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Frontier Biscuit Factory: Manufacturing Scrumptious yet Nutritious Delicacies with Century-Long Mastery & Virtue

As a child, every one of us has ‘invented’ the perfect version of munching on the moreish delicacy – biscuits. Maybe it’s just me! Today, we have the luxury of choosing a biscuit from a wide variety that tingles our taste buds. But when they came into existence eons ago in the form of Rusk (or stone bread as they were called) to satiate the carbohydrate needs of sailors & soldiers, biscuits had nothing but flour and water. They gradually evolved into a sponge cake that was aerated with eggs and dried out in the oven again; thereby earned the name – biscuit which means ‘baked twice’ in French. Unsurprisingly, these crumbly delights relished by all age groups unanimously, eventually emerged into one of the iconic snacks.