Tayto
Tayto is a major Irish crisps and popcorn manufacturer, credited with having developed cheese and onion crisps in 1953. Tayto's crisps are sold only in the Republic of Ireland. The company is owned by Cantrell and Cochrane, and is based in Coolock, County Dublin.
In the early 2000s, the company partially retargeted its product line towards the healthier eating market, with its low salt, low fat crisps, originally called LFC's, but in 2004 renamed to Honest.
Tayto has entered the Irish vocabularly (see Hiberno-English) as a noun, and not a tradename. To Buy Some Tayto can refer to purchasing any brand of crisps, particularly in rural areas.
A Northern Irish company of the same name, and in the same business, was formed in 1956. They trade as
