Nilla Wafers
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Nilla Wafers are vanilla-flavored, wafer-style cookies made by Nabisco, a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International.
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Product type | Cookie |
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Owner | Mondelez International |
Country | U.S. |
Introduced | 1898; 126 years ago (1898) |
Previous owners | Nabisco |
Website | snackworks.com/nilla |
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The name is a shortened version of vanilla, the flavor profile common to all Nilla-branded products. Originally marketed as Nabisco Vanilla Wafers, the product's name was changed in 1967 to the abbreviated form, Nilla Wafer.[1] Originally a round, thin, light wafer cookie made with flour, sugar, shortening, eggs[2] and real vanilla, Nilla wafers have been primarily flavored with synthetic vanillin since at least 1994, a change which prompted criticism.[3][4] Nilla wafers are described as having "natural and artificial flavor", according to the ingredients list on the box.[5]
Nilla produced a variety of spin-off products, including pie crusts. The crusts were introduced in 1992 alongside pie crusts flavored like two other Nabisco cookie brands, Oreos and Honey Grahams.[6]