Article: Salt offers new twist for pretzels. (Cargill Inc. Cargill Foods-Salt Products' new Cargill's California Sea Salt)

In the fad-filled world of snack foods, pretzels have enjoyed a relatively long - and even pious - history. According to lore, pretzels were developed in a medieval German monastery by monks who would give small pieces of baked dough, called "pretiols" or "little rewards" to school children who dutifully learned their prayers.

The rewards reaped from pretzels are no longer little. For the last several years, the pretzel category has experienced meteoric growth in sales and volume.

For pretzel makers wanting to further differentiate the healthy, natural image of their products, Cargill Salt now offers a "new" ingredient that's as old as the seas.

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