"TUK", cookies: tastes, reviews. Confectionery

Cookies, or crackers, "TUK" - a kind of snacks that are suitable for an easy snack between the main meals. This is a high-calorie product, which is designed to quickly quench hunger. The cracker "TUK" was first manufactured in Belgium in 1958, after which it gained popularity all over the world.

"TUK" cookies: manufacturer

The manufacturer of cookies "TUK" in Russia is the company LLC "Mon'delis Rus", whose main office was opened in Moscow in 1994. This is part of the international company Mondelēz International - the world's largest producer of chocolate, candy, biscuits and chewing gum.

Crackers "TUK" - a biscuit that has been popular for many years all over the world - is made at the confectionery factory "Bolshevik", located in Sobinka, Vladimir region. In 2007 the company was bought by Mondelēz International from the Danone group of companies. Today it is the largest factory with an area of more than 15 hectares, which includes 6 independent processing lines that produce confectionery products of TUC, Yubileynoye, Barney Bear, Shokobarokko, Prichuda and Alpen Gold trademarks.

Cookies "TUK" is one of the most popular variety of snacks produced in Russia.

"TUK", cookies: tastes

The cracker "TUK" is produced in four flavor categories:

• With salt (Original);
• With cheese (Cheese);
• Sour cream and onion (Sour cream and onion);
• Bacon (Bacon).

The form of packaging of biscuits is a briquettes in the format of 21 g and 100 g respectively. In a small bundle there are 6 small crackers, and 100 g package includes 24 pieces of crispy biscuits.

Chemical composition of cookies "TUK"

Cracker "TUK" has a complex chemical composition with a lot of unuseful ingredients. Among all the flavors of biscuits, the most harmless for the body is TUC with salt or Original.

It includes wheat flour, palm oil, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, molasses, eggs, baking powder, salt, preservative sodium hydrosulfite and egg flavor identical to natural. In this case, the manufacturer assures that it is during the manufacture of this cookie that a baking powder is not added almost.

The composition of snacks with other flavors is even more unnatural. To the flour, palm oil, glucose-fructose syrup and other ingredients, the manufacturer adds a flavor additive "cheese", cheese powder and dye.

On each package of crackers, regardless of tastes, there is a warning that the biscuits contain gluten, sulfites, milk protein, as well as traces of sesame and soy. Naturally, there are no vitamins and mineral elements in the "TUK" cracker.

Nutritional and calorie content

The complex chemical composition of the product determines its high caloric content. Depending on the taste of the biscuit, this indicator is 479-485 kcal per 100 g of product. This is very much, especially when you consider that the cracker is eaten almost instantly, thanks to the presence of flavor and flavor in the composition of the enhancers .

The nutritional value of the product is low. Confectionery products contain proteins (8.1 g), fats (22 g), carbohydrates (61.5 g), which makes the product particularly harmful to any shape.

The shelf life of the cracker "TUK" is 9 months at room temperature and low humidity.

New from TUK: sandwich cookies

More recently, a completely new product TUC in the format of a sandwich appeared on the store shelves. Outwardly, it represents two traditional crackers connected by a creamy interlayer. Cookies "TUK" sandwich is made in two flavor categories:

• With smoked cheese;
• With cheese and greens.

A cracker is sold in a large pack consisting of four individual packages of 28 g each. In one small pack there is one sandwich, which can be broken into 3 parts.

The cookies "TUK" in the new format have a more rich flavor and aroma, but it remains very high in calories. The value of this indicator is 479 kcal per 100 grams, that is, in one small 28-gram package contains approximately 131 kcal.

Positive feedback about the product

Bright yellow packaging with a picture of delicious bits of cracker attracts the attention of shoppers. He immediately wants to buy and try. And for many, just "TUK" is a cookie that perfectly satisfies hunger and is ideal for snacks. Positive feedback from customers is a direct confirmation of this.

• The cookie "TUK" is very tasty, crunchy, much better than the cracker of other companies. Dulls the feeling of hunger. Suitable as a snack at work.
• Natural taste and aroma of smoked products and cheese. This is especially true of sandwiches "TUK". It seems that between the cookies instead of the cream really is a piece of cheese or bacon.
• Convenient packaging. In a small pack there are only 6 crackers, and this is enough to grab a bite and hold out for a full dinner or dinner.

In fact, there are not so many positive reviews about cookies "TUK". The opinion of most people about this product is negative.

What did not like TUC buyers?

In spite of everything, numerous negative reviews make "TUK" crackers good advertising. Many people admit that they tried the "TUK" cracker only after they found negative comments about it.

• The composition of the product is simply awful and does not contain any more or less useful ingredient.
• Unnatural taste, solid chemistry, too salty.
• Unpleasant aftertaste, I want to drink constantly.
• It's better to eat an apple for a snack - it will be many times more useful.
• High price for a product of questionable quality.
• Calorie, you can imperceptibly eat a whole pack even for those who are on a diet.
• After eating a large amount of crackers, the stomach starts to ache.

Negative feedback on the product can be found much more than positive, which confirms the chemical composition of the product.

How a cracker can harm an organism

Thanks to a skilful marketing move, TUC products quickly won the love of millions of people around the world. But, despite successful advertising of manufacturers, it is possible to say with certainty that the "TUK" cracker is a biscuit that is harmful to the body, especially with various flavor additives.

• The composition of the product includes not only allergens, but also numerous additives (E), which you should try to exclude from your diet so as not to harm your health.
• Excessive, uncontrolled consumption of snacks, which includes the TUC cracker, causes obesity. This is due to the fact that flavoring additives greatly increase appetite. I want to try the biscuits again and again, so that 100 g of a cracker with a caloric content of 485 kcal disappear imperceptibly, which is gradually deposited on the figure.
• The taste-enhancing powder, which is one of the ingredients of cookies with additives, settles on the walls of the stomach, causing the formation of an ulcer or gastritis.
• "TUK" is a biscuit containing fast carbohydrates, which cause the release of insulin into the blood. It should be excluded from patients with diabetes mellitus.
• People with heart and vascular disorders, with liver diseases are also not advised to abuse this product. Promotes increased blood pressure.

It is strictly forbidden to give TUC snacks to children. Excessive amounts of salt and overfeeded vegetable fat will adversely affect the performance of the entire digestive system. The uncontrolled use of such products leads to childhood obesity, a disease that is becoming alarmingly large around the world.