Ritz Crackers are a brand of snack cracker introduced by Nabisco in 1934. Outside of the United States, the Ritz Cracker brand is made by a subsidiary of Kraft Foods.[1] They are circular in shape, salted lightly on one side, and have a small scalloped edge. A single serving (approximately 5 crackers) contains 79 calories, 1 gram of protein and 4 grams of fat, or 70 calories and 2.5 grams of fat for the Whole Wheat variety.
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Ritz Crackers varieties are: Original, Low Sodium, Reduced Fat, Whole Wheat, Roasted Vegetable, Garlic Butter, Honey Butter, Hint of Salt, Fresh Stacks, and Brown Sugar Cinnamon.[2]
In the U.S. and Canada, Ritz Bits Sandwiches are sold. They are miniature-sized Ritz sandwiches with several types of filling between the two crackers. The flavors of filling used to be: Cheese, Peanut Butter, S'mores, and Peanut Butter and Jelly. A pizza version was sold in the early 1990s and again in the early 2000s. Plain Ritz Bits were also sold. Ritz Crackers were also available in a toasted crisp chip called Ritz Toasted Chips and in an elongated form known as Ritz Sticks.
For a while, there were two Ritz Bits flavors including Peanut Butter and Fudge, which consisted of half peanut butter and the other half fudge, and the other Extreme Cheese. Extreme Cheese is similar to regular cheese flavor, except the cracker also contains cheese flavor in it.
Ritz Crackers in Canada are available in varieties such as Original, Low Salt, Reduced Fat, 100% Whole Grain, and Cheddar.
Ritz Snackwiches are also available, and Ritz Crackers are also a part of the Handi Snacks line, with Cheez Whiz and Kraft Peanut Butter.
Although the Ritz Chips in the US have been rebranded, the name is still available in Canada. Flavors include Original, Barbecue, Cheddar, Sour Cream & Onion, Multigrain, and Veggie.
Ritz Crackers are available in the United Kingdom in three varieties. Original and Cheese flavor are sold in 200 g boxes, and Ritz Cheese Sandwich (a cheesy filling sandwiches between two Ritz Crackers) is available in 125 g roll packs and 33 g snack packs.
Ritz Crackers are also available as the dippers for Dairylea Dunkers and Philadelphia Snack.
Ritz Crackers are available in Australia in a number of varieties including Original and Low Fat.
In Australian slang, Ritz is commmonly pronounced with a "Y" replacing the "R", as 'Yitz'.
Ritz Crackers were featured in the 1991 movie Regarding Henry. Henry, who suffered from amnesia, could only recall the word "Ritz" from his past. This was taken to mean Ritz Crackers, but actually referred to the Ritz Carlton.
In the Seinfeld episode The Jacket, Kramer asks Jerry: You got any of those Mini Ritzes? To which Jerry replies: I can't believe that I do.