14 Facts About Cheetos

Cheetos is a crunchy corn puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo.

The original Crunchy Cheetos are still in production but the product line has since expanded to include 21 different types of Cheetos in North America alone.

Cheetos were invented in 1948 by Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin, who cooked early test batches in the Frito Company's research and development kitchen in Dallas, Texas.

The Cheetos brand has since been renamed into new variants of Chiki .

Crunchy Cheetos remained the brand's sole product for 23 years until the introduction of Cheetos Puffs in 1971.

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Cheetos are among the snack varieties included in the Frito-Lay Munchies snack mix.

Cheetos first entered Brazil in 1976, followed by other countries such as Australia during the 1980s.

In 1994, Cheetos became the first American brand of snack food to be made and distributed in China.

In India, Cheetos Whoosh are sold, made of ingredients such as whole grain and vegetables.

Cheetos come in many different colors, the most popular being orange and red.

Sweetos were the first sweet snack that Cheetos had released in the United States in the brand's 67-year history.

The Cheetos Mouse spoke with an upper-crust accent, and typically wore a three piece suit.

Cheetos brand is commonly recognized by association with its second and current mascot, an anthropomorphic sly, smooth-voiced cartoon cheetah named Chester Cheetah.

In February 2009, Cheetos was the subject of its first Super Bowl commercial.