Meet CheeCha Puffs

Having just received her MBA, Elaine Cadrin was inspired to embark on an exciting challenge in her new city of Calgary. Elaine focused on creating a new product from an existing favourite – a snack called cheecherone she had enjoyed while travelling in Mexico. Elaine met with the manufacturers of the pasta-like pellets used to make cheecherone, and she and her parents brought four bags home to experiment with. Elaine discovered that the traditionally deep-fried cantina treats could be puffed similarly with hot air rather than deep-fat frying them. Elaine hot-air puffed the first batches with six hot air popcorn poppers, seasoned them, and sold them at a local farmer’s market. Soon the kitchen became too small to meet the demand. Today CheeCha Puffs are sold across Canada and in several areas of the US. CheeCha is part of the healthy snack food evolution and will continue to create quality snack foods for the health-conscious consumer.

Ingredients

Potato flour, potato starch, sunflower oil, sea salt, salt, cane sugar, spice, onion powder, garlic powder