TUC - cracker biscuits. Manufacturer, types, composition and reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

TUC is a cookie that, thanks to advertising and its unusual properties, has become known throughout the world in a short time. It's hard to find a person these days who has never heard of these popular crackers.

A bit of history

Few people know that TUC is a cookie with more than half a century of history. It was created by Belgian confectioners in 1958. Fans of quick snacks liked the original crackers. After some time, they learned about the novelty in African countries. There, unusual cookies gained their first mass popularity. He was loved for his pleasant taste and incomparable original crunch. But the greatest recognition came to the product a little later. This happened in 1992 when TUC entered the Chinese market. Its appearance on the shelves of oriental stores led to a real explosion of popularity. In addition to the taste, many were attracted by the unusual name of the product.

After all, TUC (cookies) is an abbreviation for a short phrase that sounds like “The Unique Cracker” in English, which means “unique cracker” in Russian. It really is. The cookies are truly unique. Hispleasant, simultaneously s alty and sweet taste, as well as a crumbly, delicate texture contribute to the fact that the product satisfies even the strongest feeling of hunger in a matter of minutes.

Product composition

Despite its external simplicity, TUC is a cookie that has a rather complex composition. In addition to wheat flour and palm oil, it contains glucose-fructose syrup and barley-m alt extract. In addition, it includes flavoring "cheese", prepared on the basis of whey, s alt and natural ingredients. The complex composition is complemented by aroma and taste enhancers such as E621, 627 and 631. The complex composition is supplemented by the additive E551, which prevents the product from caking and clumping of its components. Calcium lactate and citric acid are used as acidity regulators, while potassium triphosphate and sodium caseinate are synthetic emulsifiers. The list of ingredients is completed by melange, m altose syrup, s alt, cheese powder and sodium methobisulphite to improve the flour. The overall picture is complemented by baking powder in the form of soda and ammonium bisulfate, as well as gum arabic stabilizer and curcumin as a natural dye. All this leads to the fact that the calorie content of just 100 grams of the product reaches 485 kilocalories. Such an increased energy intensity is unsafe for the human body.

Customer opinions

Practice shows that recently TUC cookies have caused a lot of negative feedback from consumers. This is mainly due to its complex composition. Of course, because the standard recipe includes only thirteen different E-additives. This isvery much for a daily use product. Many parents try to protect their children from such "goodies". At first glance, TUC cookies seem quite harmless and quite appetizing.

Especially attracts the attention of a pronounced aroma. True, after you begin to understand that it is caused by special chemical additives, any desire to try such a product disappears. Many buyers are perplexed why it is necessary to use so many synthetic components? Why manufacturers do not think about the he alth of their potential users? In addition, the amount of some ingredients could be much less. Take, for example, s alt. One has only to eat 2-3 crackers, as an unpleasant sensation is immediately created in the mouth. It seems that instead of cookies, I had to eat a spoonful of flavored s alt. Firstly, it is tasteless, and, secondly, even harmful. All these reasons make the majority of buyers lately refrain from purchasing a popular item.

Manufacturing company

Now in almost every country you can find TUC cookies on store shelves. The maker of the popular cracker, Kraft Foods, is second only to famed Nestle in packaged food.

This is a large American enterprise, which was formed at the beginning of the last century in one of the major cities of Illinois. Currently, the company has its offices in 155 countries of the world, which provides it withrecognition and widespread popularity. In 2011, the famous corporation decided to split into two large companies: Kraft Foods, which will produce meat, cheeses, desserts and various pastas, and Mondelez International, whose main products will be chocolate, cookies and other snacks. Such a decision allows each of them to concentrate on their group of goods and quickly resolve all issues regarding all kinds of changes related to their production. In Russia, with the participation of a well-known corporation, Mondelis Rus limited liability company was created, which is currently the main manufacturer of popular crackers in our country.

Product range

Despite public opinion, many customers continue to buy the fragrant TUC (biscuits) that have fallen in love with time. The flavors that the product is presented on the market are limited to only five different flavors:

• original;
• paprika;
• cheese;
• sour cream with onions;
• bacon.

Each of them is interesting in its own way and has a certain consumer audience. Externally, the packages are similar to each other. On the front side of each of them is the name of the product with its image. In addition, there is a photo of an additional component, which indicates that the product belongs to one or another type in the assortment list. This not only greatly simplifies the work of the seller, but also helps the buyer to quickly make a choice. Certainly,after all, it is much easier to make a decision, seeing a clear picture before your eyes, rather than diligently studying the text with a detailed description. The manufacturing company went further in its developments and began to produce a new type of product - a sandwich with TUK crackers. So far there are only two types:

• with cheese and onions;
• with smoked cheese.

But the company's specialists are working on creating new flavors to meet the growing needs of customers.

Issue price

In every Russian store you can find the famous TUC biscuits. The price of the product mainly depends on the size of the package. In addition, large volume buyers are usually given significant discounts.

Crackers are now on sale:

• weighing 21 grams at a price of 23 rubles;
• weighing 100 grams worth 58 rubles.

This is relatively small, considering that this product is not the main product for the daily diet. To increase demand, large stores and shopping centers often arrange promotions when the purchase price for a short time is noticeably reduced. This allows you to draw more attention to the product and give the opportunity to try it to those who could not afford it before. TUK sandwich crackers, which have recently begun to appear in many retail outlets, are sold in packs of 112 grams and therefore cost a little more. Their price, as a rule, ranges from 66 to 70 rubles.