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Nilla Wafers
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| Product type | Cookie |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mondelez International |
| Country | U.S. |
| Introduced | 1898 |
| Previous owners | Nabisco |
| Website | snackworks.com/nilla |
Nilla Wafers are a wafer-style cookies made by Nabisco, a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International.
The name is a shortened version of vanilla, the flavor profile common to all Nilla-branded products in previous years. Originally marketed as Nabisco Vanilla Wafers, the product's name was changed in 1967 to the abbreviated form, Nilla Wafer.[1] Originally a round, thin, light wafer cookie made with flour, sugar, shortening, eggs[2] and real vanilla, Nilla wafers have been primarily flavored with synthetic vanillin since at least 1994, a change which prompted criticism.[3][4] Nilla wafers are described as having "natural and artificial flavor", according to the ingredients list on the box.[5]
Nilla produced a variety of spin-off products, including pie crusts. The crusts were introduced in 1992 alongside pie crusts flavored like two other Nabisco cookie brands, Oreos and Honey Grahams.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hartel, Richard W. (2006-06-06). "Cracker or cookie: What's the diff?". The Capital Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08.
- ^ Hofsess, Diane (1994-02-24). "Shopping? It's Smart To Be Suspicious". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07.
- ^ Hermann, Andrew (1997-09-16). "New, improved – or just different". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07.
Nilla wafers no longer have any vanilla in them.
- ^ Bomgardner, Melody M. (2016-09-12). "The problem with vanilla". Chemical & Engineering News. 94 (36).
- ^ "'Sinkies' Get Serious". Post-Tribune (IN). 1992-11-25. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08.
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