Last week I had the privilege of attending a first-ever tour at the Que Pasa factory along with Food Bloggers of Canada. I grew up on Que Pasa chips…my dad is an OG and has been eating these chips since they first started making them. But isn’t it cool to find out that something you love is even better than you thought? Since touring the factory with one of the company’s owners, I saw the love and care Que Pasa has put into the making of it’s products and the integrity they have when it comes to cutting no corners even though they are now such a large company. They stay so true to their all-natural philosophy, using high-quality ingredients and saying NO to GMOs. Did I mention the chips are gluten-free and vegan? YES EVEN THE NACHO FLAVOUR!!!
Here’s a few snaps of the awesome time we all had with Que Pasa – click to go through the gallery and see the description!
Desiree Nielson giving us a recipe demo for her yummy vegan queso!
A selection of flavours from que pasa
A few of Que Pasa’s great salsas
Que Pasa with Vegan Queso, Guac and Olives
Ethan of Food Bloggers of Canada and I in our nifty factory outfits
Jared the “contractor”
These chips are ready to be shipped out!
Look! A corn kernal! A non-GMO, organic corn kernal!
A little corn kernal ready for it’s journey to become a chip!
Listening to our lovely tour guide and owner of Que Pasa, Arjan.
We see you! Photo inception with Ethan
Kernals for yellow corn chips
Oh hi there!
Masa
One step closer to the finished chips!
Arjan and I
I call this one, chips on conveyor belt
Believe it or not chips go through three layers of ovens and are cooked in less than 30 seconds!
Yum Yum….
Fresh, warm tortilla chips ready for the taste-test!
I call this “stairway to heaven”
This is a $400,000 scale that perfectly weighs each bag of chips out to the appropriate weight.
All grown up, this little bag of chippies is off toit’s new home!
These are the volcanic stones used to grind the corn down – a process that Que Pasa takes alot of pride in, as other companies don’t follow this process and it makes a great difference in texture!
I trust Que Pasa as a company and are thrilled to here that they now sell to the US and Mexico as well as Canada. What a treat to be able to go on this fun tour with their awesome staff! Thanks FBC and Que Pasa!