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owned by

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, which also owns the similar

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. The Gardetto Family Bakery was founded in 1932 in

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by Baptiste and Diane Gardetto and acquired by General Mills in 1999. According to the packaging, it was at the bakery that Judy Gardetto took the trimmings of

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s and mixed them in along with other snack bits and a blend of special seasonings. In 1981, Judy Gardetto began baking breadstick ends marinated in oil, garlic and Worcestershire sauce in her own oven. Her family produced them at the bakery plant and initially sold them as "Gardetto's Snak-Ens" to bars and restaurants in 10-pound bags. Her father added pretzels, rye chips and Chex cereal to the mix and began selling them "Gardetto's Deluxe Snak-Ens". It was initially marketed to high-end shops in the midwest. In 1987, the company began selling 1.75-oz bags in vending machines, and attributed demand taking off to this decision. The product name was eventually changed to Original Recipe. Today, Gardetto's is sold in "original" recipe (with changes as noted below) as well as in reduced fat original, Italian recipe, Italian cheese blend, and a

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-style

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pretzel mix. Gardetto's Mixes do not contain peanuts or traces of tree nuts, but do contain wheat, milk, and

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ingredients.

Variations

In 2006, Gardetto's released a "special request" snack including only the brown rye chips. Discontinued varieties include Sour Cream and Onion and Ranch flavored mixes, both of which replaced the rye toast crackers with spiral cut cracker bits. Pizza Mix was also eliminated after several years of production and later replaced by

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Recipe. In early 2013, General Mills removed the sesame seed breadstick from the Gardetto's original recipe and replaced it with a different breadstick found in other popular snack mixes put out by General Mills.

References

External links

General Mills' Gardetto's Page
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