my favorite.
Two of the first 4 flavors are still available, including plain corn.
It’s got to depend on the market, because I don’t remember ever seeing plain corn anywhere I’ve lived. I will have to check the supermarket next time. Perhaps my lust for Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch blotted out all other items.
Wisconsin was a test area for a lot of new Frito-Lay products. I had Sunchips for over a year that I picked up a couple counties away. I think they liked to use the Minneapolis area also.
The mystery chips have a strong mustard and pickle flavor. I suspect they’re actually supposed to be more remiscent of hot dogs with mustard and pickle relish than of cheeseburgers. I dont detect any cheesy flavor or beef either. Plus mustard isn’t really a standard burger ingredient.
I used to work for Frito Lay and I can tell you that the toasted corn was the original dorito and the other flavors came later. The reason they had 2 chips (doritos and fritos) with the same ingredients is that the cooking process is different so they dont taste the same and also the dorito was designed as a dipping chip whereas fritos were more of a stand alone product. All of the flavored products came afterwards, and taco was the first flavored dorito.
Huh. I thought mustard was the standard burger ingredient!
-FrL-
My wife will soon register & set you right.
Seriously, there are a lot of burger chains (McDonalds, Krystal, White Castle) that include mustard as one of few default burger ingredients.
gigi , you’re absolutely correct. They are only in certain markets, but one of the linked cites in this thread contains a recent photo of an “Original” bag. Maybe they can be purchased & shipped, if the cravings become unbearable.
Even though I use mayo, I would assume that ketchup is The standard burger ingredient. Besides the patty and bun, that is.