The Origin and Development of Biscuits
Jul 30,2025
Biscuits can be traced back to as early as 3000 BC in the Mesopotamian Plain in Europe. At that time, people made wheat flour into an unfermented bread shape, baked it twice to make "toasted bread slices" that were easy to preserve, which was the prototype of biscuits. The purpose was to extend the storage time of food without losing the nutrients of grains, and it could also be soaked in water and crushed to make beer. Later, the ancient Greeks also had a similar way of preserving bread. During the Roman period, biscuits became rations for slaves, refugees, and the army. The Romans called them "panis biscoctus", which later evolved into "biscuit" in English. It was not until the Arabs added sucrose to biscuit ingredients in the 9th century that the taste of biscuits was greatly improved. With the spread of sucrose, biscuits gradually evolved from a dessert for the upper class to a popular afternoon tea snack.
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