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Ritz Crackers (History, Varieties, Pictures & Commercials)

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Ritz is a circular cracker with ridge edges. Ritz is crunchy, but easy to bite into crackers, and is salted on one side. Other varieties of Ritz exist, such as Ritz’s “Hint of Salt” and “Garlic Butter” flavor. Ritz Crackers are a fairly simple snack but have won over consumers with that simplicity. Ritz makes use of the color red for much of its branding, a noticeable color that denotes warmth, something that blends well with the taste and aesthetics of Ritz Cracker’s snacks. Ritz is also popular for its use in a wide variety of recipes and usefulness in combining the crackers with other foods. Ritz are golden and are about 2 inches wide.

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Ritz Crackers

General Information

Ritz Crackers are a brand of snack crackers introduced by Nabisco in 1934 and are currently manufactured by Mondelez International , a spin-off of Kraft Foods. The circular, lightly salted cracker with a small scalloped edge became a top seller soon after it was introduced and has been ranked at or near the top of America’s snack polls for a number of years.

In 1934, during the Depression, Americans yearned for something fancy and exquisite, so a Nabisco employee came up with the name Ritz for its new cracker to help sell it. An employee, Sydney Stern, had one weekend to come up with a marketing idea to compete with Sunshine Biscuits’ most successful cracker. Sydney Stern helped design the box to appeal to consumers. Nabisco introduced the Ritz cracker to the Baltimore and Philadelphia markets on Nov. 21, 1934.

Many are familiar with the buttery-tasting original Ritz cracker, but there are other varieties available, from Low Sodium and Reduced Fat Ritz to Whole Wheat, Bacon, Garlic and Honey Butter Ritz. There are Ritz crackers that come in alternative sizes, including Crisps & Thins, a thinner version of the original cracker and Ritz Bits, bite-sized versions with peanut butter and cheese fillings. Ritz Fresh Stacks come in shorter sleeves so they stay fresher longer. Ritz Toasted Chips has been sold in five different flavors and small packs of Ritz Cracker Sandwiches, which are filled with peanut butter, cheddar and cream cheese.

You can eat Ritz Crackers straight out of the pack or Ritz in recipes to create a wide variety of dishes. A recipe for Mock Apple Pie that was found on the back of boxes may have been invented by Nabisco during the 1930s, when apples were hard to come by, according to culinarylore.com. The recipe uses Ritz crackers, lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon instead of apples. Ritz crackers can go in casseroles, main courses, side dishes and desserts and can be used with macaroni and cheese, baked chicken and butter toffee cookies.

Ritz Crackers has had a few slogans over the years, such as in tv commercials with Andy Griffith saying, “Everything tastes great when it sits on a Ritz,” maybe the cracker’s best-known advertising message. There are many more current executions, including the 2015 “Life is Rich” campaign that invoked the Depression-era founding of Ritz to promote the cracker and used a hit song by New Kids on the Block to support it .

A campaign in 2016 utilized an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response sound design technique to accentuate the crispiness when eating a Ritz cracker as part of a TV and online campaign.

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Ritz crackers make a simple but time-proven snack, they can be eaten on their own for a light snack or topped with peanut butter or cheese to add more complexity and flavor to the snack. Ritz is said to have a buttery flavor to it, and Ritz is often sold in cardboard boxes that contain inner plastic packages that are very long and narrow that contain the crackers themselves.

Ritz Crackers was invented in the year 1934 and was first introduced by Nabisco. The original cracker that gave life to this now very famous cracker was a product made in the early 1900s by Jackson Cracker Company of Jackson, Michigan. The cracker was also small and round and it was called the Jaxon. This is the product that was first brought to Nabisco and the name of the cracker was immediately changed by Nabisco execs to Ritz .

The first Nabisco product was actually intended to compete with a product called the Hi Ho Cracker that was made by major competitor Sunshine Biscuits. The name Ritz was actually the product of the work of employee Sydney Stern who also made the marketing plan for the new product. Stern said later that she chose the name to help make post-depression-era people feel like they were getting a taste of the high life when they bought these crackers.

Stern also said that the original blue circle with the yellow lettering that was used for years to market the product was also his idea. While execs at Nabisco were worried that this name and the basic styling of the logo would not connect with people and might even injure people’s feelings, thy should not have worried. Stern knew what he was doing and people really did feel like these practical snacks were giving them a small taste of a better life than they had lost during the depression era.

The release date of the Ritz crackers right in the middle of the great depression should have made them a resounding failure. After all, people did not have much money and what money they did have was not being funneled into snacks that were not an essential. However, the marketing that Stern had dreamt up was spot on because people were looking for any sign that the world was going to get back on track. Being able to buy a basic item like a cracker that was linked with luxury gave them a small glimmer of hope that the world would someday get back on track.

Affordable luxury was the basis for the brand’s early success and the original boxes were sold for 19 cents. While these were affordable treats that everyone could buy, the scarcity of good food during this era meant that everyone was eating these crackers, rich and poor alike. So people in dire straights really were enjoying the fine dining that wealthy people were still able to afford, even if the food they were sharing was just a humble, but a tasty little cracker.

This kind of successful marketing would later allow Stern to redesign the Animal Crackers boxes to offer images of the zoo and to work on the Shredded Wheat campaigns that we are all so familiar with today, many generations later. Ritz might not have made its way into the hearts of Americans without the hard work of Stern, who was actually an artist as well as a marketing genius.

Ritz were on the menu at the Waldorf-Astoria during the depression and this might have been partially related to the name. “Ritz” was a term that inclusively meant anything upscale, fancy, or aspirational during this period. Ritz crackers might have been humble butter crackers, but they were labeled in a way that said they were far more than that.

Ritz Crackers Logo

This cracker was sold without any additional varieties for a very long time. There are now a few different ways that these crackers can be enjoyed for those who want something other than the simple, buttery classic cracker to munch on:

  • Crisp & Thins – Cream Cheese and onion, salt and vinegar, sea salt, jalapeno, buffalo, sweet chili, sour cream, and smoked chipotle, barbeque, and bacon
  • Fresh Stacks
  • Ritz Bits – peanut butter and cheese centers
  • Toasted Chips
  • Cracker Sandwiches- peanut butter and cheese flavors
  • Cheese Crispers
  • Roasted vegetable
  • Honey Wheat

Other than the seasonal varieties, these variations are sold all the time and you can get them at most locations that also sell the original crackers. Some of the variations like honey wheat and roasted vegetable are not always sold alongside the originals. They are made in the same style unlike the various flavors of the crisp version of the crackers.

Sociables are the Canadian version of these crackers and they are largely the same as far as ingredients, and the packaging looks much the same but they come in various shapes. These crackers are square, round, x-shaped, and triangular. The flaky nature of the American version is also reduced in the Canadian cracker. Their version is more like a Chicken in a Biskit cracker than what Americans will think of as a Ritz.

Ritz is owned by Mondelez International. The company is headquartered near Chicago and manufactures chocolate, cookies, biscuits, gum, confectionery, and powdered beverages. Modelz International also owns products such as Sour Patch Kids , Ice Breakers , and is part owner of Oreo O’s Cereal .

Here are the ingredients for Ritz Crackers.

  • Unbleached enriched flour (Wheat flour, Niacin, Reduced iron, Thiamine mononotrate (Vitamin B1, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid)
  • Leavening (Calcium phosphate, baking soda)
  • High fructose corn syrup
  • Soy Lecithin
  • Natural Flavor
  • The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ritz are actually vegan, which is a really nice benefit for those who follow this diet. There are not many mass-produced food products that are fully vegan and these little buttery, crumbly crackers can be enjoyed by those who follow the vegan diet.

Some of the alternate flavor varieties will have different ingredients to create a flavor profile that is unique to that product. The original recipe is the foundation of everything but the crisps, which are made in a slightly different way than the original crackers due to the differing texture. Most of the flavor varieties that are offered for this brand are related to the crisps. The original recipe might be slightly different in some of the products that are made to be used for sandwiches as well.

As mentioned earlier, the Ritz cracker was marketed in the Great Depression era as a sign of luxury and good taste. This meant that even famous upscale hotels were using them for appetizers and other food on their menus. The name alone made the early years of the cracker a big success, despite Nabisco’s early worries that the name would offend people who were struggling just to get by.

