Who owns Funyuns?

Many people actually use Funyuns as the crunchy topping in their green bean casserole, and there are various Turkey recipes that include Funyuns as a breading ingredient. So maybe our obsession with strange foods and strange ways of using them has not changed all that much since the 60s.

Funyuns are made of cornmeal that is shaped into rings through an extrusion process. This leads to a product that has a fried food-type texture, and it also makes it possible for Funyuns to have an onion ring shape.

Who owns Funyuns?

Funyuns is the brand name of an onion-flavored corn snack introduced in the United States in 1969 and invented by Frito-Lay employee George Wade Bigner. They were named “Funyuns” by University of North Texas professor and copywriter Jim Albright after it was discovered that the first choice of name for the product, “OnYums,” was a registered trademark of Rudolph Foods. Initial television advertising for the snack featured a variation of Susan Christie’s 1966 song, “I Love Onions.

Funyuns consist primarily of cornmeal, ring-shaped using an extrusion process, representing the shape of fried onion rings. A salt and onion mix gives them their flavor. They are a product of PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay company. In Brazil, Funyuns are sold under the name “Cebolitos.