How come you can get lasagne-flavoured crisps in Thailand but not in Italy?

Guess which two countries buy all the prawn cocktail crisps? Walkers, Tayto, King... which brand makes your favourite flavour crisps? 
How come you can get lasagne-flavoured crisps in Thailand but not in Italy?

Lay's has released beer flavour and rose petal crisps in China; and Korea has cola, butter caramel, and yoghurt flavour crisps.  However, salt and vinegar, cheese and onion — and prawn cocktail — are still hits here

Reuben and Peggy’s jobs are not top secret in the way top secret jobs usually are. They don’t have guns, for example — and the grey conference table they sit at is much the same as you’d find in any office. They even have LinkedIn profiles that tell you their job titles. But this is where things get odd: search the name of the company they work for — a name I have agreed not to print — and you’ll find little information about the work Reuben and Peggy do. You could click through every page on their company’s website and leave with no idea that it creates the most beloved crisp flavours in the world.

Reuben and Peggy are not their real names. Reuben is a snacks development manager and Peggy is a marketer, and they work for a 'seasoning house' — a company that manufactures flavourings for crisps.

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