Ads in the early years for Ritz crackers showed golfers and those on luxury cruises being served Ritz crackers by uniformed servants. Some classic Americana-style ads were made with little girls holding up the crackers and declaring, “the Ritz James!”

This early connotation with luxury and wealth served these little crackers well for many years, but when the financial situation of Americans improved, the ads needed to change. Snack foods experienced a huge uptick in popularity in the 50s, and there were suddenly many competitors both in the candy space and in the cracker space.

Ads and marketing for the crackers switched from the fancy nature of these indulgences to their healthy ingredients and slogans that indicated that you couldn’t eat just one of these delicious crispy snacks. The products were by now sold in sleeves, so you were also almost encouraged by the packaging to eat the whole sleeve in a sitting.

Some of the other marketing over the years of the 80s and 90s focused on how well-designed Ritz were for appetizers and grab-and-go eating. Both “yuppie” sensibilities and the increasingly corporate and busy lifestyles of younger people were appealed to with this marketing ploy. Children who grew up during this time will remember clearly the TV ads that showed Ritz being used for appetizers at fancy parties as well as ads with young children gobbling up these treats as they did exciting and active things.

Ritz has always managed to stay ahead of the social curve and the company continues to market these handy snacks based on accurate predictions of the changes in the social nature of eating that inevitably occur. One of the current slogans that the company is using is, “delicious snacks are always welcome”. The website for the crackers still focuses on images of Ritz being used as yummy appetizers because this remains one of the most popular ways to enjoy these small and round crackers.

Other slogans that are in use currently are, “a taste of welcome” and, “we believe there’s always room for one more”. The messaging is clear and you are made to understand that these are highly snackable treats that are also good for you. While most snacks are scrambling to try and prove that they are not full of unhealthy additives these days, Ritz does come to the forefront as a healthier choice than some competitors’ products.

While the original slogan, “An affordable taste of luxury” might be gone these days and the connection with luxury and Ritz is no longer central to the marketing plan for the product, the connection with America’s current sensibilities about snacks are still clear. Ritz always wants to appeal to people where they are currently at with regards to snacking and their success at this kind of marketing has cemented this cracker as one of America’s most beloved snacks.

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A current Ritz ad focusing on family and also on social change of various kinds:

One of the kid-centric Ritz ads:

A really fun ad with Sofia Vergara:

Fresh Stacks contain  13 crackers  each and are individually wrapped for portability and to maintain freshness.

There are 80 calories in each serving of 5 crackers (16g)

Ritz Crackers (1 round cracker) contains 2g total carbs.

Ritz is owned by Mondelez International. The company is headquartered near Chicago and manufactures chocolate, cookies, biscuits, gum, confectionery, and powdered beverages.

Here are the ingredients for Ritz Crackers. Unbleached enriched flour (Wheat flour, Niacin, Reduced iron, Thiamine mononotrate (Vitamin B1, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid) Canola Oil Palm oil, Sugar, Salt, Leavening (Calcium phosphate, baking soda), High fructose corn syrup, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.

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Ritz has a supply issue now. When will it begin shipping again?

As a child, the treat at my grandmother’s house was a ritz cracker with peanut butter and a small dollop of homemade black raspberry jelly. Yum! This was in the 1950’s. Are the crackers smaller than in the early 50’s? It seems to me that they are, but still delicious.

Are Ritz crackers smaller than in the 1950’s?

I’ve had the same question for years (to go with my 1955 pie recipe), but the manufacturer(s) have never responded to me. I’ve been increasing the number of crackers by 20%. I don’t think they are smaller, but they are less dense.

There was a recipe on the box of Ritz in the 1970’s for a mushroom-mix atop a Ritz that was baked. Anyone have it? It was delicious.

I believe that Nabisco made “Cheesy Ritz” back in 60’s/70’s

One variety that’s not listed on this site is Reduced Fat Ritz Crackers. I like these more than the original Ritz. Ritz-Bits are also really good. I can’t decide if I like the peanut butter ones or the cheese ones more. They might actually be tied for me.

My box of Ritz crackers says made in Mexico. I won’t buy a car made in Mexico, so I won’t be buying Ritz crackers any more.

Ot gives me joy to see the little girl and the elderly man dancing in the street. I think it should have been longer but I had so much joy and laughter seeing it. Thank you for happiness.

What happened to the rich buttery taste Ritz Crackers used to have? It ain’t there anymore and I’m deeply disappointed! Y’all gonna make me buy Townhouse crackers from now on.

Ritz are definitely not the cracker they used to be. Now drier, more crumbly, and with all the flavor of a spoonful of baking soda. We’re looking for a substitute – stumbled on this site trying to find out what happened.

I agree..flavorless, very pale in color as they used to be golden brown..have a waxy white oily resudue when they are eaten..im looking for a different cracker to use also

PLEASE, ANYONE THAT HAS THE RECIPE THAT WAS ON THE BACK OF BOXES IN THE LATE 70S OR EARLY 80S FOR A CHEESE RICE PIE WITH SAUTED ONIONS AND CURRY POWDER , IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YEARS ! PLEASE HELP ME ! SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE IT !

Most of us are getting off meat and this was so good , the church I belonged to back then had a lot of vegetarians and everyone loved this

The Ritz cracker is one of the best crackers made,I have talked to a lot of people who like them but stopped buying them because they are too salty which I have to agree, too bad I really like them.

I have a copy of a picture that hung in my grandmother’s kitchen for decades. She once told me it came from a magazine. The oldest of 8 grandkids has the original. I just found and bought another original of it. I took it out of the frame and on the back is a full page Ritz Cracker ad. Trying to find out the magazine that published it, and year of publication. Would like to solve my question, What magazine published little “baking girl” I’ve seen for 70 years.

What is the bioengineered food ingredient made in Mexico that is added to ritz crackers? I tried to find out got sent to an ingredient page that opened (oops that page doesn’t exist)! Not happy with that search “surprise”! UPC 044000045753 code on box Hope to get an answer soon🤷‍♀️

My husband and I have been buying Ritz crackers for many years. I have always purchased the box with the 8 rolls as the crackers mostly stay in the round with minimal breakage. I must say that my husband is what I would call a Ritz cracker connoisseur. He knows and loves the flavour of the original Ritz cracker and I have never successfully snuck in another brand of look-alike’s. He knew immediately that they were not the REAL Ritz. On that note, I have recently purchased a couple boxes of the 4-bag packages of Ritz at Costco. The first bag that I opened has an unusually sweet taste. Almost like a cookie. Has anyone else experienced this? We live in Canada so shop at the Canadian COSTCO.

I am having difficulty purchasing Ritz Cracker bites, are they still being manufactured??

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How the Ritz Cracker Got Its Name

And how I learned to appreciate the art of the snack.

We all remember genealogy week in elementary school. As if talking about family weren't awkward enough, there always seemed to be a hotshot related to a famous celebrity, inventor, or worse—Constitution signer. I grew up loving art. My mother used to let us skip school to see special exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. There was, I realize now, an important artist in our lineage, but I didn't see that at the time. As far as I could tell, my family tree's most notable branch grew from the snack aisle at the grocery story.

It took me years to fully appreciate that my great, great uncle’s Nabisco box designs literally made us the Ritziest family of all. His name was Sydney S. Stern, and he turned personal tragedy into the most prolific commercial art career you’ve never heard of.

Stern was the brother of my great grandfather Alfred. They were two of six siblings, the children of Hungarian immigrants living in a tenement in lower Manhattan. All the siblings went on to be successful in their chosen fields, but Stern quickly distinguished himself through his love of drawing. He began his career as an independent commercial artist, but in 1928 his wife died from childbirth complications, leaving him alone with an infant, a kindergartener and a fourth grader. My grandmother’s cousin Donald Stern recalls that his dad made three major decisions: moving the family to Long Island, temporarily placing baby Henry in a home for infants and accepting a nine-to-four job with Nabisco Biscuit Company. Sydney Stern and Nabisco were a fortuitous match. In 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, Stern had one weekend to come up with a marketing gimmick to compete with Sunshine Biscuits’ most successful cracker. Inspired by the circular label inside his hat, he debuted a blue circle with a four letter word in yellow lettering: Ritz. He stuck this cardboard circle in the band of his fedora and modeled it for his family, including his new wife and Henry, no longer a baby.

