{"id":251938,"date":"2024-05-30T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/are-takis-vegan-weve-got-the-lowdown-plus-other-spicy-snack-suggestions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T02:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T02:24:56","slug":"are-takis-vegan-weve-got-the-lowdown-plus-other-spicy-snack-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/are-takis-vegan-weve-got-the-lowdown-plus-other-spicy-snack-suggestions\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Takis Vegan? We\u2019ve Got the Lowdown (Plus, Other Spicy Snack Suggestions)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In 2006, Takis hit the US market for the first time. The crunchy, spicy rolled tortilla chips had been developed in Mexico by snack manufacturer Barcel in the 1990s, and were launched in the US in a bid to capture the attention of the country\u2019s burgeoning Latinx population.<\/p>\n<p>But today, Takis are loved by a growing number of Americans, regardless of ethnicity, background, or age (although teenagers, in particular, are big fans of putting them to the taste test). But what are they, exactly? Are they vegan? And where do you buy them? Let\u2019s dive in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">Jump to the snacks<\/p>\n<h2>What are Takis?<\/h2>\n<p>If<strong> <\/strong>a nacho and a Flamin\u2019 Hot Cheeto had a baby, they\u2019d probably have to name it Takis. The snack is essentially your standard tortilla chip, but instead of the signature triangle shape, it has been rolled up (so they kind of look like mini taquitos). They\u2019re also known for their unique, strong,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/products\/are-takis-vegan-spicy-snack-suggestions\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at vegnews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2006, Takis hit the US market for the first time. The crunchy, spicy rolled tortilla chips had been developed in Mexico by snack manufacturer Barcel in the 1990s, and were launched in the US in a bid to capture the attention of the country\u2019s burgeoning Latinx population. But today, Takis are loved by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":251939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are Takis Vegan? We\u2019ve Got the Lowdown (Plus, Other Spicy Snack Suggestions)\u00a0 - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/products\/are-takis-vegan-spicy-snack-suggestions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are Takis Vegan? 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