Kids all over the world have one thing in common: their love of snacks. But what they eat, whether it?s after school or at a birthday party, varies greatly in different corners of the world. Here are some beloved kids snacks around the world.
1. Israel: Bamba
Bamba is a peanut-flavoured puffed-corn snack resembling Cheetos. According to the manufacturer, 90 percent of Israeli families purchase Bamba on a regular basis. It?s even credited for that country?s low rate of peanut allergy, and spawned research that showed early introduction of peanut dramatically reduces the risk of developing a peanut allergy.
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2. Netherlands: Open-Faced Buttered Sandwiches with Hagelslag
Hagelslag is chocolate sprinkles, so you can imagine why this is such a hit with Dutch kids?who even get to eat it for breakfast! According to survey conducted by Stuff Dutch People Like, a community of more than 500,000 and based on the bestselling book of the same name, the country eats hagelslag on more than 750,000 pieces of buttery bread per day and consumes more than 30 million pounds of sprinkles each year. Photo: Rex Roof via. Flickr
3. South Africa: Biltong
Biltong, which is a dried cured meat similar to beef jerky, is South Africa?s national snack, and babies there even cut their teeth on it. Unlike its jerky counterpart, biltong is cured in a highly nutritious way, with no artificial colorings, flavourings, preservatives, sodium nitrates, or MSG. Flavored with vinegar...