Executives worried that “Ritz” would rub downtrodden consumers the wrong way but—as we know—it had the opposite effect. People came to see the crackers as rich little bites of the good life, and soon Ritz was on its way to becoming America’s favorite snack .

Stern also had a hand in designing the Barnum’s Animal Crackers box–one which many snack enthusiasts instantly recognize and love. He looked at an early Animal Cracker box prototype and noticed that the animals were all shades of brown. Hoping to break up the monotone illustration, he added a stark white polar bear. Consumers wrote in to ask why there was no corresponding polar bear cracker!

He also added a string to some editions of the Animal Crackers box, so it could be used as an ornament (or a handy tote.)

In the case of Shredded Wheat, Stern’s contribution was just good old fashioned commercial trickery. When Nabisco bought shredded wheat from The Natural Food Company in 1901, the package depicted the original company’s Niagara Falls factory in the background and a piece of shredded wheat in the foreground. Stern’s job was to make the piece of Shredded Wheat progressively bigger over several editions until the ugly factory disappeared altogether—while slowly conditioning shoppers to recognize a factory-free box.

Sydney Stern worked for Nabisco for 31 years before retiring to Florida where he was involved in the creative community. He found kindred spirits in the city of Pinellas Park where he exhibited his art at the Beaux Arts Gallery . This gallery began as a coffeehouse of the same name, once frequented by the likes of Jack Kerouac and Jim Morrison. The founder, Tom Reese , held a retrospective of Stern’s career on the occasion of his 95th birthday. That same year, Stern was inducted into the Ritz Hall of Fame (with a little behind the scenes work by Donald’s late wife Barbara; the leaders of the company were surprised to learn he was not only alive but very active).

Nabisco didn’t catalog Stern’s art. This was pre-Warhol, and commercial art wasn’t considered valuable. It took the pop art movement to convince the world that product packaging was culturally significant and worthy of examination.

Today, two former Nabisco factories have close ties to the art world: The Beacon factory, birthplace of the machine that inserted the string into the Animal Crackers box, became the Dia: Beacon museum. Chelsea Market , once a massive bakery for crackers and cookies, today sits in the heart of New York City’s gallery district.

Whether what Sydney Stern made was considered art by his contemporaries is immaterial. The Nabisco company became family at the very moment Stern’s was fractured. He lived to be 99, and obituaries from The New York Times to The LA Times led with one word: Ritz. Last year, my mother came to visit and brought me a small box of Barnum’s Animal Crackers. It’s been sitting on a shelf in my room ever since. I haven’t thought to open them, although it’s been months. Maybe I’ll hang a sign that says “don’t touch the art.”

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Jackson Michigan Is The Original Home To Ritz Crackers

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Snacks are something that many people will call essential to life and I think I agree with them. I mean snacks are at home whenever you want them, but you also pack them to satisfy your hunger while at work, school, on a road trip, catching a flight, at a party, and so many other things. Snacks are something everyone has, but the types of snacks are what set people apart.

Some people like to have sweet sugary snacks like gummy candy, chocolate, ice cream, cookies, brownies, etc. The list of sugary items could rumble on pages, but other people can do without the sweets and prefer other snacks. Some people like healthy snacks like fruit, vegetables, nuts, granola, etc. and choose to nourish their bodies with their snacks. Lastly, there are those who like salty snacks like cheez itz, potato chips, salted nuts, crackers, and more. One of the nation's favorite salty cracker snacks was created here in Michigan .

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Jackson Cracker Company & Jaxon Crackers

During the early 1900s, the Jackson Cracker Company had been established and run, making crackers and biscuits for the locals to enjoy and also sending out shipments as well. They would go on to create the "Jaxon Cracker" which was just a small, round cracker used to eat with dips or solo. I love the spelling to keep it unique but also have a tie to the community, but eventually, they would be bought out and the name would be changed.

Nabisco & Ritz Crackers

In 1919, Nabisco comes rolling through town and throws the owners of Jackson Cracker Company an offer they can't resist and they are bought out. Nabisco bought the rights to the cracker company and Jaxon crackers and decided a change was needed. They took Jaxon crackers off the shelves and in 1934 and released them as the Ritz crackers we know.

They changed the name to Ritz because they were competing with Hi Ho crackers and needed a better marketing scheme. Starting with the name and choosing RItz because it resembled how they were offering "a bite of the good life" to everyone during the great depression. Sydney Stern is credited with creating this name, reasoning, and the trademark blue and yellow logo we're used to seeing.

The Ritz cracker has pretty much become a staple for the American home and almost everyone has had Ritz before. The taste is so familiar and they are so sought after that Ritz cracker has been named the best-perceived snack brand in America. This Tiktok video was posted by a user (shawnieismynickname) that explains the details below:

@shawnieismynickname Jaxon = Ritz. The name 'Ritz', which appealed to individuals enduring the privations of the Great Depression by offering them "a bite of the good life". #michigan #history #retromusic #oldschool ♬ Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival

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A Brief History of the Cheez-It

America’s iconic orange cracker turns 100 this year

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Dayton’s historic Edgemont neighborhood is cocooned inside a crook in the Great Miami River , a winding waterway that snakes through the heart of southwest Ohio. Two miles from downtown, with its air of industry, the community hearkens to a time when Dayton was hailed “The City of A Thousand Factories.”

In the early 20th century, inside a foregone factory on the corner of Concord and Cincinnati Streets, Green & Green cracker company cooked up its Edgemont product line, a collection of grahams, crackers and gingersnaps that were shipped across the region. But of the company’s four Edgemont products, only one, in particular, a flaky one-by-one-inch cheese cracker, would revolutionize snack time. On May 23, 1921, when Green & Green decided to trademark the tasty treat’s unique name, the Cheez-It was born.

“In 1921, Cheez-It didn’t mean anything, so Green & Green marketed the cracker as a ‘baked rarebit,’ ” says Brady Kress, president & CEO of Dayton’s Carillon Historical Park , a nationally recognized open-air museum centered on the city’s history of innovation. (Inside Carillon Brewing Company , a fully operating 1850s brewery at the park, costumed interpreters still bake crackers over an open hearth.) “People were familiar with rarebit, a sort of melted cheddar beer cheese spread over toast. Cheez-It offered the same great taste, only baked down into a cracker that will last.”

Cheez-It’s 11-month shelf life is impressive, but so is the company’s history. This month, America's iconic orange cracker turns 100. But the Cheez-It story stretches even further back than that.

A Brief History of the Cheez-It

In 1841, Dr. William W. Wolf moved to Dayton to practice homeopathy, a branch of alternative medicine that believes in the healing power of food. Hailed Dayton’s “Cracker King,” Wolf concocted the Wolf Cracker, a curious hard-butter snack made for medicinal purposes.

“In the 19th century, crackers were linked to Christian physiology and sectarian medical practitioners,” says Lisa Haushofer, a senior research associate at the University of Zurich’s Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine. “Christian physiologists like Sylvester Graham, of Graham Cracker fame, were concerned about a modern diet that contained too many stimulating substances.” (In addition to being a cracker evangelist, Graham was also a pro-temperance Presbyterian minister who preached a vegetarian diet). Wolf echoed Graham’s concerns that food was far too rousing ( though Graham also dubiously believed his crackers could cure licentiousness ), so he launched the Wolf Cracker Bakery to churn out his wholesome snacks.

“They believed there was too much nourishment per food unit in modern bread, too much excitement,” says Haushofer. “So they recommended grain products made from coarse flour, which, they believed, contained a more natural ratio of nourishing and non-nourishing parts. Crackers were considered health food.”

According to Haushofer, homeopaths at the time were also concerned about digestibility, and since they believed heating food aided digestion, baked Wolf Crackers were just what the doctor ordered. But Wolf’s patients weren’t the only ones after his crackers. What started as a medical remedy soon became a sought-after treat.

