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Hagelslag

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Hagelslag are small, oblong, sweet chocolate sprinkles or granules a few millimeters long, sprinkled over slices of buttered bread or rusks. They are a Dutch chocolate product and a traditional Dutch food item, most familiar as a topping eaten at breakfast.

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Origin Period, From (Year)
1919 1
Origin Region
Netherlands 1
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1. Hagelslag - Wikipedia
  • History section, sentence naming Dieperink and Venco
    According to historical records from the Amsterdam City Archives, Hagelslag was originally invented by B.E. Dieperink, the director of the liquorice sweet company Venco, in 1919.
  • History section, sentence naming Dieperink and Venco, cited again as the closing year of a point-in-time origin
    According to historical records from the Amsterdam City Archives, Hagelslag was originally invented by B.E. Dieperink, the director of the liquorice sweet company Venco, in 1919.
  • History section, sentence naming Venz as the Netherlands' largest producer
    Venz, the Netherlands' largest producer of hagelslag products, has been making chocolate hagelslag since 1936.
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