More than a dozen former Frito-Lay employees, as well as the company itself, told the outlet that Montañez wasn't behind the development of the Flamin' Hot flavor. "We do not credit the creation ...
There's just one problem: Montañez didn't invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos, according to interviews with more than a dozen former Frito-Lay employees, the archival record and Frito-Lay itself.