In the 1870s, while living on the barren plains of North Dakota, Dayton natives J.W. and Weston Green often longed for a taste of home. “In those days food supplies were both expensive and scarce in that region,” wrote the Dayton Journal Herald in its October 31, 1907, edition, “and the father and son regularly sent back to their old home city, Dayton[,] for those necessities that could not be obtained there. ‘Invariably,’ Mr. Green says, ‘we would include in that order a good supply of … the ‘Wolfe Cracker’ [sic].”

J.W. Green never forgot the savory, buttery, nut-like flavor of Wolf Crackers. In 1897, when Wolf died, Green purchased the Wolf Bakery Company, then enlisted his son, Weston Green, to join him in business. The Greens renamed the enterprise Green & Green Company, and while Wolf’s recipe remained the same, they rebranded the doctor’s famous treat as the “Dayton Cracker.”

By the turn of the 20th century, Dayton held more patents, per capita, than any U.S. city ; surrounded by this innovative environment, Green & Green flourished, expanding its operations to nearby Springfield and Lima, and delivering baked goods across southwest Ohio. But soon, the company’s crackers became more than a regional concern. During World War I, Green & Green fired up its ovens for the war effort.

“All our facilities but one little oven that can’t be used for Hard Bread will be speeded up to keep two car loads a day going by express,” read a Green & Green ad in the Dayton Daily News’ s July 14, 1918, edition … “that OUR BOYS at the front may have their Fighting Bread.”

Though far less tasty than the Dayton Cracker, Dayton’s Fighting Bread sustained countless soldiers during the Great War. Typically made from salt, flour and water, Hard Bread—also known as hardtack, teeth dullers or jawbreakers—was often soaked in water before being served. If stored improperly, weevils and maggots made Hard Bread their home, prompting soldiers to dub the wartime ration “worm castles.”

“We are mighty glad and proud to be a cog in the big machine that will win the war,” read Green & Green’s ad. However, Doughboys weren’t the only ones helping win the war. “P.S. We could still use a few more women in the packing of Hard Bread.”

A Brief History of the Cheez-It

After World War I, Green & Green Company sidelined Hard Bread in favor of more flavorful fare. By Armistice Day, the Dayton Cracker (still made with Wolf’s original recipe) had been baked in Dayton for nearly 80 years. But while the hard butter-cracker was a local treasure, customers yearned for a delicate, flakier treat. Soon, Green & Green launched its Edgemont line, and in 1921, unveiled the “baked rarebit,” known as the Cheez-It.

“Welsh Rarebit, at its most basic form, is essentially a cheese sauce spread on toast,” says Rachael Spears, a living history specialist at Dayton’s Carillon Historical Park. “Some 19th-century English recipes specifically call for cheddar cheese. To this day, Cheez-It still advertises 100 percent real cheese, which draws a connection to its rarebit roots.”

But in 1921, Americans needed more than a novel snack. Following the Great War, the global economy dipped , and American wallets were increasingly thin. “Rarebit is a lesson in frugality,” says Kress. “It’s a nutritious dish that doesn’t cost a lot of money. When it’s baked down into a Cheez-It, it becomes a tasty treat. And just like hardtack, if you store it correctly, it will stay for a very long time. You don’t run the risk of it growing weevils.”

A Brief History of the Cheez-It

In 1915, one pound of Green & Green crackers sold for 10 cents, roughly $2.65 in 2021 dollars. “When Uncle Sam picked men for his army overseas,” read a June 1920 Green & Green ad, “he also picked foods that would keep those picked men robust and healthy—fit for the strenuous duties ahead of them. Just as the crackers for our soldiers kept sweet and fresh in tins, so Edgemont Crackers … keep crisp and creamy in the Family Tin. Ask mother to keep a tin in her pantry.”

Cheez-Its kept Americans fed during the post-war recession, throughout the Roaring Twenties, and at the onset of the Great Depression. But by 1932, Green & Green packed up its last Family Tin and sold the business to Kansas City’s Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company .

In 1947, the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company became the Sunshine Biscuit Company; in 1996, Keebler acquired Sunshine; and in 2001, Kellogg acquired Keebler.

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“The Cheez-It name has accompanied the baked cracker since its creation in 1921,” says Jeff Delonis, senior director of marketing for Cheez-It. “The original Cheez-It packaging was green and white. In the 1930s, red was introduced into the brand logo, and by the 1940s, the box included the iconic red and yellow-orange colors that remain today. The general shape and look of the cracker has largely stayed the same.”

Cheez-Its may still look the same, but the cracker’s production has soared. Once baked on the corner of Concord and Cincinnati Streets in Dayton’s Edgemont neighborhood, then shipped to regional grocers, Cheez-It sold more than 400 million packages in the U.S. alone last year.

“It’s super fun to think about all the cities around the country that were producing foods for local audiences,” says Kress. “Every city had them. Here’s an idea that came out of Dayton, Ohio.”

But “baked rarebit,” once a prevalent idiom used to describe an obscure cracker, has since faded, replaced by the now-ubiquitous term, Cheez-It.

“When you bake a cracker, you roll the dough out thin, kind of like a pie crust,” says Spears. “But at the heart, it’s like a thin, crispy biscuit. When you bite into a Cheez-It, you get those nice layers. Those are the layers that form if you cook it a bit.”

Like the Cheez-It itself, we need only bite into the snack’s history to uncover countless compelling layers.

“Cheez-It is a survivor from a bygone time,” says Kress.

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The History of Ritz Crackers

The History of Ritz Crackers

Lauren Cabral

Nabisco debuted Ritz Crackers in 1934 solely in Philadelphia and Baltimore but expanded nationally by 1935. The company took full advantage of the Ritz name, which was associated with luxury thanks to Cesar Ritz’s luxury hotels. Nabisco capitalized on this and ran advertisements showing the crackers being served to golfers and passengers on luxury cruise ships. Released around the height of the Great Depression, the crackers allowed struggling Americans to get a taste of luxury. Although the crackers cost an affordable 19 cents a box, they were seen as luxurious even by the wealthy and were served to rich patrons at high-end hotels like New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria. The crackers were named by Nabisco commercial artist Sydney S. Stern, who was given just one weekend to come up with the branding for the company’s new buttery cracker. Interestingly, Stern’s logo design was inspired by a label he noticed inside of his own hat! (Notably, the modern logo still closely resembles his original version.) Within 3 years, Ritz Crackers became the top-selling cracker in America, but interestingly, they were not the first butter crackers. Sunshine Biscuit had already debuted their Hi Ho butter crackers, but they could not compete with Nabisco’s marketing prowess and Hi Hos were eventually discontinued when the company merged with Keebler. Ritz crackers were incredibly popular during the Great Depression and continued to be so during World War II and beyond. Interestingly, they were even used in frugal, ration-friendly baking as a fake apple pie filling — Nabisco even printed a recipe for mock apple pie on their packaging during World War II! While Ritz Crackers no longer dominate the cracker market the way they did when they first debuted (due in large part to Nabisco’s near-monopoly in the industry at the time), they have continued to be popular throughout the decades and remain a beloved snack today.

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The Untold Truth Of Ritz Crackers

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Ritz Crackers are a universal favorite. They've been a comforting fixture in grocery stores for over 80 years. Ritz are the perfect balance of salty, crispy, and buttery, and since they contain no actual butter even vegans can eat them ! Whether you use them as an edible charcuterie board or as a cheese knife , Ritz crackers are always the life of the party.

Anything that's been on this Earth for the better part of nine decades is going to have some stories to show for it, and Ritz are no exception. The story of Ritz crackers follows the most important events in American history, from the industrialization of the 19th century to the tribulations of the Great Depression and the triumph of packaged convenience foods after World War II. Ritz's manufacturer Nabisco has been one of the biggest players in American snacks for longer than any of us has been alive, and they didn't always play fair. This is the untold truth of Ritz crackers.

Ritz have their roots in maritime history

The American cracker that we all know and love today originated in the late 18th century as a New England variation on hardtack. An essay in the New England Historical Society explains that hardtack, a kind of bread baked until it has no water content left, has been a staple of soldiers' and sailors' rations for hundreds of years. Hardtack was prized for its shelf life, surviving decades if stored properly. However, it was hard as a rock and not very tasty. Bakers in New England solved this problem by adding leavening, producing a tasty cracker more like what we enjoy today.

