# How do they make Pringles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 1999, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295 "1999-12-25T20:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spankboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@spankboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankboy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/1 "1999-12-25T20:29:00Z")
I know there’s a simple answer out there, but how do they make Pringles in that uniform shape, and, additionally, package them? * * * From Hell’s heart, I stab at thee- ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/2 "1999-12-25T20:49:00Z")
Not an expert but, I believe that Pringles are to potato parts - what McNuggets are to chicken parts. Potatos whipped, compressed, molded and then bake dried. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/3 "1999-12-25T21:25:00Z")
There are some questions that are better left unanswered. This is one of them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![spankboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@spankboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankboy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/4 "1999-12-25T21:30:00Z")
Sure, from the looks of them, the potatos are almost powdered-so the ‘Potato Nuggets’ analogy seems sound. However, how do they mold them into shape? Do they extrude a bar of potato pulp, and then use something like an egg slicer to make the individual chips? And my fixation on potato products has _nothing_ to do with my Irish heritage…lol. * * * From Hell’s heart, I stab at thee- ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/5 "1999-12-25T21:32:00Z")
Don’t lots of Italian women stomp them with their feet in large vats while acordian music plays??..oh wait… I get that confused with wine making! * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/6 "1999-12-25T21:36:00Z")
The potato slices are put in molds then cooked and released…takes all of 45 seconds… ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/7 "1999-12-26T00:22:00Z")
Hey now, put Pringle Potato _CRISPS_, out next to regualar ol’ potato chips and you will see which gets eaten first. ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/8 "1999-12-26T01:11:00Z")
[http://www.pringles.com/html/faq.htm[url/]](http://www.pringles.com/html/faq.htm%5Burl/%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/9 "1999-12-26T01:12:00Z")
Oops! [http://www.pringles.com/html/faq.htm](http://www.pringles.com/html/faq.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/10 "1999-12-26T05:21:00Z")
First, they take some cheap cardboard and make a gruel out of it. Then they suck all the flavor out of that. Then they leave it out in the sun under a dead tree where buzzards roost. After a few days, they pick up all the things that look like Pringles and put them in a can. They sell the rest for use in doghouse insulation. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/11 "1999-12-26T07:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey now, put Pringle Potato CRISPS, out next to regualar ol’ potato chips and you will see which gets eaten first. The Ruffles. Especially the cheddar ones. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “I get along well with everybody.” --I.M.F. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/12 "1999-12-27T00:40:00Z")
Hell, I’d eat the Pringles first. Dunno why, but I love em! I like how they dissolve the instant they hit your tongue… * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/13 "1999-12-27T13:58:00Z")
They’re not made - they’re squirted out the ass end of a giant worm and left to dry. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-pringles/12295/14 "1999-12-27T15:56:00Z")
REVEALED AT LAST! WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS! (and you don’t look so good yourself) The truth is that Pringles are fingernail clippings from genetically engineered clones of the rare dinosaur _spudosaurus idahoii_. The folks at Jurassic Snax tinkered with the DNA of _s. idahoii_ to make its fingernails grow at a prodigious rate. The side effect of the increased growth rate is, of course, a less dense, more “crunchy” consistency to the keratin. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef