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| Product type | Biscuitdoughnut |
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| Owner | Artiach |
| Country | Spain |
| Website | https://www.artiach.es/en |
Filipinos is the brand name for a series ofbiscuitdoughnut snacks made byMondelez International.[1] InFrance,the Netherlands,Spain,Portugal and mostNordic countries they are produced and sold under the 'Artiach' brand name. They have drawn controversy for having the same name as thepeople of thePhilippines.
The standard Filipinos snack is ring shaped and come in several varieties coated in eithermilk chocolate,dark chocolate, orwhite chocolate. Milk or dark chocolate versions feature a light colored biscuit. White chocolate versions feature a darkbrown biscuit. These can be purchased in large rolls. The dark and white chocolate versions are also available in the "Filipinos GoPack" or "Mini Filipinos", a smaller loose packet of four biscuits.
"Filipinos Agujeros" (holes) are crispdoughnut hole sized balls coated in either dark or white chocolate. "Filipinos Bigsticks" are crispy 20 cm (8 in) stick shaped snacks covered with puffed rice. These are coated in either dark or white chocolate.
The government of the Philippines filed a diplomatic protest with thegovernment of Spain, theEuropean Commission and the then manufacturerNabisco Iberia in 1999. The protest objected to the use of the name "Filipinos", a term which can refer to the people of the Philippines, to market cookie and pretzel snacks and demanded that Nabisco stop selling the product until the brand name was changed.[2]
The resolution's author, former Philippine Congressman and SenatorHeherson Alvarez, claimed that the name of the cookie was offensive due to the apparent reference to their color, "dark outside and white inside".[3] His resolution stated "These food items could be appropriately called by any other label, but the manufacturers have chosen ourracial identity, and they are now making money out of these food items."[2] On August 26, 1999, the Philippine presidentJoseph Estrada called the brand "an insult".[2]
The protest was filed despite Foreign SecretaryDomingo Siazon's initial reluctance on the matter. Siazon had reportedly said he saw nothing wrong with the use of 'Filipinos' as a brand name, notingAustrians do not complain that small sausages are called "Vienna sausages".[2]
The controversial snack has been sold on the market for over 40 years. There were statements however, that the chocolate-covered snack was named "Filipinos" due to its brown outer layer and white inside before the snack was bought by Nabisco.[4]
Alvarez ... also spoke out against the naming of a Nabisco chocolate cookie as "Filipinos"