Former seaman Josiah Bent started producing leavened crackers in 1801, further refining the so-called "common cracker" by manufacturing smaller water crackers. Bent's bakery was one of several operations in the Northeast that consolidated into the New York Biscuit Company, which merged with another bakery to form the National Biscuit Company, or Nabisco, in 1898 (via ThoughtCo) . Nabisco went on to dominate the cracker industry, developing Ritz crackers in 1934 (via Food Timeline) .

Ritz were marketed as an affordable luxury in the Great Depression

When Ritz crackers were released at the height of the Great Depression, the name was associated with the epitome of luxury. Hotelier Cesar Ritz became famous in the first part of the 20th century for his fancy hotels, and anything calling itself Ritz in the 1930s was advertising itself as high-class. The book "A Century of American Icons" says that Nabisco capitalized on the brand's country club connotations in its early advertising, showing golfers and passengers on a luxury cruise ship being served Ritz crackers by uniformed attendants. The humble crackers really were perceived as fancy at the time, showing up on the menu at New York's swanky Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

Americans with tight wallets during the Great Depression viewed Ritz as an affordable way to get a little taste of a wealthy lifestyle. A mere 19 cents could procure a box of the same cracker that was being served to robber barons eating at expensive hotels. Ritz's advertising allowed consumers to fantasize about better times in the middle of great difficulties.

The name came from an artist's hat

Although Nabisco leveraged the luxurious reputation of the Ritz hotel brand in its ads, the crackers aren't actually named after Cesar Ritz's empire. Food and Wine writes that Nabisco commercial artist Sydney S. Stern was given one weekend to come up with a name and logo for the company's new buttery cracker. Pressed for time, the harried designer looked inside his hat and saw a pleasant circular logo on his hatband tag. Inspired, he painted the iconic blue and yellow Ritz logo. Initially, the higher-ups at Nabisco were worried that giving their cracker too rich of an image would backfire with customers, but as we've seen, Americans responded well to the elitist marketing. Sydney's original design stuck, and though details have been changed over the years, the Ritz logo today is still very similar to the 1934 version.

Sydney S. Stern was something of a package design savant, and Ritz wasn't his only iconic invention. He also designed the immediately recognizable Animal Cracker circus box as well as an updated logo for Shredded Wheat.

Ritz crackers were introduced as a copy of a competitor's product

Although Ritz's version ended up being the most popular butter cracker in the world, it was not the first. News-Graphic reports that Nabisco developed the recipe to compete with its rival Sunshine Biscuit. Sunshine's Hi Ho butter crackers ultimately couldn't survive the competition from Ritz, and they were discontinued after the company merged with Keebler (via AnswersToAll) .

Ritz wasn't the only time Nabisco ripped off Sunshine. Atlas Obscura reveals that Nabisco's Oreos are a shameless copy of Sunshine's earlier Hydrox cookies . As with Hi Hos, Hydrox were eventually driven to extinction by Nabisco's superior marketing and distribution. Unlike the butter crackers, however, Hydrox got a new lease on life when Leaf purchased the name and started making their own version. Despite their competitor's corporate skulduggery, Sunshine got the last laugh. They still make America's most popular cracker, Cheez-Its, which according to Statista outsell Ritz by about $200 million a year.

Ritz served as apple pie during times of hardship

Ritz taste buttery, toasty, and salty. Apples taste sweet, sour, and juicy. You wouldn't think that you could make a convincing fake apple pie filling with Ritz crackers, but it actually works. The secret, according to iO9 , is the cream of tartar, a powdered acid that's produced as part of the winemaking process. Since cream of tartar comes from grapes, it has a fruity flavor that infuses the crackers and makes them taste vaguely like apples.

Many people think that Nabisco invented mock apple pie to help sell more crackers during the Great Depression, but Culinary Lore debunks this myth. Although Nabisco popularized the recipe when they started printing it on cracker boxes during World War II, mock apple pie recipes have been found as far back as the 19th century, when they were usually made with saltines or water crackers. Although mock apple pie was created during a time when fresh fruit could be expensive and hard to come by, it's no longer a bargain compared to the real thing. Modern advances in growing and shipping technology have driven the price of fresh apples lower than the price of Ritz.

Ritz crackers were an instant success

By the time Nabisco introduced Ritz, they already dominated the cracker industry. The Gilded Age was a time of consolidation in American corporate life, with huge trusts like Standard Oil showing the advantages of combining competing businesses into large monopolies (via Ohio History Central) . American Business History says that Nabisco's chairman A.W. Green used a combination of perfectionism, bullying, and Machiavellian scheming to take over the majority of America's cracker and biscuit production by the late 19th century. Some bakers resisted, splitting from the trust to form Sunshine, but they couldn't compete with Nabisco's muscle.

It's no wonder that within a year of their release, Ritz crackers swamped all of their competitors. By 1935, less than 24 months after their debut, Ritz had already sold 5 billion crackers (via The Saturday Evening Post) . At the time, that meant that on average, every person in America ate 40 Ritz a year. Ritz eclipsed every other cracker in stores, swiftly becoming the most popular cracker in the global market.

Ritz is still America's favorite snack

Ritz might not be America's best-selling cracker anymore, but sales figures aren't the only way to measure popularity. Insider reports that a YouGov poll of American consumers rated Ritz as not just America's favorite cracker, but its favorite overall snack brand. Rather than measuring purchases, YouGov conducted this study by asking people how they felt about brands on a scale of -100 to 100. It was close, but Ritz edged out Lays with an average score of 54 to 52.5. These brands were the only two to score over 50 in the survey.

Digital Media Solutions argues that nostalgia is one of the most important factors that encourage consumers to develop brand loyalty. Nostalgia incites a heightened sense of emotion that brands can take advantage of to create positive associations. Nabisco and Ritz have been around for as long as most of us can remember, and many of us have fond childhood memories that involve Nabisco brands. We turn to Ritz for comfort just as our grandparents in the Great Depression did.

Those holes in Ritz crackers serve an important purpose

The seven holes on each cracker are a key component of Ritz's classic look, but they're not just for show. They also ensure the cracker's quality (via Today I Found Out) . Crackers need to be flat and crispy, but dough tends to rise in the oven. Cracker factories combat this by using a device called a docker that punches holes in the dough before it's baked. The holes allow steam to cook out of the dough, which prevents it from puffing up. They also promote even baking. The distance between the holes must be precisely calibrated to release the correct amount of moisture during the bake time to achieve the desired texture.

The number of holes in different types of crackers has long fascinated the snack-buying public. They might be overthinking things, though, because The South Florida Sun-Sentinel quotes a Keebler representative as saying "Why are there 13 holes in saltines, while graham crackers have various numbers and a Cheez-It has a sole hole?" Well, apparently: "It just turns out that way."

Ritz benefited from an innovation in snack packaging technology

The History of Branding profile of Nabisco notes that novel packaging design was a key contributor to the corporation's early success. When the company developed a new, fresher-tasting cracker called the Uneeda biscuit, they realized that traditional packaging would allow the delicate crackers to go stale long before they reached customers. At the time, some stores still sold crackers out of antiquated barrels that allowed mice, rats, and other pets access to the exposed biscuits (via American Business History) .

A.W. Green's solution to this problem was an innovative double-layer packaging system called Inner-Seal. The new biscuits arrived at stores sheathed in a wax paper bag inside of a cardboard box. This style of packaging has become ubiquitous in subsequent decades, but at the time it was unique. The wax paper sealed out air and other contaminants while the cardboard protected the crackers from shattering. Nabisco's later offerings like Ritz, Oreos, and Milk Bones all stayed fresh because of Inner-Seal packaging.

They used to be owned by the maker of Camel cigarettes

You wouldn't think of cigarette companies as being suited to selling food, but according to American Business History , that didn't stop two different tobacco conglomerates from trying to find success by buying Nabisco. First, Camel manufacturer R.J. Reynolds bought Nabisco in 1985 as part of an effort to move away from tobacco. R.J. Reynolds brought a more ostentatious swagger to the company's C-suite, but then RJR Nabisco fell victim to a leveraged buyout by venture capital firm KKR. The new owners drove the company into debt and then re-listed it on the stock market at a deflated value.

