Bamba (snack)
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| Course | Snack |
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| Place of origin |
 Israel
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| Created by | Osem |
| Main ingredients | Peanut butter |
| Variations | Sweet Bamba, Nougat-filled Bamba, Halva-filled Bamba |
| 544 per 100 grams kcal | |
Bamba (Hebrew: בַּמְבָּה) is a peanut butter-flavored snack manufactured by the Osem corporation in Holon, Israel.
Bamba is one of the leading snack foods produced and sold in Israel. It has been marketed since 1964 with no decline in sales. Bamba makes up 25% of the Israeli snack market. Similar products from other domestic manufacturers include "Parpar" (Telma, since 2000 a subsidiary of Unilever) and "Shush" (Strauss).
Bamba is made from peanut butter-flavored puffed maize. Bamba contains no cholesterol, preservatives or food coloring, is enriched with several vitamins, and contains high amounts of fat and salt. The energy content is 544 calories per 100 grams. Bamba is certified Kosher by Badatz Jerusalem. Some describe it as "Cheez Doodles without the cheese."
Corn grits are "popped" under high pressure, turning them into long lines of white, puffed, unflavored Bamba. The lines are cut into nuggets and then moved to a drying chamber where they are air-baked for 20 seconds, which gives them a crispy texture. The peanut butter, imported from Argentina, is added at the end. A worker stands on a step above the rotating drums and pours a pitcher of liquid peanut butter into each of the containers. As the drums turn, the nuggets are coated. The hot Bamba is then moved along a conveyor belt to cool before packaging.
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