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Ritz Crackers

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Two Ritz crackers.

Ritz crackers are a type of cracker designed to be eaten on their own, or with a topping. The Ritz Cracker Brand is licensed to Nabisco, a subsidiary of Kraft Foods [1]. They are circular in shape, salted in the middle, and have small scalloping around the edges.

Ritz in the US

Ritz crackers are available in the following styles. Original, Low Sodium, Reduced Fat, Whole Wheat and Roasted Vegetable [2]

In the U.S and Canada, "Ritz Bits Sandwiches" are sold. They are miniature-sized Ritz cracker sandwiches with several types of filling in between the two crackers. The flavors of filling are currently: Cheese, Peanut Butter, S'mores, and Peanut Butter and Jelly. A pizza version was sold in the early 1990s and again in the early '00s. Plain Ritz Bits were also sold.

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A box of American peanut butter Ritz Bits sandwiches.

Ritz crackers are also available in a toasted crisp chip called "Toasted Ritz Chips" and in an elongated form known as Ritz Sticks.

Ritz in the UK

Ritz crackers are available in the UK in 3 varieties. Original and Cheese flavour are sold in 200g boxes, and Ritz Cheese Sandwich (a delicious cheesy filling sandwiches between two Ritz crackers) is available in 125g roll packs and 33g snack packs.

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Ritz Original in the UK

During the period October-December 2007, Snowflake-shaped Ritz crackers were available.

Ritz US homepage
Ritz UK website
Ritz EU website