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In January 1978 Frito-Lay's product development group led by Jack Liczkowski has completed development of TOSTITOS, authentic Mexican-style tortilla chips. The chips were round, made of white corn and had this Mexican, slightly soapy flavor. To achieve this taste, it was discovered that Mexicans after cooking corn with lime, do not wash the corn as well as one would desire, therefore the resulting stone ground corn masa has higher content of lime and lower pH. When deep fat frying the formed chips, calcium hydroxide reacts with oil and gives this specific taste. After successful test marketing in 1979, Tostitos Traditional Flavor and Tostitos Nacho Cheese Flavor went in 1980 into national distribution in the United States and have reached the sales of $140 million, making it one of the most successful new products introduction in Frito-Lay history.