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Gardetto’s
Finally, a snack mix worth gathering around.
Irresistibly bold
In 1932 the Gardetto family bakery made a snack mix out of breadstick trimmings. Throw in some snack bits and blend of special seasoning, and you’ve got the boldly flavored snack mix we know today.
![Gardettos in a bowl on a snack table](https://brandsitesplatform-res.cloudinary.com/image/fetch/w_auto:100,c_scale,q_auto:eco,f_auto,fl_lossy,dpr_auto,e_sharpen:85/https://assets.brandplatform.generalmills.com/-/media/project/gmi/corporate/corporate-master/images/food/lifestyle/gardettos-in-bowl-feb-22.jpeg?w=500&rev=739077e2a690472591e0eb367162fb38&hash=EFFE95470C6191957F21A8A0CBC3EAB7)
Products
There’s more than just the original recipe. Try all the great snack mixes in the Gardetto’s lineup.
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Italian & Italian cheese blend
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Pizzeria
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Chipotle cheddar
Fun facts about Gardetto’s
The family behind the flavor.
![Johnny Gardetto](https://brandsitesplatform-res.cloudinary.com/image/fetch/w_auto:100,c_scale,q_auto:eco,f_auto,fl_lossy,dpr_auto,e_sharpen:85/https://assets.brandplatform.generalmills.com/-/media/project/gmi/corporate/corporate-master/images/company/history/gardettos/johnny-gardetto.jpeg?w=1080&rev=7a7112c12a3f43e7a2f93e74959c71ce&hash=21F13D50F9D83ED7AD4E237C7F544F74)
Meet Johnny Gardetto
A member of the Gardetto family still works as a principal engineer at the GMI plant in Milwaukee.
![The original Gardettos bakery in the 1950s](https://brandsitesplatform-res.cloudinary.com/image/fetch/w_auto:100,c_scale,q_auto:eco,f_auto,fl_lossy,dpr_auto,e_sharpen:85/https://assets.brandplatform.generalmills.com/-/media/project/gmi/corporate/corporate-master/images/company/history/gardettos/gardettos-bakery.jpeg?w=1080&rev=dd7808b0a03e4510a355e8f00b760a27&hash=9962767918D01FDA23FA48620FF5B2AB)
It started in a corner bakery
Italian immigrants, Baptiste and Diane Gardetto, began baking fresh bread and breadsticks in 1932.
![Gardetto Snack-ens](https://brandsitesplatform-res.cloudinary.com/image/fetch/w_auto:100,c_scale,q_auto:eco,f_auto,fl_lossy,dpr_auto,e_sharpen:85/https://assets.brandplatform.generalmills.com/-/media/project/gmi/corporate/corporate-master/images/company/history/gardettos/gardetto-snack-ens.jpeg?w=1080&rev=ba81fe51b1c54fc8815a9d588737add5&hash=4F7B7BECCAD8F14396B778E04C1D9CCE)
Say hello to Snack-Ens
Made from breadstick trimmings, the so-called “Snack-Ens” later became the snack mix we know today.