A similar product has been produced by Kneisl company in Holešov, Moravia, since 1907. Several years later, the name "Lentilky" was used and registered by Philipp Kneisl, founder of the Holešov factory, later renamed to "Sfinx". Subsequently, it was produced prevalently in Holešov as well within Czechoslovakia, and afterwards also in separated the Czech Republic (and it is distributed also in Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands), as "Lentilky" under the Sfinx or Orion brand, which fall under Nestlé since 1992. This name is also used in some Latin American countries (e.g., Lentejas in Peru).