Philip Morris, the company behind Marlboro cigarettes, swooped in and bought the struggling company in 2000 for almost $15 billion. Like R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris proved ill-suited to running a food empire, and the company divested all its food brands six years after acquiring Nabisco. Snack food and cigarettes may both be addictive, but it turns out that Americans don't like buying their food and their poison from the same people.

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10 Best Factory Tours in Japan

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Japan is a country of innovation and meticulous craftsmanship, where the art of manufacturing is revered. If you’re a curious traveler eager to delve into the heart of Japanese culture, factory tours offer a unique and immersive experience. From tea plantations to whiskey distilleries , and even a knife factory, Japan’s factory tours showcase the nation’s dedication to quality and precision. In this guide, we’ve handpicked the best tours that provide an insightful glimpse into Japan’s industrial prowess. So, let’s grab our safety goggles and embark on an adventure through the fascinating world of Japanese manufacturing!

1. Matcha Green Tea Plantation and Matcha Factory Visit

2. special food & sake factory tour in takayama, 3. learn about and try the production of tatami, 4. soy sauce making experience tour, 5. whiskey distillery and beer factory tour in chitose and naganuma, 6. shizuoka tea picking private experience, 7. full day mud dyeing experience & hydrangea flowers viewing, 8. knife factory and craft walking tour, 9. ramen cooking class at ramen factory in kyoto, 10. exploring nada sake breweries kobe private tour with government-licensed guide, japan wonder travel tours , other articles you might enjoy.

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Nestled in the serene city of Kyoto , this tour takes you to the enchanting world of Matcha green tea at one of the oldest plantations in the country. Immerse yourself in the lush green tea fields and witness the intricate process of Matcha production. From the cultivation of tea leaves to the finely ground powder, you’ll learn the secrets behind Japan’s iconic tea. Enjoy sampling a variety of freshly brewed cups of Matcha as well as some traditional sweets as you admire the picturesque surroundings. 

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Enjoy a pleasant tour to learn about the production of sake as well as senbei (rice crackers) in the history-rich area of Takayama ! Visit a sake distillery as well as a rice cracker factory. Japan is well known for rice , of course, and for a good reason. There are many different delicacies that can be made from rice, and this tour is perfect for learning in-depth about a couple of them. This tour is a great balance between history, walking, snacks, and sake!

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For a truly immersive cultural experience, head to Saitama Prefecture and explore the world of Tatami. Witness the craftsmanship behind these traditional woven mats and discover the significance they hold in Japanese homes . Engage in a hands-on experience, learning the art of Tatami making from skilled artisans. Enjoy a nice cup of tea included at the end of the tour, which is also a great time to shop for souvenirs!

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Venture to Shizuoka Prefecture and uncover the savory secrets of Soy Sauce production. This tour takes you through the production process, allowing you to make your own bottle to take home and enjoy! Immerse yourself in the rich aromas and taste the authentic flavors of this beloved condiment. This tour is also great for those fascinated by history as the store, Meijiya, has been around for more than 100 years! What’s more is that the master of the store will be the one to guide you on the tour.

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Calling all whiskey and beer aficionados! Embark on a journey to Hokkaido , more specifically  Chitose and Naganuma and explore the world of Japanese spirits. Visit a renowned whiskey distillery in the Maoi area of Naganuma, where master blenders create exquisite blends using time-honored techniques. Discover the intricate process of brewing beer at the Kirin brewery in Chitose and indulge in a tasting session of their Ichiban shibori. There’s also a tasty meal included in the tour to keep your palate ready for more refined beverages! 

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Escape the city bustle and embrace the tranquility of Shizuoka’s tea fields. Engage in a private tea-picking experience, plucking fresh leaves under the guidance of tea masters. Immerse yourself in the peaceful surroundings as you learn about the various tea varieties and the traditional cultivation methods. Afterward, enjoy and savor the delicate flavors of freshly brewed tea, as well as take home a variety with you to enjoy!

If you plan to stay in Shizuoka any longer, especially in the summer, be sure to check out the beaches !

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Unleash your creativity and try your hand at the intricate mud dyeing techniques. Join this hands-on workshop in Tokyo, where you’ll learn the art of mud dyeing, known as Dorozome. Create unique patterns on cloth using natural pigments and take home a one-of-a-kind souvenir. In addition, explore the enchanting beauty of 10,000 hydrangea flowers in full bloom on Mt. Hydrangea (yes, translated from Japanese, that is actually the name!), adding a touch of nature to your cultural experience. You’ll also be able to enjoy a traditional Kaiseki-style lunch!

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Discover the ancient craft of knife making in Sakai, a city renowned for its exceptional blades. This walking tour takes you through the process of forging and sharpening traditional Japanese knives. Meet skilled craftsmen who have honed their craft for generations and witness their meticulous attention to detail. You’ll have the chance to order your own custom blade and watch it be prepared in front of you! Visit the local museum afterward to learn more about knife history, as well as more about Sakai. Also, you’ll be able to enjoy the regionally famous sweet, Yatsuhashi , which also makes for a great souvenir . 

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Delve into the world of Japan’s most beloved comfort food— Ramen ! Or is it just our favorite? Let’s not argue… anyways, Join a cooking class at the Ramen Factory in Kyoto and learn to make this iconic dish from scratch. Under the guidance of experienced chefs, craft your own noodles, simmer flavorful broths, and assemble your personalized bowl of Ramen. Unleash your culinary creativity as you experiment with toppings and seasonings. Savor the satisfaction of devouring a steaming bowl of your own creation. Slurp away! 

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Complete your manufacturing tour adventure in the city of Nada, the sake capital of Japan, where sake breweries teem and await your exploration. Embark on a private tour with a knowledgeable guide and dive into the world of Nada Sake. Learn about the intricate sake brewing process and discover the nuances that define each brew. With a variety of 8 different breweries to choose from, it will be no problem to savor the flavors of different sake varieties through tastings and gain insights into the rich cultural heritage of sake production. 

Japan Wonder Travel is a travel agency that offers guided tours throughout Japan.  From private walking tours to delicious Food and Drink tours, we can help you organize the best tours just for you! If you want to explore Japan and learn more about the history and backstories of each area you are visiting, our knowledgeable and friendly English speaking guides will happily take you to the best spots!  In addition, we can provide you with any assistance you may need for your upcoming trip to Japan, so please feel free to contact us if yu have any questions or need some help! 

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▶ Tokyo 1–Day Highlights Private Walking Tour (8 Hours) There’s no better way to explore an area than taking a tour with a knowledgeable local guide. You will have the chance to learn about the history and interesting background stories of Tokyo, as well as discover some hidden gems which can be hard to do without a guide.

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▶ Mt. Fuji Day Trip Bus Tour from Tokyo Experience the breathtaking views of Mt. Fuji by visiting the highlights of the area on our guided sightseeing bus tour! Departing from Shinjuku in central Tokyo, you can travel comfortably to all of the best spots in the area by bus.

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17 Best Moscow Tours

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Are you planning a visit to the capital of Russia and looking for the best Moscow tours? From Red Square to the Kremlin and from world-class art to fairytale buildings, Moscow is an enchanting city that offers plenty of excitement and elegance. Its history dates back more than 800 years, and there is culture in abundance for visitors to immerse themselves in.

Make the most of your visit with 17 of the best Moscow tours that let you see everything the city and its surroundings have to offer.

1 – Guided Tour of the Moscow Metro

Guided Tour of the Moscow Metro

Moscow’s metro is world-famous, thanks to the architectural delights on offer underground stations around the capital. This guided tour of the Moscow stations, otherwise known as “the palace of the people” lasts for 1.5 hours and includes an English-speaking guide who will tell you how the Russian metro became one of the most beautiful in the world. Highlights include Mayakovskaya station with its aviation-themed mosaics.

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2 – Cosmonautics Museum Space Tour

Cosmonautics Museum Space Tour

Discover Cosmonautics Museum with this space tour. Dive into one of the greatest battles between the Soviet Union and the United States – the space race. Hear about the space programs of the USSR and learn about how the USSR shaped space travel and technology.

