Balisto is a wholemeal biscuit bar snack manufactured by

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, consisting of a

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centre and a variety of milky cream toppings, and coated in

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. Normally, there are two fingers in a package, though the multipack contains ten fingers wrapped individually. They are available in

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, the

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. In Spring 2011, the bars were introduced to the

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. When the Balisto bar was released in 1981,

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produced it. Its name supposedly alludes to its

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content ("Ballaststoffe" in

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). In 2021 the Balisto bar with 90% paper-based packaging was released for the German market.

Varieties

Balisto is available in several different flavours, each with their own colour. Not all flavours are available everywhere. A partial list: * Corn/Cereal-mix (orange wrapper): plain digestive biscuit covered with chocolate * Muesli-mix (green wrapper): milk cream topping with raisins and hazelnuts * Grain-mix (red wrapper) * Yoghurt and berries-mix (purple wrapper): yoghurt cream topping with red berries * Almond and honey-mix (yellow wrapper) * Cocos-mix (brown wrapper) * Hazelnut (blue wrapper) * Spekulatius-Christmas cookie (dark red wrapper) * Strawberry yoghurt-mix (red wrapper) (available in Germany) * Yoghurt with white chocolate (white and pink wrapper) (Limited Edition) * Yoghurt with strawberry and white chocolate (white and red wrapper) (available in Germany)

References

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