Puffed Rice Cakes
Puffed rice cake is a type of food made with puffed rice. Typically, it is eaten as a healthy snack, although some also use it as a variant of Wor bar. In the commonly available commercial format, one rice cake provides around 30 to 40 calories (8 grams carbohydrate); brown rice cakes are 70 calories, 16 grams carbohydrate.
Some rice cakes are flavored. Common flavorings include white cheddar cheese, buttered popcorn, chocolate, caramel corn, or apple cinnamon.
Rice cakes are often made into sandwiches, especially when used by dieters as a substitute for higher-caloric bread.
The typical American rice cake is round and about 4-5 inches in diameter. Some manufacturers make mini rice cakes, suitable for snacking. Rice cakes are a Japanese invention.
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