Petit-Beurre

The Petit Beurre, also known as Véritable Petit Beurre (VPB), is a type of shortbread from Nantes, France. The biscuits of the Lefèvre-Utile company are the most commercially successful variety, although its name is not exclusive to LU. It was invented in 1886 by Louis Lefèvre-Utile in the city of Nantes and was inspired by some English products of the time. The substantive Petit Beurre is a generic term from the past; it has a hyphen and when it is plural Petit-beurre is often misspelled. It is known in Anglosphere countries as the French Petit Beurre, as "Petibör" or "Pötibör" or “Etibör” (as called by TDK, Eti, and Ülker) in Turkey, "Πτι-Μπερ"/ "PteeBer" in Greece, "پُتی‌بور"/"Pötibör" or "پِتی‌بور"/"Petibör" in Iran, and "פתיבר/Pettiber" in Israel, where a dairy-free version is a popular snack (the removal of dairy products allowing it to comply with Kashrut restrictions).