Bugles

This article is about the snack food. For the brass instrument, see bugle. For other uses, see bugle (disambiguation).
Bugles

Bugles
Nutritional value per 25 g (0.88 oz) pouch
Energy 590 kJ (140 kcal)
15 g (0.53 oz)
Sugars 1 g (0.035 oz)
8 g (0.28 oz)
Saturated 6 g (0.21 oz)
Trans 0 g (0 oz)
1 g (0.035 oz)
Minerals
Sodium
(18%)

270 mg

Other constituents
Carbohydrate 15 g (0.53 oz)
Package of Bugles

Bugles are a corn snack food originally from General Mills.

Bugles in detail

History

Bugles were developed by a food engineer, Joe Appelbaum, who also created Daisies. They are available in the following flavours: Original, Nacho Cheese, Sour Cream & Onion, Ranch, Chile Cheese, Salsa, Smokin' BBQ, Churros, Southwest Ranch, Sweet and Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter, Sweet and Salty Caramel, Cheddar, Ketchup, Coriander, Hot Buffalo, Shrimp, Jalapeno Cheddar, and Hot & Spicy BBQ (Exclusively manufactured by Tom's). Bugles are so-named because of their "horn" or bugle shape.

Bugles were test-marketed in 1965 and introduced nationally in early 1966 as one of several new General Mills snacks, the others being the flower-shaped Daisies, tube-shaped Whistles, round Buttons, bowtie-shaped Bows, and wheel-shaped Pizza Spins, all of them long discontinued.

Ingredients

Bugles are fried in coconut oil, which contributes to their being significantly higher in saturated fat than similar snack foods, which are typically fried in soybean or other vegetable oils. Original Bugles contain no hydrogenated oils, however different flavors of Bugles such as Nacho Cheese do contain hydrogenated soybean oil.

Ingredients of Original Bugles: degermed yellow corn meal, coconut oil, sugar, salt, baking soda, BHT.[1]

International sales

As of November 2014, Bugles are sold as Bugles the United States, Canada and other countries.

Bugles were discontinued in Canada in early 2010 due to a decrease in demand[2] but brought back in November 2011 due to renewed consumer demand.[3] In the United Kingdom, Bugles were available in the early 2000s and manufactured by Golden Wonder. They were discontinued after several years, and brought back in 2016.

General Mills also licenses the name and shape to other manufacturers of the same product:

References

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