An average soft pretzel has 3.5 grams of fat and 260 calories.
Pretzels gross over $180 million annually.
In Germany, children wear pretzels around their neck on New Years Day for good luck.
Pretzels sometimes serve as Christmas tree toppers in Austria.
The first pretzel bakery in the United States was Sturgis Pretzel House in Lititz, Pennsylvania.
President George W. Bush choked on a pretzel in January of 2002 and lost consciousness for a brief period of time.
The German name for a pretzel is “bretzel.”
Annual consumption per person of pretzels in the United States is two pounds. Annual consumption per person of pretzels in the mid-Atlantic states is four pounds. Annual consumption per person of pretzels in Philadelphia is more than 20 pounds.
Pretzels are the second most popular snack in the United States after potato chips.
The largest pretzel ever baked was by Joe Nacchio of Federal Baking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pretzel weighed 40 pounds and measured 5 feet across.
In 1861, pretzel twisting was the second highest paying job in the Philadelphia region.
Some historians claim that the pretzel is the “world’s oldest snack.”
Reading, Pennsylvania is considered the “Pretzel Capitol of the World.” In Reading, one plant can package up to 10 million hard pretzels in one day.
The mid-Atlantic states are considered the “Pretzel Belt of America.”
