# Red Hot Riplets > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Red_Hot_Riplets > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Red_Hot_Riplets.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Riplets > Source revision: 1290893343 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American snack food}} thumb|A bowl of Red Hot Riplets '''Red Hot Riplets''' are a kind of [spicy](/source/spicy) [potato chips](/source/potato_chips) sold in [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), [Missouri](/source/Missouri). Red Hot Riplets are ridge-cut chips covered with hot [chili pepper](/source/chili_pepper) and sweet [barbecue](/source/Barbecue_sauce) powdered [seasoning](/source/seasoning). The label describes the flavoring as "St. Louis Style Hot Sauce". Old Vienna Snack Food Co. distributes Riplets locally. The chips are sold at many local businesses, from [mom and pop](/source/mom_and_pop) stores to chains such as [Schnucks](/source/Schnucks) and even [7-Eleven](/source/7-Eleven). == Flavor == Red Hot Riplets are spicier than potato chips available in national brands. The chips have a bright red color that comes naturally from the powdered peppers. Red Hot Riplets used to be fried in [partially hydrogenated](/source/partially_hydrogenated) vegetable shortening, but they are now fried in liquid [vegetable oil](/source/vegetable_oil)s. Old Vienna has also made Red Hot Thins with same seasoning on thin-cut potato chips, Cheesy Red Hot Riplets with the addition of a [cheese powder](/source/Powdered_cheese), and Red Hot [Pork rinds](/source/Pork_rinds). In 2003 Esquire magazine included Red Hot Riplets in their article and list "Best Potato Chips You've Never Tasted".{{cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2003/030201_mfe_chips.html |title=Best Potato Chips You've Never Tasted |publisher=Esquire magazine |date=2003-02-01 }} == Manufacturer == Old Vienna Snack Food Company was founded in 1936 by Louis Kaufman in St. Louis. The firm changed hands many times before folding in 1996. In that same year, a group of former employees resurrected the brand, which continues to be headquartered in the city of [Fenton](/source/Fenton%2C_Missouri), a suburb of St. Louis. {{As of|2015}}, the company had about 20 employees.{{Cite news|url = http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/red-hot-riplets-are-st-louis-delicious-little-secret/article_4f2eb8d4-3666-5eb7-869e-4cec4b87df1b.html|title = Red Hot Riplets are St. Louis' delicious little secret|last = Neman|first = Daniel|date = 9 September 2015|publisher = St Louis Post–Dispatch|access-date = 2016-07-11}} As of late 2007, there was a bottled [hot sauce](/source/hot_sauce) with a label similar to the Red Hot Riplets bag, that contained "St. Louis Style" hot sauce. The hot sauce was discontinued, but was brought back in 2018. Distribution of the seasoning is throughout the St, Louis region at local markets, gas stations, and will be available in St. Louis grocery stores in Spring of 2017. Many St. Louis restaurants have also added new menu items featuring the Red Hot Riplet Seasoning. Their other products include: *Cheesy Red Hot Riplets Potato Chips *Red Hot Riplets Potato (Thins) (Discontinued) *Hot Corn Chips (Red Hot Riplet spiced corn chips.) *Sweet & Tangy Corn Chips *Cheese Popcorn *White Cheddar Popcorn *Hot Cheese Popcorn *Hot Diggety's Corn Puffs *Original Pork Rinds *Red Hot Pork Rinds *Bar B Que Pork Rinds *Red Hot Riplets Nuggets *Movie Theatre Popcorn ==In popular culture== The chips are also known outside of St. Louis because of the rappers [Murphy Lee](/source/Murphy_Lee) and [Nelly](/source/Nelly).{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/04/03/smallb1.html|title=Old Vienna rebounds after money crunch - St. Louis Business Journal|last=Johnson|first=Julia M.|date=2 April 2006|website=St. Louis Business Journal|access-date=2016-07-11}} Murphy Lee wrote a song "Red Hot Riplets" (from the album [Murphy's Law](/source/Murphy's_Law_(Murphy_Lee_album))) that mentions them in the [chorus](/source/Refrain). When Murphy Lee was included in the Rap Snacks line of chips, he had them duplicate the Red Hot Riplets recipe as his flavor of Rap Snacks. == "Not For Sale in CA" Label == {{Cleanup section|date=April 2025|reason=reads like an essay}} thumb|Not for sale in CA label on a bag of Red Hot Riplets. Due to [Acrylamide](/source/Acrylamide) found in the chip, they have to put on a [P65 Warning](/source/1986_California_Proposition_65) Label on it or have to reduce the levels of acrylamide to the lowest amount possible. But the Old Vienna Chip Company decided to do neither. So they cannot be sold in [California](/source/California). In an interview with Old Vienna Chip Company {{Cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=Old Vienna Chip Company Website |url= https://oldviennallc.com/|website=oldviennallc.com|language=en-US}} Office Administrator Elisha Schaffer "We can't change our bags just for one state," "Because our product is not manufactured in California, we do not have that warning on our products, and we will not change our bags to put that warning on there, therefore ... we are not allowed to ship to California."{{Cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=How a warning label dispute over Red Hot Riplets is keeping the chips off California's shelves |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/verify/red-hot-riplets-banned-in-california/63-bb8899a6-6e50-4511-90c8-0b2546f730e2 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=ksdk.com |language=en-US}} ==Notes== ==External links== * [http://oldviennallc.com Old Vienna company website] * [http://www.rftstl.com/Issues/2004-09-29/bestof/bestfood23.html 2004 Riverfront Times Best Potato Chips] Category:Cuisine of St. Louis Category:Brand name snack foods --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Red Hot Riplets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Riplets) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Riplets?action=history)). 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