My Story

My biological Ouma used to wake up at 3am every morning to bake 5 kgs of rusks. She drove my Oupa mad because she only had a domestic oven, and he forever had to repair it. I admired her tenacity and, of course, being a South African……. Who doesn’t love a good rusk?

Since young, I used to struggle to open my mouth for the large, bulky rusks and even the modern sliced rusks sold today were a challenge….and so, the idea of Ruskit was born. A rusk that could be enjoyed without unhinging your jaw to do so.

As a sales representative, I used to leave in the early hours of the morning to travel long distances…