What the newsletter and other stories did not mention , however, is that last week, on April 3, Fly by Jing filed again to trademark “Sichuan Chili Crisp,” according to the U.S. Patent and ...

Lawyers for Chang’s company recently sent cease-and-desist letters to food brands using the terms “chili crunch” and “chile crunch” on their product labels, The Guardian reported on April 4.

Momofuku indeed owns the rights to the term “chile crunch” (spelled with an “e”), which it trademarked in 2023 with the US Patent and Trademark Office, and which Momofuku licenses to others.

David Chang is simmering down. The celebrity chef announced that Momofuku will no longer seek the trademark for the brand’s “Chili Crunch” product after backlash from the Asian American and ...

The product also goes by chili crisp, chili oil, crunchy chili sauce and countless other names, and it took off exponentially across the American grocery market in 2021, ...

Celebrity chef's 'chili crunch' trademark sparks debate over food and culture A hot debate over the ownership of a spicy Asian condiment has sent social media into a frenzy over food, culture ...

James Park, a recipe developer and author who wrote “Chili Crisp: 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky Cravings,” pointed out in an interview that Jing Gao, founder of Fly by ...

I don’t think Momofuku’s cease-and-desist letters will kill the variety of chili crunches that have begun to proliferate in America. But the way we do things in this country is broken.