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Tue 8 Jul, 2008 05:59 pm
LONDON, England -- Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax.
Friday's ruling by Justice Nicholas Warren is expected to save millions for the manufacturer, Procter & Gamble Co.
Warren overruled a VAT Tribunal decision that Pringles should be subject to the 17.5-percent tax because it met the definition of "potato crisps, potato sticks, potato puffs and similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch."
The judge found that Pringles were only 42 percent potato, and thus exempt.
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edgarblythe wrote:LONDON, England -- Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax.
Friday's ruling by Justice Nicholas Warren is expected to save millions for the manufacturer, Procter & Gamble Co.
Warren overruled a VAT Tribunal decision that Pringles should be subject to the 17.5-percent tax because it met the definition of "potato crisps, potato sticks, potato puffs and similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch."
The judge found that Pringles were only 42 percent potato, and thus exempt.
What's the other 58 percent? Cardboard? Mucilage?
Good question, MA. Somehow, I have the feeling that if it's cardboard, it would be listed as nonsoluable fiber.
Almost makes me want to buy a can, just to read the label.
Serving Size 1 Ounce (28 g, approx. 14 crisps)
Servings Per Container 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 160 Calories from Fat 100
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11 g 17%
Saturated Fat 3 g 16%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 170 mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 14 g 5%
Dietary Fiber <1 g 3%
Sugars 1 g
Protein 1 g
Vitamin A 0% · Vitamin C 6% ·
Calcium 0% · Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
Calories: 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less than 65 g 80 g
Sat Fat Less than 20 g 25 g
Cholesterol Less than 300 mg 300 mg
Sodium Less than 2,400 mg 2,400 mg
Total Carbohydrate 300 g 375 g
Dietary Fiber 25 g 30 g
INGREDIENTS: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), RICE FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT AND DEXTROSE.
CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
DISTR. BY PROCTER & GAMBLE, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202, U.S.A.
NO ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS · NO PRESERVATIVES
I love Pringles! Particularly Sour Cream and Onion flavored Pringles---although the Honey Mustard (limited) Pringles aren't bad ....I'm especially amused at how the can is puffed in Colorado. I rekon' that's because they are packaged in Ohio where it is 400 feet elevation and shipped to Denver at 5280 feet elevation. But in Colorado you have a hard time finding the resealable cap on a new can of Pringles, 'cause when the sealable lid is puffed out, the resealable lid tends to depart for parts unknown.
Caution, Sealed Pringle cans really become unhinged when you take them up a thirteener. But then I've had a bad Dr Pepper incidents or two on a thirteener.
Rap
pringles work better then exlax..
(yuck) those things are slimy greasy
Give me some ruffles with cream cheese and hot sauce any day..
whats a thirteener Rap?
My crew was on a focus consumer study group in 1982. We tested some new flavors of Pringles that never made it to market. We had cans of Pringles just with big numbers on them and we would have to fill out these response cards about our feelings re Pringle potato snacks.
We used em as wild turkey bait stations near Mehoopany Pa and we got a couple turkeys lured into shootin range. Also a bunch of crows,
Pringles are an excellent survival food -like substance
Weird, you should come out with that!
I was just looking at a pringle, yesterday, wondering what it was REALLY made of!
A thirteener is a peak above 13,000'.
farmerman wrote:whats a thirteener Rap?
Roger has the usage of a thirteener right.
Wow! I bet I know who delivered those Pringles. One of the other adult leaders of my sons Explorer post while we were living in Cincinnati was a secured delivery agent for P(rofit) & G(od). He told of his exploits of delivering cryptically marked Pringles cans all over the country when he noticed my affliction/addiction. As a result he'd periodically bring me test market flavors.
As for making Turkey and Crow bait, I can understand how they would work--my son also used Pringle dregs in the can to make a quite serviceable mouse trap.
Survival rations. Pringles are sterile when hermetically sealed in the can- their shelf life is nearly infinite when kept dry sealed, so as long as they are kept dry and undisturbed in the can they'll last years. As a result Pringles are a big seller in Utah.
BTW I've noticed that Wally World does not keep Pringles on the same shelves with potato ans corn chips snacks. Something about Pringles not being either a potato or a corn snack.
Rap
...and that Satanic logo does not sit well with Wally people.
Re: Pringles not a potato snack
Merry Andrew wrote: What's the other 58 percent? Cardboard? Mucilage?
Papier-mache.
Eat a dick, Pringles. You're no potato chip!
Wow.
What have I been eating all those years?
sabixatzil1 wrote:Wow.
What have I been eating all those years?
I believe the caribou already answered that question on the previous page.
Welcome aboard, sabix.
farmerman wrote:...and that Satanic logo does not sit well with Wally people.
If you believe that, ask yourself why the Power & Glory of Cincinnati has an office in Benton, Arkansas.
roger wrote:A thirteener is a peak above 13,000'.
who's been peeking at 13,000 feet? Thas a lot of steps!
Don't they call it Beijing now, not Peking any more?
OK, OK. I'm leaving.
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