Hi, it's Alex Goldmark, the supervising producer here.

And Sarah, one of the co-hosts.

We want to tell you more about this episode that we've learned since we first released

it.

It may not make sense to anybody who hasn't already heard the episode or who has not

heard other claims made about the episode since we published it.

But in the spirit of transparency, here's what we know.

Okay.

This episode centers on a claim that Richard Montagnieres invented a product that came to be known

as flaming hot cheetos.

He claimed he and his wife inspired the seasoning that led to the chip we find on store shelves

today.

This is inaccurate.

The timeline laid out in our episode is incorrect.

Montagnieres told us that he pitched an idea for hot cheetos in a meeting in 1990.

According to Patty Roof, the person who set up that meeting, and Al Carrey, a former executive

who was in the meeting, it could not have happened before 1992.

And by that time, products had already been sold in the Midwest under the trademark flame

in hot.

We spoke to Lynn Greenfeld, who led the team that created the Midwest product.

Montagnieres was not involved.

But she and other former employees say that Montagnieres did pitch flavors and product

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