Lady Doritos are a marketing test, not a mistake, say Canadian food experts

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press</span>
Published Tuesday, February 6, 2018 3:15PM EST

TORONTO - Canadian branding experts say talk of Doritos with reduced crunchiness to appeal to women is likely just a ploy from PepsiCo to test the market.

The idea went viral this week after the food giant's executive officer Indra Nooyi teased on the Freakonomics podcast that the product would be launched soon because she said women don't like licking their fingers while eating the snack, pouring the crumbs into their mouth or munching loudly in public.

The company denies such an offering is in the works.

Associate food marketing professor at Concordia University Jordan LeBel says Nooyi is a seasoned veteran who knows the power of her words and her remarks were likely meant to measure how shoppers would react if her company released a gendered product.

The notion has sparked a social media frenzy, meeting with criticism from the likes of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, model Chrissy Teigen and comedian Kathy Griffin.

Dalhousie University food distribution and policy professor Sylvain Charlebois thinks the negative attention will actually help the brand because he said the more publicity it gets the more sales generally increase.

In flight snack en route to DC. The original is crunchy, messy and delicious enough for everyone. pic.twitter.com/fOPD3XIMtV

— Kathleen Wynne (@Kathleen_Wynne) February 6, 2018

The only quiet chips are stale chips. This Tuesday I’m voting #no on #ladychips

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 6, 2018

This may seem silly to some folks but at one point or another most women are told that they're too loud, take up too much space, that we're too much. If Doritos is actually doing this it'll just represent the BS women have had to deal with at home and at work. #CrunchLouderhttps://t.co/ScaAD0Qf12

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) February 5, 2018

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