Barcel

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Barcel is a maker of tortilla, potato chips and other confectionery and snack foods. It is a unit of Grupo Bimbo created in 1950. It is based in Lerma, Mexico. A different company with the same name, operating in Chile, was acquired by PepsiCo in 1998.

Products

• Chips are homestyle crunch potato chips. Flavors include, Jalapeño, Diabla, Limon-Chipotle, Fuego, Habanero, Adobada and the classic Sal De Mar (Sea Salt).

Special editions & limited runs have emerged such as Corte Delgado (Thin Cut), Pimienta Limon (Black Pepper Lime), 3 Quesos (Three Cheeses), Crema y Especias (Sour Cream & Spices), Queso y Jalapeño (Cheese & Jalapeño), Salsa Inglesa (Worcestershire Sauce) and Sabor Valentina (Valentina Sauce Flavor).

• Takis (formerly called Taquis), a roll-shaped snack fashioned after the traditional Mexican taquito, prepared in the following presentations:
  • Fuego azul, spicy snack topped with a blue mystery spice powder
  • Fuego, the hottest of all varieties. It is also the most popular flavor (purple packaging).
  • Guacamole, spicy snack topped with a style of salsa guacamole (white packaging)
  • Nitro, a habanero chile flavor (black-red packaging)
  • Original, slightly spicy snack (green packaging)
  • Salsa Brava, a slightly spicier snack than the original (yellow packaging)
  • Xplosion, a recent cheese-flavored variety (orange packaging)
  • Zombie, habanero and cucumber flavor (black-green packaging)
    • "crunchy fajita",a chicken fajita flavor of this well known snack with a yellowish appearance (green packaging).
  • The following versions were discontinued:
    • Pastor, a presentation of the meat-flavored snack pastor (red packaging).
    • Black, a presentation of snack made with blue masa, the presentation was less durable in the market (black packaging).
• Toreadas fries spicy jalapeño and habanero presentations.
• Papa-tinas, slightly spicy french fries.
• Karameladas Pop, some popcorn and candy candied special edition chamoy.
• Big Mix, a mixture of six snacks.
• Big Papas, straight-cut fries.
• Runners, a corn snack shaped like a car, with a hot sauce flavor.
• Jetters, a spicy snack shaped aircraft; discontinued shortly after it hit the market.
• Quezas, snack shaped like a Mexican quesadilla with cheese and chile flavor was discontinued in early 2010. During its marketing underwent a change of presentation.
• Hot Nuts, peanuts covered with a thick layer of hot pepper.
• Kiyakis, Japanese style peanuts.
• Waves, wavy-cut fries with a chili cheese flavor.
• Chip-otles, a chipotle flavored corn snack.
• Tostachos, a hexagonal shaped snack flavored Cheddar jalapeño and cheese.
• Golden Nuts, including peanuts about various styles and savory enchiladas, Mexican, Spanish and the nuggets.
• Konox, snack shaped tibo that aside from a trapezoid, was discontinued.
• Duvalín, a nougat cream, usually include two to four flavors including vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, caramel and hazelnut.
• Bubu Lubu, a chocolate-covered treat with a strawberry and marshmallow filling.
• Churritos, corn snack sticks, red chili pepper & lime flavoring, Orange and yellow packaging.

External links

• (Spanish) Official website
• PepsiCo's listing of purchasing Barcel