Английская Википедия:Cheez-It
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Refimprove Шаблон:Infobox brand Cheez-It is a brand of cheese cracker manufactured by Kellanova through its Sunshine Biscuits division. Approximately Шаблон:Convert,Шаблон:Citation needed the rectangular crackers are made with wheat flour, vegetable oil, cheese, skim milk, salt, and spices.
History
The history of Cheez-It crackers began in 1897, when Wiston Green founded the Green & Green Company in Dayton, Ohio. The company produced a variety of baked snack foods such as Dayton crackers, graham crackers, gingersnaps, and, during World War II, hardtack. On March 31, 1921, Green introduced Cheez-It crackers, commonly called Cheez-Its, as a new product. The company marketed the cracker as a "stoned rarebit", a reference to a dish of melted cheese over toast. On May 23, 1921, the first Cheez-It logo was submitted to the United StatePatent and Trademark Office.[1][2][3][4]
In 1932, the Kansas City-based Sunshine Biscuits (which was known as the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company until 1947) acquired the Green & Green Company, and with it came the Cheez-It cracker. Sunshine Biscuits expanded the distribution and popularity of Cheez-It crackers across the country. In 1996, Keebler acquired Sunshine Biscuits, and in 2001, Kellogg's acquired Keebler, bringing Cheez-It crackers under its umbrella.[4] Cheez-Its were officially launched in Canada in January 2020.[5][6]
In late 2023, Kellogg's spun off its North American cereal division as WK Kellogg Co. The company's snack food business, including Cheez-It, became part of the renamed Kellanova.[7][8]
Cracker
Cheez-It crackers are Шаблон:Convert rectangles, though they are often believed to be squares Шаблон:Citation needed. Cheez-It crackers are made with actual cheese, and are marketed by Kellogg's as such.[9]
Flavors and types
The original Cheez-It was the only product available until the 1980s; since then, have been over 50 different varieties of Cheez-It flavors and products, including:[10] Шаблон:Colbegin
- Buffalo Wing
- Cheddar Jack
- Cheez-It Big (a larger cracker more suitable for garnishing or dipping)
- Cheese Pizza
- Chipotle Cheddar
- Duoz Sharp Cheddar & Parmesan
- Duoz Bacon & Cheddar
- Duoz Jalapeño & Cheddar Jack
- Extra Toasty
- Extra Big’
- Extra Cheesy
- Gripz "mighty tiny"
- Grooves Bold Cheddar
- Grooves Sharp White Cheddar
- Grooves Zesty Cheddar Ranch
- Grooves Scorchin' Hot Cheddar
- Hot & Spicy (without Tabasco sauce)
- Italian Four Cheese
- Mozzarella
- Original
- Pepper Jack
- Provolone (with real hickory smoke flavor added)
- Puff'd
- Queso Fundido
- Reduced Fat
- Reduced Fat White Cheddar
- Scrabble Junior
- Sizzlin' Bacon (limited availability)
- Snack Mix
- Snack Mix Double Cheese
- Snack Mix Sweet & Salty
- Snap'd
- Snap'd Cheddar Sour Cream
- Snap'd Double Cheese
- Snap'd Jalapeño Jack
- Snap'd Barbecue
- White Cheddar
- Whole Grain
- Zingz Chipotle Cheddar
- Zingz Queso Fundido
Cheez-It Grooves is available in Canada as Cheez-It Crunch.
Discontinued
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- Asiago
- Atomic Cheddar
- Baby Swiss
- Barbecue & Cheddar Snack Mix
- Cheesy Sour Cream & Onion
- Chili Cheese
- Colby
- Duoz Smoked Cheddar and Monterey Jack
- Duoz Zesty Queso and Cheddar Blanco
- Hot & Spicy (with Tabasco sauce)
- Hot & Spicy Grooves
- Nacho
- Parmesan & Garlic
- Romano
- Smoked Cheddar
- Snack Mix Sriracha[11]
- Twists Buffalo Bleu
e==See also==
- Cheese Nips, a former competing brand of cheese cracker
- Cheez-It Bowl (2018–2019), sponsored by Cheez-It and played in Arizona in 2018 and 2019
- Cheez-It Bowl (2020–2022), sponsored by Cheez-It and played in Florida from 2020 through 2022
- Citrus Bowl, played in Florida and sponsored by Cheez-It starting with the January 2023 edition
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