Triscuit is a brand name of snack crackers which take the form of baked square whole wheat wafers.

Invented in 1900, a patent was granted in 1902[1] and the Shredded Wheat Company began production the next year[2] in Niagara Falls, New York.

[3] The Shredded Wheat Company began producing Triscuit in 1903 in Niagara Falls, New York.

[2] The name Triscuit may have come from a combination of the words electricity and biscuit[4] or the commonly held belief that "tri" is a reference to the three ingredients used (wheat, oil, and salt),[5][6] but this is disputed due to conflicting adverts and poor records.

[7] At least one early advertisement boasted that Triscuits were "Baked by electricity", claiming they were "the only food on the market prepared by this 1903 process".