Bissli
Bissli (Hebrew: בִּיסְלִי, Bisli) is an Israeli wheat snack produced by Nestle-owned Osem. Bissli is Osem's leading snack brand after Bamba.[1]
Product type | Wheat snack |
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Owner | Osem |
Country | Israel |
Related brands | Bamba |
Markets | Kosher foods |
Website | osem.co.il |
Over 4,000 tons of Bissli are produced each year in an array of shapes and flavors. Bissli is a crunchy snack that is made with fried pasta. The name is a combination of the Hebrew word Bis, meaning "bite", and the Hebrew word li, meaning "for me".[2]
The most popular flavors are "Grill" and "Barbecue".[1] Other flavors include onion, smoky, pizza, falafel, Mexican, and hamburger.[2] Each flavor is shaped differently: the pizza flavored snacks are shaped like squares, the onion flavor like small hoops, and the smoky flavor like small hollow tubes.
Described by the manufacturer as a uniquely Israeli product, Bissli is produced in five factories around Israel. It was first sold in 1970.[2]
In 2014, Osem introduced a special edition of their other popular snack, peanut-flavor Bamba together with Bissli, mixed within the same blue package, named "Bissli-Bamba Mix" , another edition of "Mix" included onion-flavor Bissli, packaged in a green pack.
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References
- Osem: Bissli Archived June 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- The Bisli Snack attack, The Jerusalem Post