Lotus: version 1

Saved 2026-09-11 05:28 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/05410126666038, Lotus Biscoff caramelised biscuits 279 g** (bag of 18 two-biscuit snack packs, DE/FR/IT label). It is the corpus's first biscuit (GPC brick 10000161 Biscuits/Cookies, S. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Lotus <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Lotus
disambiguation: Belgian biscuit brand of Lotus Bakeries
website: https://www.lotusbiscoff.com
founded: 1932
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                 | market | from | until | ended | status  | source     | note |
| -------- | ---------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ---- |
| owned_by | company/lotus-bakeries | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^wikipedia |      |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name          | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Lotus Biscoff | search |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                 | url                                          | title                     | accessed   |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------- |
| wikipedia           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Bakeries | Wikipedia: Lotus Bakeries | 2026-09-11 |
| wikipedia-speculaas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculaas      | Wikipedia: Speculaas      | 2026-09-11 |
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## About <!--about-->
Lotus is the brand of Lotus Bakeries, the biscuit maker founded in Lembeke, Belgium, in 1932 by the brothers Jan, Emiel and Henri Boone; Jan named it after the lotus flower, a symbol of purity.[^wikipedia] Its best-known product is Biscoff, the company's caramelised speculoos.[^wikipedia-speculaas]
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