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biscuit

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thumb|A custard cream and a [[bourbon biscuit; types of sweet sandwich biscuits]] A biscuit is a flour-based baked food item. Biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. Savoury biscuits are called crackers.

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A biscuit is a hard, flat, flour-based baked food that is typically unleavened and often sweet, made with ingredients like sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, or spices. Biscuits matter as a common, convenient snack and food item found in many cuisines, with savory varieties known as crackers.

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Nutrition · Open Food Facts

Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 31,427 products

eNutri-Score
4NOVA · Ultra-processed food
Energy
453 kcal
Fat
19.8 g
— of which saturates
9.2 g
Carbohydrates
64.3 g
— of which sugars
31 g
Fibre
2.8 g
Protein
5.7 g
Salt
1.11 g
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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
snack
Material used
milk
Image
Griffin's sampler biscuits alluring assortment.jpg
Said to be same as
cookie
Has use
snack
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Commons category
Biscuits
topic's main category
Category:Biscuits (bread)
fabrication method
baking
different from
sponge cake
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
inception
1784-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • History
  • Biscuits for travel
  • Confectionery biscuits
  • Introduction in South Asia
  • Types
  • Crackers
  • Semi-sweet
  • Short doughs
  • Cookies
  • Culture
  • Industry
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A custard cream and a [[bourbon biscuit; types of sweet sandwich biscuits]] A biscuit is a flour-based baked food item. Biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. Savoury biscuits are called crackers.

Types of biscuit include biscotti, sandwich biscuits (such as custard creams), digestive biscuits, ginger biscuits, shortbread biscuits, chocolate chip cookies, Anzac biscuits, and speculaas.

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