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List of snack foods by country
Snack foods per country
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This is a list of snack foods by country, specific to or originating in a particular community or region. Snack food is a portion of food often smaller than a regular meal, generally eaten as snacking between meals.[1] Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home.
 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Asia and South America and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (April 2017) |
Indonesia
Main article: List of Indonesian snacks
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| Name | Image | Description |
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| Dodol |  |
Rice flour-based small glutinous sweets, sweetened with coconut sugar, moulded and coloured. Often added fruit scent and taste such as durian |
| Emping |  |
Crackers made from flattened Gnemon/Belinjo seeds |
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Fritters from Indonesia |
| Klepon |  |
Boiled rice cake, stuffed with coconut sugar, and rolled in fresh grated coconut. It is flavoured with pandan leaves juice. |
| Kripik |  |
A traditional chips or crisps, bite-size snack crackers that can be savoury or sweet |
| Krupuk |  |
Deep fried crisps made from mainly tapioca flour, with added ingredients, such as prawn, fish, or garlic, and even ox/cow skin. It comes in different shapes and colours. |
| Lemper |  |
A traditional rice cake, made from glutinous rice and filled usually with chicken |
| Otak-otak |  |
Usually made from Spanish mackerel fish paste or Milkfish, spiced and wrapped in banana leaves, then grilled and served with peanut sauce |
| Perkedel jagung |  |
Indonesian style corn fritter |
| Pisang goreng |  |
A battered and deep-fried banana or plantain |
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Japan
Main article: List of Japanese snacks
Malaysia and Singapore
See also: Malaysian cuisine and Singaporean cuisine
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| Apam balik |  |
Sweet turnover pancake common in Southeast Asia. |
| Curry puff |  |
A type of snack or kuih. Usually filled with chicken and potato with a dried curry inside. |
| Keropok lekor |  |
A keropok that is made from fish. |
| Roti John |  |
A popular Malay sandwich in Malaysia and Singapore. |
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Maldives
See also: Maldivian cuisine
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| Gulha |  |
Small savory ball-shaped dumplings that are stuffed with a mixture of tuna, onion, coconut, curry leaves and chili and then deep fried[2] |
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Taiwan
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| Name | Image | Description |
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| Aiyu jelly |  |
A jelly made from the gel from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig found in Taiwan. |
| Pineapple cake |  |
A sweet traditional Taiwanese pastry containing butter, flour, egg, sugar, and pineapple jam or slices. |
| Suncake (Taiwan) | A popular Taiwanese dessert originally from the city of Taichung, Taiwan. | |
| Taro ball |  |
A traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made of taro |
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Thailand
Main article: List of Thai desserts and snacks
India
Main article: List of Indian snack food
Peru
See also: Peruvian cuisine
Brazil
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| Coxinha | A chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough and molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried | |
| Paçoca | A Brazilian candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt | |
| Pastel | A half-circle or rectangle-shaped thin crust pies with assorted fillings, fried in vegetable oil |
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Norway
See also: Norwegian cuisine
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| Name | Image | Description |
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| Knekkebrød | A flat and dry type of cracker, containing mostly rye flour | |
| Kanelboller | A sweet bun seasoned with cinnamon and cardamon | |
| Kokkosbolle | Cream-filled chocolate covered in shaved coconut | |
| Møsbrømlefse | Lefse flatbread filled with goat cheese, buttermilk, syrup, and flour | |
| Smultring | Cake donuts dusted with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon or orange zest, usually served during Christmastime |
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Sweden
See also: Swedish cuisine
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| Mandelkubb | Bittersweet almond biscuit, otherwise known as an almond bun | |
| Blodplättar | Pancake traditionally made with whipped reindeer blood and typically fried[3] | |
| Köttbullar | Smaller meatballs, otherwise known as the national food of Sweden | |
| Semla | A traditional Swedish bun filled with almond paste and cream | |
| Kladdkaka | Thin chocolate cake with a crispy exterior and gooey interior | |
| Macka | Slice of bread topped with butter and a choice of spread, usually ham, cheese, or pâté | |
| Swedish Nuts | Meringue-coated pecans, baked in butter |
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Finland
See also: Finnish cuisine
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| Name | Image | Description |
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| Sultsina | Thinly rolled rye flour pastry, typically filled with either rice pudding or porridge | |
| Karjalanpiirakka | Open-faced pastry with a rye flour crust, filled with rice porridge and topped with egg butter | |
| Lörtsy | Deep fried half-moon-shaped pastry filled with jams or minced meats. Usually sold at street markets | |
| Leipajuusto | Cheese derived from the beestings of a cow | |
| Korvapuusti | Traditional Finnish cinnamon bun, translating to "slapped ears" in English | |
| Lihapullat | Finnish meatballs, prepared using kermaviili, a Nordic curd cream | |
| Perunarieska | Unleavened flatbread made primarily with mashed potatoes | |
| Näkkileipä | Thick flatbread usually made with rye flour | |
| Salmiakki | Salty liquorice candy |
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- "Definition of Snack at Dictionary.com". Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 84-7254-801-5