don't let 'em gaslight ya, in 2008 they did some rework on fat and salt, around 2010 they screwed with a lot of different flavors. They used to have a pretty heavy tomato+herb taste, but it's been quite a while.
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Yeah that's the flavor I remembered
my favorite was these 
they punched you in the face with pizza
Pizza flavor one was the only one worth eating back in the day but I haven't eaten them in years.
The day companies realized "hey, we're already so successful that we can just change up our recipes, still sell the same product and people will just buy on name value alone".
Unfortunately, it works because people are that dumb.
I never understood why people would pick pringles over other chips. The consistency is weird and it's just questionable stuff pressed into shape. It's the sausage of chips
Don't besmirch sausages like that!
Upvoted for 'besmirch'
Maybe it's the cheap mystery-meat sausage of chips.
In terms of reconstituted potato-style chips, Munchos and Pop Chips are worlds better, IMO.
I haven't had Munchos since high school. Used to love them. But even then, I started to notice the amount of chips in each bag getting less and less.
It's like when they started selling "whipped" yogurt for more than regular yogurt, despite it just being regular yogurt plus air.
Shrinkflation, or something like that I guess.
Chips are pretty unhealthy, so I try not to eat them much. So for me, less is generally better. Also, Munchos are salty as hell. But that said... gotta have 'em once in a while!
Pringles might be good for some kind of insulation project, maybe. They're certainly not fit for human consumption, these days.
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I got no idea but logically i would think 'corporation want cheaper seasoning but increase price of pringle, make more money by use less money, profit make shareholders happy' or something dumb like that.
Few years back, I noticed this too. They're, like, edible or whatever, but so bland tasting nowadays.
The bbq ones still got it. Only ones I buy now. Rest got super basic and bland.
Maybe you have Covid.
GOOD recommend! Next time, I try Covid.
The first time I had these was probably 1998 while I was at my obese cousins house for a sleep over and that’s all the food they allowed me to have because it was so gross that they didn’t even wanna eat it. Then I fell asleep on the floor and they left me there all night. Very weird memory tied directly to this horrible flavor 😂😭
That's indeed s weird memory, and quite shitty from your family tbh.
But thanks for sharing
pretty much all name brand chips have been getting noticeably shittier every year for the past decade
Idk what Pringles did to their formula... But I don't like them anymore.
The Lays equivalent is wayyyyyy better. Just less flavors to choose from.
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Like 2 years ago, or around that time. I stopped bothering with the pizza one because of this. The other flavors are still loaded with flavor powder. IDK why the pizza one started getting only half-seasoned.
I get the pepperoni cracker (not pretzel) Combos instead now.
Did they ever have flavor?
I remember being disappointed by them as far back as the mid 90s.
Dang that's sad. I used to really love these as a kid.
Reese's too went way down in quality.
Pringles once had flavour? In comparison to other brands, even the home brands from the discounters, Pringles are boringly flavourless.
since they introduced the additional flavour subscription
Day 1?
Release day
All pringels are shitty. All of them are disgusting.
So when did Pizza Pringels get disgusting, at conception.
They used to have Onion flavour too, not anymore. Now they have shour cream with Onion or something like that.
shour cream
Hello Mr. Connery
ah a snack for people who like the idea of pizza, but have never had pizza and cannot stomach the thought of eating real pizza.
January 25th, 2009
I remember it like it was yesterday, the day that Pringles made the announcement.
There were riots in the streets, but ultimately they held no teeth, all noise and no action.
And so it has remained ever since
These pringles are no longer pizza-licious. The guy from that commercial would be so disappointed https://youtu.be/V0cesD51jTg
Does everything else taste normal to you? Just asking on the outside chance covid or something has impacted your sense of smell and taste (happened recently to a parent).
Yeah, just enjoyed some warheads followed by some Carolina reaper cheese later in the day, trust, I've got the full range
Uh, those sound like things that are intensely flavorful, so maybe not the best example to show you still have functioning taste.
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