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{{Short description|Israeli wheat snack}}
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|related=[[Bamba (snack)|Bamba]]
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'''Bissli''' ({{langx|he|בִּיסְלִי}}, ''Bisli'') is an Israeli [[wheat]] snack produced by [[Osem (company)|Osem]]. Bissli is Osem's second-best selling snack brand after [[Bamba (snack)|Bamba]].<ref name="OSEM">[http://www.osem.co.il/en/brands/snacks Osem: Bissli] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627050447/http://www.osem.co.il/en/brands/snacks |date=June 27, 2012 }}</ref>
Bissli is a crunchy snack that is made in the shape of [[pasta]]. The name is a combination of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word ''Bis'', meaning "bite", and the Hebrew word ''li'', meaning "for me".<ref name="jpost">[http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/The-Bisli-Snack-attack The Bisli Snack attack], [[The Jerusalem Post]]</ref>
The most popular flavors are "[[Barbecue|BBQ]]" and "Smokey".{{Citation Needed|date=August 2023}} Other flavors include [[onion]], [[pizza]], [[falafel]] and [[Mexican cuisine|Mexican]].<ref name="jpost" />
Described by the manufacturer as a uniquely Israeli product, Bissli is produced in five factories around [[Israel]]. It was first sold in 1975.<ref name="jpost" />
In 2014, Osem introduced a special edition of their other popular snack, [[peanut]]-flavor [[Bamba (snack)#Variations|Bamba]] together with Bissli, mixed within the same blue package, named [[Bamba (snack)#Variations|"Bissli-Bamba Mix"]]. Another edition of "Mix" included onion-flavor Bissli, packaged in a green pack.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:BBQ Bissli.jpg|alt=Grill|[[Barbecue|BBQ]]-flavored Bissli
File:Bissli-Barbecue ביסלי ברביקיו.jpg|[[Smoking (cooking)|Smokey]]-flavored Bissli
File:Pizza bissli ביסלי פיצה.jpg|Pizza-flavored Bissli
File:Falafel Bissli ביסלי פלאפל.jpg|[[Falafel]]-flavored Bissli
File:Onion Bissli ביסלי בצל.jpg|Onion-flavored Bissli
File:Taco Bissli ביסלי טאקו.jpg|[[Taco]]-flavored Bissli
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Israeli cuisine]]
* [[Snack food]]
==References==
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{{Israeli cuisine}}
{{Jewish baked goods}}
[[Category:Brand name snack foods]]
[[Category:Israeli cuisine]]
[[Category:Israeli brands]]
[[Category:Words and phrases in Modern Hebrew]]