45-452: Matutano (officially Matutano Snack Ventures, S.A. ) is a producer and distributor of snacks and potato chips with headquarters in Barcelona , operating the markets of Spain and Portugal (here through its subsidiary Matutano Unipessoal Lda. ). The company was founded in 1965 by Luis Matutano Jover , and since 1971 is part of multinational Frito Lay . Currently, Matutano produces for
90-529: A logo , pretzels boomed in popularity, bringing many other types of snack foods with it. By the 1950s, snacking had become an all-American pastime, becoming an internationally recognized emblem of middle American life. Nuts are a staple of snacks in the Middle East . Among the many varieties available within the region, the most popular are almonds , walnuts , hazelnuts , pine nuts , and pistachios . According to archeological evidence, nuts have been part of
135-633: A bit smaller than in other parts of India, with a filling consisting chiefly of cooked diced potato, peanuts, and sometimes raisins. Shingra s are wrapped in a thin sheet of dough (made of all-purpose flour) and fried. Good shingra s are distinguished by flaky textures akin to that of a savory pie crust. Singaras may be eaten as a tea-time snack. They can also be prepared in a sweet form. Bengali singaras tend to be triangular, filled with potato, peas, onions, diced almonds, or other vegetables, and are more heavily fried and crunchier than other singaras or their samosa cousins. Singara filled with cauliflower mixture
180-719: A common snack. Samosas are popular in the United Kingdom , Australia , New Zealand , Trinidad and Tobago , Barbados , Guyana , Uganda , South Africa , Rwanda , Kenya and Tanzania , and are also growing in popularity in Canada and the United States . They may be called samboosa or sambusac , but in South Africa, they are often called samoosa . Frozen samosas are increasingly available from grocery stores in Australia, Canada,
225-430: A filling, often a mixture of diced and cooked or mashed boiled potato, onions, green peas, lentils, ginger, spices and green chili. A samosa can be vegetarian or non-vegetarian, depending on the filling. The entire pastry is deep-fried in vegetable oil or (rarely) ghee to a golden brown. It is served hot, often with fresh green chutney, such as mint or coriander chutney , or tamarind chutney. It can also be prepared in
270-522: A medieval precursor from the Middle East that was baked and not fried. The earliest mention of a samosa precursor was by Abbasid -era poet Ishaq al-Mawsili , praising the sanbusaj . Recipes are found in 10th–13th-century arab cookery books, under the names sanbusak , sanbusaq , and sanbusaj , all deriving from the Persian word sanbosag . In Iran , the dish was popular until the 16th century, but by
315-726: A mixture including fish like tuna and onions. Similar snacks and variants of samosas are found in many other countries. They are derived either from the South Asian somasa or are derived from the medieval precursor that originated in the Middle East. The samsa is a savoury pastry in Central Asian cuisines, consisting of a bun stuffed with meat and sometimes vegetables. Samosas are called samuza (စမူဆာ) in Burmese , and are an extremely popular street snack in Burma . Samosas are also used in
360-726: A number of ingredients commonly available at home without a great deal of preparation. Often cold cuts , fruits , leftovers , nuts , sandwiches , and sweets are used as snacks. With the spread of convenience stores , packaged snack foods became a significantly profitable business. Snack foods are typically designed to be portable, quick, and satisfying. Processed snack foods, as one form of convenience food , are designed to be less perishable, more durable, and more portable than prepared foods. They often contain substantial amounts of sweeteners , preservatives , and appealing ingredients such as chocolate , peanuts , and specially designed flavors (such as flavored potato chips ). Aside from
405-460: A snack with sambal . Samosa is almost similar to Indonesian pastel , panada and epok-epok . Samosas are also a key part of East African food often seen in Somalia , Tanzania , Kenya , Uganda , Burundi , Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Rwanda . Samosas, locally called samoussas, are a popular snack on Réunion and Mauritius as both islands have faced large waves of labor immigration from
450-427: A spit before thinly slicing it. Government bodies, such as Health Canada , recommend that people make a conscious effort to eat more healthy, natural snacks, such as fruit , vegetables , nuts , and cereal grains while avoiding high-calorie, low-nutrient junk food . A 2010 study showed that children in the United States snacked on average six times per day, approximately twice as often as American children in
495-473: A staple of local cuisine in the fellow Horn of Africa countries of Djibouti and Ethiopia , where they are known as sambuuse . Called samoosas in South Africa, they tend to be smaller than Indian variants, and form part of South African Indian and Cape Malay cuisine. Samosas also exist in West African countries such as Ghana and Nigeria where they are a common street food . In Nigeria, it
