Pretzels are baked from a wheat dough that is dipped in an alkaline solution, traditionally lye, before baking. This gives them their glossy brown crust and distinctive flavour. Hard snack pretzels are baked until dry and crunchy, then salted or seasoned, and come as knots, sticks, thins or splits.
The pretzels reviewed on SeekSnack include Combos Pizzeria Pretzel, pretzel tubes with a pizza-flavoured filling from Mars, Pfeiffer’s Sour Cream and Chive Flavour Pretzel Splits, found as an airline snack, and the pretzels in Herr’s Party Mix. Because they are low in moisture and sturdy, pretzels travel well and are a common part of snack mixes.
Pretzels are made from wheat, so they contain gluten.
