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Breadsticks, also known as grissini (: grissino; Piedmontese: , ) or '''''', are generally pencil-sized sticks of crisp, dry baked bread that originated in the Italian city of Turin, Piedmont.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Breadstick
- Food.image
- 2016 1129 Turin Grissini.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- Grissini in a restaurant in Turin, Italy
- Food.alternate_name
- Grissini,
- Food.country
- Italy
- Food.region
- Turin, Piedmont
- Food.creator
- Antonio Brunero (according to traditions)
- Food.type
- Bread
- Food.main_ingredient
- Flour, water, yeast
via Wikipedia infobox
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 365 products
- Energy
- 439 kcal
- Fat
- 15.1 g
- — of which saturates
- 3.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 62.6 g
- — of which sugars
- 3.5 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
- Protein
- 12.2 g
- Salt
- 1.79 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
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Breadsticks, also known as grissini (: grissino; Piedmontese: , ) or '''''', are generally pencil-sized sticks of crisp, dry baked bread that originated in the Italian city of Turin, Piedmont.
==History== It is believed that the breadstick originated in 1643, when a Florentine abbot described a long-shaped and "bone-thin" bread being made in Lanzo Torinese, a town outside of Turin. Tradition states, however, that it originated in the region of Piedmont in the 17th century, invented by a baker called Antonio Brunero, from Turin. It was a food that was intended to be easier to digest for the Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, who had digestive problems in his childhood.