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#1733093606804540-608: A sweet form. Samosas are often served in chaat (a type of street food), along with the traditional accompaniments of either a chickpea or a white pea preparation, drizzled with yogurt, tamarind chutney and green chutney, and garnished with chopped onions, coriander, and chaat masala . In the Indian states of Assam , Odisha , West Bengal , Bihar and Jharkhand , singara s or shingra s ( চিংৰা ) (the East Indian version of samosas) are popular snacks found almost everywhere. They are
585-412: A traditional Burmese salad called samuza thoke ( စမူဆာသုပ် ; lit. ' samosa salad ' ), a salad of cut samosa pieces with onions, cabbage, fresh mint, light potato and chickpea curry broth, masala, chili powder, salt and lime. In Indonesia , samosas are locally known as samosa , filled with potato, cheese, curry, rousong or noodles as adapted to local taste. They are usually served as
630-404: Is a flour-based cracker with brittle of peanuts, anchovies or shrimp bound by a crispy flour cracker. Rengginang or intip ( Javanese ) is a rice cracker made from sun-dried and deep fried leftover rice. Japan has a very wide range of snack foods, some of which are internationally popular, ranging from onigiri to melon pan . In 2010, the average Canadian ate 300 snacks. Canadian identity
675-411: Is a popular variation. Non-vegetarian varieties of singaras are mutton singaras and fish singaras. There are also sweet versions, such as coconut singara, as well as others filled with khoya and dipped in sugar syrup that are known as Mishti Shingara. In the city of Hyderabad , a smaller version of samosa with a thicker pastry crust and minced meat filling, referred to as lukhmi , is consumed, as
720-812: Is another variation with an onion filling. In the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , and Tamil Nadu , samosas are slightly different, being folded differently, more like Portuguese chamuças , with a different style of pastry. The filling also differs, typically featuring mashed potatoes with spices, fried onions, peas, carrots, cabbage, curry leaves, and green chilis, and is mostly eaten without chutney. Samosas in South India are made in different sizes, whose fillings are influenced by local food habits, and may include meat. Both flat-shaped (triangular) and full-shaped (tetrahedron/triangular pyramid) samosas are popular snacks in Bangladesh . A Bengali version of
765-641: Is called kaghazi samosa ( Urdu : کاغذی سموسہ ; "paper samosa" in English) due to its thin and crispy covering, which resembles a wonton or spring roll wrapper. Another variant, popular in Punjab, consists of samosas with side dishes of mashed spiced chickpeas, onions, and coriander leaf salad, as well as various chutneys to top the samosas. Sweet samosas are also sold in the cities of Pakistan including Peshawar; these sweet samosas contain no filling and are dipped in thick sugar syrup. Another Pakistani snack food, which
810-519: Is generally thicker, baked, and stuffed with either cheese or beef and coated with sesame or nigella seeds. Mizrahi sambusak is generally thinner, larger, fried, and stuffed with curry-spiced chickpea and onion, and is usually not coated with seeds. In Goa (India), Portugal , and Angola , samosas are known as chamuças . They are usually filled with chicken, beef, pork, lamb or vegetables, and generally served quite hot. Samosas are an integral part of Goan and Portuguese cuisine , where they are
855-430: Is made in different shapes, including triangular, cone, or crescent, depending on the region. Samosas are often accompanied by chutney , and have origins in medieval times or earlier. Sweet versions are also made. Samosas are a popular entrée, appetizer, or snack in the cuisines of India , South Asia , West Asia , Central Asia , East Africa and their South Asian diasporas . The English word samosa derives from
900-547: Is often associated with snack foods that are sold in Canada due to economic nationalism . Some Canadian snacks include ketchup chips , Smarties , Coffee Crisp , Kinder Surprise , Jos Louis , Big Turk , and Nanaimo bars . In the United States, a popular snack food is the peanut . Peanuts first arrived from South America via slave ships and became incorporated into African-inspired cooking on southern plantations . After
945-464: Is one of the top-selling and famous Indian snack brands around the world. Indonesia has a rich collection of snacks called kue (cakes and pastry), both savoury and sweet. Traditional kue is usually made from rice flour , coconut milk, and coconut sugar , and is mostly steamed or fried rather than baked. Traditional kue are popularly known as kue basah ("wet kue") that has a moist, soft texture because of rich coconut milk. Kue kering (dried kue)
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#1733093606804990-511: Is popular in Punjab, is known as " samosa chaat ". This is a combination of a crumbled samosa, along with spiced chickpeas ( channa chaat ), yogurt, and chutneys. Alternatively, the samosa can be eaten on its own with a side of chutney. In Pakistan, samosas are a staple Iftar food for many Pakistani families, during the month of Ramzan . The types and varieties of samosa made in Maldivian cuisine are known as bajiyaa . They are filled with
1035-976: Is the local name for cookies. Indonesia has several variations of kue, both native and foreign-influenced. Traditional crackers are called krupuk , made from bits of shrimp, fish, vegetables or nuts, which are usually consumed as a crunchy snack or an accompaniment to meals. These crispy snacks are sometimes added to main dishes for their crunchy texture; several Indonesian dishes such as gado-gado , karedok, ketoprak, lontong sayur, nasi uduk, asinan and bubur ayam are known to require specific types of krupuk as toppings. There are wide variations of krupuk available across Indonesia. The most popular ones would be krupuk udang ( prawn crackers ) and krupuk kampung or krupuk putih (cassava crackers). Other popular types include krupuk kulit (dried buffalo-skin crackers), emping melinjo ( gnetum gnemon crackers), and kripik (chips/crisps), such as kripik pisang ( banana chips ) and keripik singkong ( Cassava chips). Rempeyek
1080-517: Is usually served in parties along with chicken or beef, puff puff, spring rolls and plantains and are called small chops. Sambousek ( Arabic : سمبوسك ) are usually filled with either meat, onion, pine nuts, za’atar , spinach dock , or cheese. They are widely consumed in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Sambuseh ( Persian : سمبوسه ) can often be found in the southern regions of Iran and rarely in other areas. However, traditionally it used to be made in
1125-588: The Civil War , the taste for peanuts spread north, where they were incorporated into the culture of such popular events as baseball games and vaudeville theaters . Along with popcorn (also of South American origin), snacks bore the stigma of being sold by unhygienic street vendors . The middle-class etiquette of the Victorian era (1837–1901) categorized any food that did not require proper usage of utensils as lower-class. Pretzels were introduced to North America by
1170-530: The Dutch , via New Amsterdam in the 17th century. In the 1860s, the snack was still associated with immigrants, unhygienic street vendors, and saloons. Due to loss of business during the Prohibition era (1920–1933), pretzels underwent rebranding to make them more appealing to the public. As packaging revolutionized snack foods, allowing sellers to reduce contamination risk, while making it easy to advertise brands with
1215-558: The Hindustani word samosa ( Urdu : سموسہ , Hindi : समोसा ), traceable to the Middle Persian word sanbosag ( سنبوسگ ) 'triangular pastry'. Similar pastries are called sambusak in Arabic from Persian ; medieval Arabic recipe books sometimes spell it sambusaj , which are all borrowed from Persian sanbosag . The South Asian samosa is believed to be derived from
1260-495: The Iberian Peninsula snacks as Ruffles , Cheetos , Lays and Doritos among other brands. The company originates in the 1950s, when spanish businessman Luis Matutano Jover founded in Barcelona a factory of snacks based on potatoes , a business his family exploited since 1873. Its production level was fairly modest until 1965 when the company's owner associated with the food group Pet Milk from United States to form
1305-464: The 1970s. This represents consumption of roughly 570 calories more per day than U.S. children consumed in the 1970s. Samosa A samosa ( / s ə ˈ m oʊ s ə / ) ( listen ) ( Persian : سمبوسه) from the Persian word sambosag ( سنبوسگ ) (meaning 'triangular pastry') is a fried South Asian and West Asian snack. It is a pastry with a savory filling, mostly vegetables, spiced potatoes, onions, and peas, but also meat or fish. It
1350-401: The 20th century its popularity was restricted to certain provinces (such as the sambusas of Larestan). Abolfazl Beyhaqi (995–1077), an Iranian historian, mentioned it in his history, Tarikh-e Beyhaghi . The Central Asian samsa was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by chefs from the Middle East and Central Asia who cooked in the royal kitchens for
1395-479: The Indian subcontinent. The samosas there are generally smaller and filled with chicken, cheese, crabs or potatoes. There are also varieties such as chocolate and banana or pizza. The variety of samosa made in Somali cuisine is known as "sambusa" or "sambuus" and is filled with ground beef or vegetables along with usually being blended with Somali spices. Sambusa is often consumed during Ramadan . Samosas are also
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1440-685: The Middle Eastern diet for centuries with ancient civilizations taking advantage of them for their health benefits. The health benefits of nuts comes from them being good sources of protein, healthy fats, fibers, vitamins and minerals. Nuts have now become a regular snack with a 119 billion dollar market as of 2022 that is projected to continue growing into 2023. Nuts can be prepared in a variety of ways, such as by roasting them with spices and lemon juice or incorporating them into food and desserts such as baklava , knafeh , and kibbeh . Spreads and dips are eaten with pita bread . The most popular dip in
1485-539: The Syrian city of Aleppo . Baba ganoush is a spread made from roasted eggplants, olive oil, and other vegetables. The origins of baba ganoush are not clear with many conflicting pieces of evidence pointing to multiple countries of origin. A sweet dip is Ashta, a cream made from milk, rose or orange blossom water, and ghee, which is usually accompanied with honey. Many popular snacks in the Middle East are obtained from street vendors due to low cost and convenience of eating on
1530-509: The characteristic logo of Matutano was adopted, a smiling face, and the company's image became popular. During the decades of 1970s and 1980s the company became the leader of Spanish market in potato chips and snacks, and started its expansion in Portugal . With the arrival of Lays potatoes in 1997, Matutano changed its corporate image of all its products to adopt the Frito Lay logo. But the change