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3 – Guided Tour of the Kremlin

Guided Tour of the Kremlin

A Kremlin is actually a citadel in Russian towns, and Moscow’s version is, without doubt, the most famous. The Kremlin is the heartbeat of the city, and this guided tour takes you to the most important points of interest. See Cathedral Square with its orthodox temples; Tzar Cannon with its 890mm calibre, which is the largest in the world; and the exterior of the all-important government buildings that are located within the Kremlin’s walls.

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4 – Moscow City Walking Tour

Moscow City Walking Tour

One of the best Moscow tours for seeing everything the city has to offer, this small-group walking tour lasts for 2 hours and includes an expert guide. Make the most of the capital and see the cobbled spaces of Red Square, take pictures of St Basil’s Cathedral, visit the elegant Bolshoi Theatre, and enjoy the ornamental Alexandrovsky Garden.

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5 – Night Tour of Moscow

Night Tour of Moscow

When the sun sets, the fun begins – and it all starts with a night tour of Russia’s most famous city. The beauty of Moscow comes into full effect after hours, as iconic buildings like St Basil’s Cathedral illuminate against the night sky. Other locations on this tour include the Moscow River and the Ukraine Hotel, which is a landmark skyscraper that was constructed during the era of Stalin.

6 – Sergiev Posad Day Trip

Sergiev Posad Day Trip

One of the best Moscow tours that take you outside of the city, the Sergiev Posad day trip provides the opportunity to see The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. It’s made up of a number of different buildings that include the blue domes of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Church of St. Sergius and the Bell Tower.

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7 – City Sightseeing Moscow Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour with Optional Cruise

City Sightseeing Moscow Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour with Optional Cruise

If your time in Moscow is limited, this hop-on, hop-off bus tour is ideal – and it even features an optional cruise on the river. Choose between a 2 and 3-day ticket and see famous landmarks like Red Square, the Kremlin and the Bolshoi Theatre from an open-top panoramic bus with informative audio commentary. Take your experience to the next level by upgrading to a boat tour.

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8 – Guided Tour of the Tretyakov Gallery

Guided Tour of the Tretyakov Gallery

As one of the world’s most important galleries, the Tretyakov Gallery is a must-see for any art lovers and is one of the best Moscow tours for culture vultures. Learn about the masterworks of Pablo Tretyakov with a guided tour and discover the secrets behind the paintings. Other noticeable artists on view include Fedotov, Vasnetsov, Rokotov and Kiprenski, who is the author of the famous “Portrait of Alexander Pushkin”.

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9 – Alternative Moscow: 2-Hour Walking Tour

Alternative Moscow: 2-Hour Walking Tour

See a different side of Moscow with this 2-hour alternative tour. An expert guide will take you around quirky streets, suburbs and squares while as your veer away from the traditional tourist hotspots. Highlights include a ride on the famous “Annushka” tram and a visit to the neighbourhood of Khitrovka, which was once known as the criminal district of the city.

10 – St.Basil’s Cathedral and Red Square: Private Tour and Ticket

St.Basil's Cathedral and Red Square: Private Tour and Ticket

Combine two of Moscow’s biggest attractions with a visit to Red Square and St.Basil’s Cathedral. Admire the beautiful architecture of St.Basil’s Cathedral from inside and out, before wandering Red Square and learn about the soldiers, farmers and revolutionaries that all called this famous square their home. Round things off with the changing of the guard at Alexander Garden.

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11 – Bunker-42 Cold War Museum Guided Tour

Bunker-42 Cold War Museum Guided Tour

Moscow is notorious for the Cold War, which lasted for about 45 years between 1945 and 1990. Head to the world-famous Bunker-42, located 65 meters below ground level, and learn about the storied past. Visit rooms and passages that were set up to shelter 3,000 people in case of nuclear attack and discover other sections, such as the equipment room and the war-proof telecommunications system.

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12 – Architecture Tour of Moscow’s Metro and Kolomenskoye Estate

Architecture Tour of Moscow's Metro and Kolomenskoye Estate

Combine the beauty of the metro stations with the Kolomenskoye Estate and see some of Moscow’s grandest sights. After visiting the elegant metro stations, it’s time to go to the Kolomenskoye Estate, which is filled with UNESCO-listed sites that are dedicated to Tsar Peter the Great.

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13 – Tour of Soviet Moscow

Tour of Soviet Moscow

Unpick the history of the USSR with one of the best Moscow tours for discovering Soviet Moscow. Starting at Monument to the Conquerors of Space, a tribute to the success of the Soviet space programme, the tour includes historical landmarks and interesting tidbits about Soviet Russia. There is also a visit to the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VDNKh), a site that was constructed under the aegis of the USSR in tribute to state achievements.

14 – Moscow: 2.5-Hour Luxury River Cruise with Dining Option

Moscow: 2.5-Hour Luxury River Cruise with Dining Option

Sail down the Moscow River on this 2.5 hour tour that provides a different perspective of the city and includes landmark sights. The boat features two decks and has panoramic views as well as free Wi-Fi access. Attractions along the route include Ukraine hotel, Sparrow Hills, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Crimean Bridge, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Zaryadye Park and more.

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15 – Izmailovo Market and Vodka Museum Tour

Izmailovo Market and Vodka Museum Tour

Visit the museum of Vodka and gain insight into one of Russia’s most famous exports and head to the Izmailovo antique and handicraft market to find a gem or two. The tour starts with Izmailovo market, which features the iconic matryoshka dolls, fur hats and amber jewellery. Next up is a trip to the Museum of Vodka, where you will discover a distillery that dates back to the 15th century.

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16 – Súzdal and Vladímir Day Tour

Súzdal and Vladímir Day Tour

Discover Russia’s famous “Golden Ring” on this tour of two medieval cities outside of Moscow. The historic city of Vladimir is first up with its Golden Gate, which is an ancient city-fortress that dates back to the 13th century. Next up is the neighbouring town of Suzdal, which features historic architecture and the Kremlin, where you can see its striking white walls topped with blue domes.

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17- Moscow Food Tasting & Walking Tour

Moscow Food Tasting & Walking Tour

Sample the unique flavours of Moscow with this food tour that lasts for 3 hours and features more than 15 different food and drink tastings. Weave in and out of small alleys in the city centre while enjoying the best food spots in town. See Moscow like a local while trying classic dishes from local breakfast haunts, bustling markets, the oldest monastery in Moscow, and dumpling cafes where you can taste authentic dumplings and enjoy local coffee.

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Moscow’s best free city tour

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I love Moscow – this charming metropolis, its people, its history and its unique cityscape. I would like to share my passion for this city with you. It is my job to show you the most exciting corners of this fascinating metropolis. That’s why, as a travel specialist and your private tour guide Moscow in Russia, I organize a guided free city tour Moscow – so that everyone, regardless of their budget, would be able to enjoy the insider’s view of Moscow.

You get to see what only Moscow residents know and what other tourist guides keep from you. I am a licensed travel specialist in Russia and would like you to enjoy all facets of the capital of the largest country in the world, without demanding any money from you. I’ll show you the city on my free Moscow walking tour for 1.5-hours on foot.

Everything you need to know:

  • My tours take place daily by arrangement, I am the only English-speaking licensed tourist guide Moscow, who offers a free city tour.
  • My 1.5-hour free tours Moscow do not cost you a cent, I also offer other great paid tours as well.
  • I am an experienced local, I make the tours informative, but at the same time relaxed and not off the plane.

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Free Tours Moscow – Daily

My free tours Moscow city starts on Slavonic Square (Kitay-Gorod Metro Station), passes the world-famous St. Basil’s Cathedral, which was built by Ivan the Terrible on the south side of Red Square in the 16th century and where the tsars were once crowned. Then it goes across the Red Square at the Lenin Mausoleum, the luxury department store GUM and with a view of the Kremlin towards the historical museum. Of course, you will also learn more about the stories that once happened behind the thick walls of the Kremlin – from the Tsars and Napoleon to Stalin. Then we continue through the idyllic Alexander Garden.

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An advance booking is required!

Practical information:

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 1.5 hours Price: Free Language: English

«First acquaintance with Moscow» – a 2.5-hour city tour in the center of Moscow

This Moscow city tour starts on the Theater Square, past Lubyanka Square and the KGB-building, then through Kitay Gorod district and Varvarka Street, past the world-famous St. Basil’s Cathedral. Then it goes across Zarjadje Park, over Red Square at the Lenin Mausoleum, the GUM-department store and towards the Historical Museum. We walk through the Alexander Garden.

