article_snippet: Passover matzos have rolled out of a century-old bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side for the last time.
article_snippet: Aron Streitis the oldest in the nation still churning out the unleavened flatbread that's essential for Jewish holidays - about 2.5 million pounds of matzos were baked for April's Passover holiday Passover holiday and distributed worldwide.
article_snippet: Leonides Negron loads up racks with fresh baked matzos at Aron StreitAron Streit's matzo factory in New York's Lower East Side in early March .
article_snippet: Matzos straight from the oven are loaded onto racks at the century-old factory.
article_snippet: About 2.5 million pounds of matzos were baked for April's Passover holiday Passover holiday and distributed worldwide .
article_snippet: Packages of matzos roll off the assembly line at the century-old factory.
article_snippet: Worker Aharon Yakov loads fresh baked matzos into a packaging machine at Streit's matzo factory .
article_snippet: The other mass U.S. manufacturer of matzos is Manischewitz, with Israeli imports and traditional round handmade crackers also filling store shelves.
article_snippet: Demand is growing for matzos even among non-Jews who enjoy them as a healthy snack baked with no fat or artificial additives.
article_snippet: loads fresh baked matzos into a packaging machine)
article_snippet: These are not your great-grandmother's matzos, kneaded and shaped by hand.
highlights_snippet: About 2.5million pounds of matzos were baked for April's Passover holiday .