Energy 590 kJ (140 kcal) Sugars 1 g (0.035 oz) Saturated 6 g (0.21 oz) | Carbohydrates 15 g (0.53 oz) Fat 8 g (0.28 oz) Trans 0 g (0 oz) | |
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Bugles are a corn snack food originally from General Mills.
Contents
- Bugles original flavor crispy corn snacks usa snack food tasting
- Bugles processing line frying snack food machine crispy snack food machine
- History
- Ingredients
- International sales
- References
Bugles processing line frying snack food machine crispy snack food machine
History

Bugles were developed by a food engineer, Joe Appelbaum, who also created Daisies. They have been available in the following flavors: 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, Jalapeño 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. Bugles contain no hydrogenated oils.

Ingredients of Original Bugles: degermed yellow corn meal, coconut oil, sugar, salt, baking soda, BHT. Ingredients for all variations of Bugles are listed on the General Mills website.

Bugles produced under the Tom's Snacks label no longer use coconut oil, but rather "vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, or sunflower oil)."
International sales
As of November 2014, Bugles are sold as Bugles in the United States, Canada, China, Saudi Arabia and several more countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
Bugles were discontinued in Canada in early 2010 due to a decrease in demand but brought back in November 2011 due to renewed consumer demand. 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: