Premium (Premium Saltine Crackers) is a brand of soda cracker produced by

Nabisco Nabisco (, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International. Nabisco ...

. It is known as Premium Plus (Premium Plus Salted Tops) in Canada, under the Christie (formerly, Mr. Christie) banner. In the United States it is marketed as "Original Premium." It is currently sold in these flavours: Unsalted (Original), Salted, Five Grain, and Whole Wheat. The crackers are square in shape but round versions have been marketed as well.

Packaging

The crackers are typically sold in boxes containing 4 "sleeves" of crackers sealed in plastic inside, for the home consumer. Larger packages containing 8 or 12 "sleeves" are also available. Bulk packages of a single servings -containing 2 or 4 crackers - are also available, and are frequently used at restaurants. Occasionally the crackers are sold in tin cans. Boxes are red in Canada and white in the US.

Controversy

In 1989, an Ohio millionaire published ads in the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...

'' accusing Nabisco of including unhealthy

saturated fat A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds. A fat known as a glyceride is made of two kinds of smaller molecules: a short glycerol backbone and fatty acids that each contain a long linear or branched ...

s in its products. At the time, Nabisco Saltine Crackers still contained

lard Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig.Lard
entry in the ...

, a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig.Health Crusader Targets Nabisco in Latest Battle Over Use of Tropical Oils
from the LA Times, 2 March 1989. At some point in the 1990s the company switched to a more vegetarian-friendly vegetable oil.

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* Mondelez International brands Crackers (food) {{Food-product-stub