Biscuit, savoury, crispbread, puffed & toasted

A thin, flat rectangle of puffed, toasted dry bread made from white wheat flour (e.g. Cruskit or Crackerbread style). Includes puffed crispbreads labelled as lite.

Sugars, minerals and vitamins were derived from a composite sample of 4 brands of crispbread (Arnotts Cruskits, Westons Crackerbread, Blue Label Puffed and Toasted crackerbread and Black and Gold Puffed and Toasted Crackerbread) purchased in Adelaide (1988 - AGAL - Savoury Biscuits). Fatty acids, sugar and some minerals were derived from a composite sample of 4 brands of crispbread (Arnotts Cruskits, Nabisco Lite Bread, Westons Crackerbread and Blue Label Puffed and Toasted) purchased in Melbourne (1989 - UNSW - Sweet and Savoury Biscuits). Cl, Se, S, F, ATOC, B6, pantothenate, biotin and fatty acids were derived from a composite sample of 2 brands of crispbread (Arnotts Cruskit and Westons Crackerbread Toasted Crispbread) purchased in SA (1993 Cereal Catch-up Program). I, Se, Cr, Ni and Mo were determined in 6 samples of various styles of savoury biscuit purchased in Qld, SA and WA in November 2004 (22nd ATDS).