Pretz
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Pretz (プリッツ, purittsu) is a Japanese snack made by Ezaki Glico. It is stick-shaped and similar in texture to a pretzel (hence the name), but unlike the other popular Japanese stick-shaped snack food, Pocky, Pretz is rarely sweet. Popular flavors include salad, roast, tomato, honey mustard, corn, pizza, and butter. Special flavours can be found in other countries such as larb in Thailand, pineapple in Hawaii and maple in Canada. Chocolate flavoured is also found in local oriental markets.
[edit] Commercial characters
- Aya Matsuura (2002—present)
[edit] Pretz in popular culture
The Japanese anime Onegai Twins features a snack food named "Prech" which, aside from the difference in the product's name, is identical in almost every respect to Pretz, down to the design of the box. This is similar to the way Pocky appeared as "Pochy" in the previous incarnation of the Onegai franchise, Onegai Teacher.
