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Wagon Wheels are a snack food sold in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Malta, Russia, Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom. They consist of two biscuits with marshmallow sandwich filling, covered in a chocolate flavoured coating.〔 The round biscuits represent the wheels of wagons, hence the name. Wagon Wheels were created by Garry Weston, son of W. Garfield Weston.〔 Garry Weston worked for his father's business in Australia before taking over his family's business in England. The biscuits were launched at the 1948 Olympia Food Fair.〔 The name (originally "Weston Wagon Wheels") capitalized on the Wild West, which was popular in mass media at the time. ==Production and size== In the United Kingdom Wagon Wheels are produced and distributed by Burton's Foods who separated from the Weston family connection when they were sold out of Associated British Foods in 2000. The original factory which produced the biscuit was in Slough but during the early 1980s production was transferred to an updated and modern factory in Llantarnam in South Wales. Weston had been producing biscuits on the Slough site since 1934 and the Llantarnam site since 1938. In Canada, Wagon Wheels were originally produced by McCormick's however, they are now under the Dare Foods Limited name.〔 They come in Original, Fudge, Choco Cherry, and Raspberry flavours. In Australia, Wagon Wheels are produced by Arnott's Biscuits. George Weston Foods Limited sold the brand to Arnott's in August 2003.〔(GWF Media Announcement 29 August 2006 )〕 There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about its size. ''Wagon Wheels'' have supposedly shrunk in size as time has progressed, but Burton's Foods Ltd has denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult's childhood memory of eating a ''Wagon Wheel'' held in a much smaller hand; this argument is perhaps moot, as it does not explain why the modern Wagon Wheel appears to be fatter than the original. Furthermore, in Australia, Arnott's has stated that tray packs of ''Wagon Wheels'' were in fact ''Mini Wagon Wheels'' and have re-released the original 48g ''Wagon Wheels''.〔(Arnotts Wagon Wheels )〕 The original factory in Slough produced the biscuit with crinkled edges and corn cobbs rather than the updated smoother edges. This caused the overall diameter of the biscuit to shrink slightly, but not as much as fans of the biscuit believe. Also, although the UK ''Wagon Wheel'' has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian equivalent. As of 2006 the diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version, while the UK ''Wagon Wheel'' is notably thicker by 4 mm.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wagon Wheels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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