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A salt bar ( Austrian Salzstangerl, Switzerland. Pretzel sticks ) is an approximately four millimeters thick and 10 to 15 centimeters long, sprinkled with brine duration pastries. Pretzel sticks have a shiny brown surface are dry, crisp and durable absence of air for long. They are made exclusively industrial and offered packaged. The main ingredients are flour, water, vegetable oil, salt, malt, yeast and sodium hydroxide. 100 grams of salt rods have about 350-400 calories. With a salt content of about 5% saline equal to this amount recommended by the WHO for adult day - maximum of five grams of salt.

The originally from the USA salt bars were first produced in 1935 in Europe as " Salzletten " of the Bahlsen company, in place since the post-war period used widely as a small side dish with wine, beer, cheese and the like. In Austria they exist since 1949 under the name " Soletti " and enjoy such a great reputation that colloquially any pretzel sticks are so named. In Saarland, pretzel sticks are called " Stixis " after the Stixi AG in Ensdorf that produced breadsticks until the 1990s.

Pretzel sticks and cola are together as a home remedy for vomiting and diarrhea, its effectiveness is not proven.