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 2.5 hours Price: 17 $ Students and children: 6 $ Language: English

A 3.5-hour car/bus tour of Moscow.

This is the best tour of Moscow city as all the important sights are visited. I am your Moscow city guide who will walk you through the city explaining the charming history of the city. This tour begins with picking you up from the hotel. 3 breaks are offered for photographing.

First, we will visit the most famous riverside streets and bridges in the center of the city with the most beautiful views of the Kremlin and the Moskva River (e.g. the Kremlin embankment and the Great Stone Bridge).

The first photo break is made at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. We then pass by the district with numerous museums, Prechistinka Street and the district with numerous medical areas.

We again stop at the Novodevichy Convent, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the other bank of the Moskva River to click pictures.

Then we visit “Sparrow Hills” where you can enjoy a bird’s eye view of the city of Moscow from the observation deck. Then there are the skyscrapers of Moscow-City, the Kutuzov avenue, the New Arbat, Tverskaya Street, the world-famous Bolshoi Theater, the KGB building and Varvarka Street. Here there are ample spots to click pictures.

We then drive past the Kremlin again and finally reach Red Square. We take a short tour of Red Square and say goodbye in the Alexander Garden.

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 3.5 hours Price for a group: 170-200 $ (depending on the number of travelers) Language: English

Metro tour – daily

Palaces for ordinary people – that was what Stalin promised to the people when the construction of the Moscow Metro began between the World Wars. The communist dictator hadn’t promised too much. No other underground system in the world can boast such spectacular architecture – chandeliers, decorations, stucco, paintings on the walls – each station is individually designed. No wonder that Moscow residents love their metro. I will guide you through the bustle of one of the busiest subways in the world and show you the most beautiful stations Moscow city has.

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 2 hours Price: 21 $ Students and children: 17 $ Language: English Included in the price: Metro tickets / the guided tour

Tour of Communist Moscow – every day

After the Communist October Revolution in 1918, Moscow became the capital of the Soviet Empire and was the center of socialist orbit for more than 70 years. This left its mark on Moscow, even if the USSR disintegrated more than a quarter of a century ago. The city streets are full of remnants of the communist regime and the Cold War. This is a walking tour where I will show you the most exciting places in Soviet Moscow: from the notorious KGB headquarters, also known as Lubyanka to the Karl Marx Monument to small hidden remains from the time of hammer and sickle. You will also learn about Stalin’s Great Terror political campaign and the system of the GULAG and how the USSR, the communist Russian republic, became modern Russia.

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 2 hours Price: 21 $ Students and children: 17 $ Language: English Included in the price: the guided tour

Alternative Moscow Tour – daily

Explore the unseen Moscow with your Moscow private guide and discover a range of sights during this alternative walking tour.  Away from the main tourist spots (in the central district of Kitay-Gorod), just a short walk from Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral, you suddenly find yourself in one of the trendiest districts of Moscow. This place not only has trendy cafes and green squares, but here you can see the most beautiful spray works (according to Albrecht Dürer), hangout-places of the youth and hipsters, as well as learn what Moscow looked like in the 19th century. Here you will also learn exciting and even bloody stories about famous gangsters, eccentric business people and legends like the wandering preacher Rasputin, who is known in Russia either as the “holy devil” or the mad monk. To learn a little more about Moscow’s culture, this is the tour for you. On my alternative tour, you will get to know Moscow away from the tourist hotspots. This tour is of 2 hours duration and you will experience the following on the tour:

  • St. John’s Hill, a quiet oasis right in the center, where time has stopped as it did in pre-Communist times
  • Khokhlovka Art Center, where Russian hipsters and street artists hang out
  • Samoskvorechye District where you can see beautiful streets and hear stories from old Moscow
Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 2 hours Price: 21 $ Students and children: 17 $ Language: English Included in the price: the guided tour / tram ticket

Kremlin tour – daily (closed on Thursday)

With its 20 towers and high walls, the Kremlin rises imposingly over Red Square. This world-famous fortress with its area of ​​28 hectares is home to over 800 years of Russian history. Described as the eighth wonder of the world, this historic fortress complex is the principal symbol of Russia that sits on the banks of the Moscow River. Today the Kremlin still harbors numerous secrets and has palaces and cathedrals, surrounded by Kremlin Wall. The current wall was constructed between the 15 th  and 16 th  centuries, but the original wall was made of wood around the year 1147. The Kremlin Wall became an important symbol of Moscow’s importance in the Russian Empire. This top tourist destination attracts millions of people every year and there are various sights to see. With my Kremlin tour, you will see the oldest square in the city in the heart of the Kremlin, the once largest cannon in the world and the scene of numerous dramas – from Ivan the Terrible and Napoleon to Stalin. You cannot miss this unique experience.

An advance booking and prepayment for tickets are required.

Time: by arrangement, daily (closed on Thursday) Duration: 2 hours Price on request Students and children: on request Language: English Included in the price: Kremlin tickets / the guided tour

Moscow pub crawl – Friday / Saturday

Experience the real nightlife of Moscow with my Moscow Pub Crawl and enjoy 4 pubs/bars plus 4 welcome shot drinks. Move from one bar to another and get to know travelers from around the world as well as the locals. Play fun adventure games and contests in addition to getting perks in the bars. Between the bars, move from one place to another on foot. The routes are organized as such that you will walk no more than 10 minutes between the bars. Visit the most exciting events, parties, concerts, and dance in the bars. Moscow Pub Crawl is a tour that you will never forget.

This tour runs every Friday and Saturday evening at 8 PM and you need to bring along your passport or an ID card, comfortable shoes, and wear smart casual clothes.

An advance booking and a small prepayment are required!

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 4 hours Price on request Language: English Included in the price: the guided tour, 4 shot drinks

1.5-hour boat trip on the Moskva River.

Taking a boat tour in Moscow on the Moskva River is a very pleasant experience. It allows you to know the city from a totally different perspective and admire the beautiful bridges. In this 1.5-hour river trip, you will sail past many beautiful sites in Moscow, so you can take the best photos to commemorate this day. The ship makes several stops on the way. The trip starts from the Ustinskiy Bridge near Sarjadje Park and ends at the Kiev train station.

On this Boat Trip, you can see sights such as: the former Imperial Education House, Sarjadje Park, the “flowing”, “floating” bridge, the most beautiful view of the Kremlin, the Great Stone Bridge, the legendary House on the Quay, the Christ the Savior Cathedral , the monument to Peter the Great on the ship, the central sports arena Luzhniki, the Sparrow Hills, 240 meters high Lomonosov University, the numerous architecturally spectacular skyscrapers of Moscow-City, the Novodevichy Convent, the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs etc.

Time: by arrangement, daily Duration: 1.5 hours Price on request Language: English

A military tour – riding on tanks in Stupino (Moscow region)

Russian Military is one of the largest military forces in the world formed in 1992. With my Military Tour experience what it likes to be in the Russian military, shooting guns, ride the Tank T-34 and various models of German tanks from the Second World War, as well as armored personnel carriers and vehicles. You will also shoot from the AK-47 and another combat weapon.

The tour will begin with your private tour guide Moscow in a Soviet army van accompanied with some tasty snacks and tea for a tasty start. Upon arriving, you will have to put on the army safety clothing and climb the Russian armored vehicles. The tour will take you on the noisy, smoky tank, driving through mud roads. All participants will get the chance to drive the tank which is coordinated by the Russian military.

Time: by arrangement, daily Price on request Language: English

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America’s beloved butter cracker, RITZ, is diving headfirst into football fever, partnering with professional quarterback Trevor Lawrence for their dynamic RITZ Blitzes campaign. From now until the Big Game in February, RITZ will elevate game day experiences with delectable recipes and surprises approved by Lawrence.

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The campaign starts with a 15-second TV spot featuring Lawrence transforming a lackluster tailgate into an unforgettable celebration courtesy of RITZ crackers. As the postseason progresses, RITZ will continue to enhance at-home watch parties and tailgate menus, sharing delicious recipe inspirations on social media platforms.

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