1575-562: The eastern zone of Nepal ; the rest of the country calls it samosa. As in India, it is a very popular snack in Nepalese cuisine . Vendors sell the dish in various markets and restaurants. Samosas of various types are available throughout Pakistan . In general, most samosa varieties sold in the southern Sindh province and in the eastern Punjab , especially the city of Lahore , are spicier and mostly contain vegetable or potato-based fillings. However,
1620-596: The form of qottab filled with ground nuts (usually, walnuts), sugar, fragrant herbs or spices, and likewise fried in oil. It is used as a confectionary and quite commonly. When meat is used, it is no longer called qottab. This is all that remains of the old "sanbusag" in its ancient homeland. Nowadays, Iranian Sambuseh is often made with a sausage and pizza cheese based filling; however, a vegetable-based variety also exists. Sambusak ( Hebrew : סמבוסק) comes in several distinct forms, as sambusak has been influenced differently by Sephardic and Mizrahi cuisine. Sephardi sambusak
1665-440: The full-shaped samosa is called a সিঙাড়া ( shingara ) and is normally smaller than the standard variety. The shingara is usually filled with pieced potatoes, vegetables, nuts, etc. However, shingaras filled with beef liver are very popular in some parts of the country. The flat-shaped samosa is called a somosa or somucha , and is usually filled with onions and minced meat. Samosas are called singadas in
1710-469: The go. Many of these snacks consist of a protein with bread. Falafel consists of many little fried balls of ground chickpeas or fava beans with herbs, spices served in pita bread with tahini sauce and a choice of vegetables. Falafel is believed to originate from Egypt around 1000 years ago by Egyptian Copts . Shawarma is served in a similar fashion to falafel, pita bread with sauce and vegetables, but instead prepared by slowly cooking layers of meat on
1755-407: The middle east is hummus . Hummus is a blend of chickpeas , tahini , lemon, and garlic usually served with olive oil and paprika on top. Hummus's origins can be traced back to a Syrian cookbook from the 13th century. Other dips are also popularly served such as mouhammara and baba ganoush . Mouhammara is a walnut, tahini, and roasted red pepper dip served with olive oil on top originating from
1800-609: The original Matutano brand, with an initial staff of 42 employees and 8 delivery routes. In 1969 the company bought Rick SA, founded by Augusto Aboitiz Baroja, with a production factory in Burgos , and the company started to expand to whole Spain . In 1971 the multinational Frito Lay , part of PepsiCo , got the whole shares of the company and introduced most of their products in the Spanish market, as Cheetos (1975), Fritos (1976), Boca Bits (1981), Doritos (1984) and Ruffles (1986). In 1975
1845-629: The rulers of the Delhi Sultanate . Amir Khusro (1253–1325), a scholar and the royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote around 1300 CE that the princes and nobles enjoyed the "samosa prepared from meat, ghee , onion, and so on". Ibn Battuta , a 14th-century traveler and explorer, describes a meal at the court of Muhammad bin Tughluq , where the samushak or sambusak , a small pie stuffed with minced meat, almonds, pistachios, walnuts and spices,
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1890-546: The samosas sold in the west and north of the country mostly contain minced meat-based fillings and are comparatively less spicy. The meat samosa contains minced meat (lamb, beef, or chicken) and is very popular as a snack food in Pakistan. In Pakistan, the samosas of Karachi are famous for their spicy flavour, whereas samosas from Faisalabad are noted for being unusually large. Another distinct variety of samosa, available in Karachi,
1935-503: The use of additives , the viability of packaging so that food quality can be preserved without degradation is also important for commercialization. A snack eaten shortly before going to bed or during the night may be called a "bedtime snack", "late night snack", or "midnight snack". Indian snack foods are typically called chaats . Snacks like pani puri and samosas have become popular outside of India. Most traditional snacks are home-made or sold by street vendors. Haldiram's
1980-502: Was a failure, and in 2009 PepsiCo put back the smiling face as its corporate identity. The company motto is: Y hoy ¿Has sonreído? (Have you smiled today?) Snacks A snack is a small portion of food generally eaten between meals . A snack is often less than 200 calories, but this can vary. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at home. Traditionally, snacks are prepared from
2025-532: Was served before the third course of pulao . Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi , a medieval Indian cookbook started for Ghiyath Shah , the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate in central India, mentions the art of making samosa. The Ain-i-Akbari , a 16th-century Mughal document, mentions the recipe for qottab , which it says, "the people of Hindustan call sanbúsah ". The samosa is prepared with an all-purpose flour (locally known as maida) and stuffed with
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