Triscuit is a brand name of snack crackers which take the form of square baked whole wheat wafers. Invented in 1900, a patent was granted in 1902[1] and the Shredded Wheat Company began production the next year[2] in Niagara Falls, New York.The Shredded Wheat Company began producing Triscuit in 1903 in Niagara Falls, New York.[2] The name Triscuit is believed by some to have come from a combination of the words "electricity" and "biscuit".[3] At least one early advertisement boasted that Triscuits were "Baked by Electricity,” claiming they were "the only food on the market prepared by this 1903 process."[4] Each wafer measured 2.25 by 4 inches (5.7 cm × 10.2 cm), and remained that size for nearly twenty-one years. The ovens were then altered and the cracker size changed to 2-inch (51 mm) squares.[2]In 1928, the Shredded Wheat Company was purchased by Nabisco.[5] [Wikipedia]
