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    "excerpt": "Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour is the gentler one in the Cheddars line, 150g, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the savoury snack biscuit for anyone who finds the plain version too salty.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and barley (gluten) and milk, and it may contain egg, sesame and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.Red Leicester as a cheese is milder, sweeter and nuttier than a mature cheddar, with less acid edge and more of a rounded, almost caramel note, so a biscuit built on that idea reads softer than the plain Cheddars. The word Flavour on a British pack is a labelling signal rather than a criticism: it means the characterising taste comes wholly or partly from a flavouring.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour is the gentler one in the Cheddars line, and it is gentler because of what Red Leicester is as a cheese. Set against a mature cheddar it is milder, sweeter and nuttier, with less of the sharp acid edge and more of a rounded, almost caramel note. A savoury snack biscuit built around that idea reads softer than the plain version does. One hundred and fifty grams.\n\nThe word to notice on the pack is Flavour, and it is worth knowing what it signals. In British food labelling, naming a product for a flavour rather than for an ingredient tells you the characterising taste comes wholly or partly from a flavouring rather than only from the named food. It is not a warning and it is not a criticism; it is a piece of information the pack is legally obliged to give you.\n\n The Taste Profile\n\nMellow Cheese: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Rounder and less sharp than the plain Cheddars. Red Leicester as a cheese leans nutty and faintly sweet where a mature cheddar leans acid.\nSalt: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Present but pulled back a step, which is part of why this one reads as the gentler member of the line.\nHard Snap: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Dense and brittle. Baked rather than fried, and the bite is the same as the plain version's.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.8 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk\n\n The Story Behind Jacob's Cheddars\n\nJacob's is one of the long-standing British cracker names and the Cheddars line is its savoury snack corner rather than its cheeseboard corner. Our reading is that they run mild to assertive in that order, with this one in the middle-soft position and the smoked one at the far end. That is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description, not a specification handed to us. Jacob's is a long-established British biscuit name; that is company heritage and not a claim about where this pack was baked.\n\nRed Leicester is worth a sentence in its own right, because the name is doing real work. It is a British cows' milk cheese, traditionally deep orange, and next to cheddar it is milder, sweeter and nuttier with a shorter, less acid finish. That is what a product named for it is reaching towards.\n\nPackaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.\n\n What You Are Actually Buying\n\nWeight: one hundred and fifty grams.\n\nThe gentler one: milder and rounder than the plain Cheddars. If the plain version reads too salty to you, this is the one in the line to move to.\nFlavour is a labelling signal: not a criticism. It tells you the characterising taste comes wholly or partly from a flavouring rather than only from the named cheese.\nWhat it is not: not a free-from line, and not a cheeseboard biscuit. The cheese is in the bake, so a topping is a second copy of the same note.\n\n How Does Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour, 150g Compare to:\n\nJacob's Baked Cheddars Cheese Crackers, 150g: the plain version at the same weight, and the reference point for the whole line. Saltier and sharper than this one. If you want the fullest savoury hit, buy that; if you want the rounder, nuttier read, stay here.\nJacob's Smoked Cheddar Flavour Baked Cheddars, 150g: the third version, same weight. Smoke is a top note that sits over everything else, so it is the most assertive of the three and the furthest from this one in character.\nJacob's Bites Crackers - Red Leicester Flavour, 125g: the same flavour idea in the smaller Bites format. A different biscuit though: Bites are a small-format snack, where a Cheddar is a proper thick biscuit with a hard snap.\n\n Ideal Serving Conditions\n\nA milder cheese biscuit is more easily buried than a strong one, so what goes near it matters more here than on the plain version.\n\nThe Bowl and the Lunchbox\n\nServe them in a bowl: not on a board. These are a snack, and the cheese is already in the bake.\nKeep the sharp things away: a strong pickle or a mustard will flatten a milder biscuit completely. Save the piccalilli for the plain Cheddars and put fruit or a mild chutney near this one.\nRoom temperature: straight out of a cold cupboard the mellow cheese note is the first thing to go quiet. Ten minutes in a warm room is enough.\n\nThe Storage Rules\n\nAirtight, the same day: reseal or decant to a tin the day you open it. A cracker is crisp because the water was baked out of it, and an open pack takes it back out of kitchen air.\nCool and dark: there is fat in a cheese biscuit and fat dulls with warmth and light. The cupboard above the hob is the worst place in the kitchen for this pack.\nThe mild one fades first: a gentler flavour has less to lose before it reads as nothing. Finish this one promptly rather than keeping it half-open for a fortnight.\n\n Getting It Right with a Hot Drink\n\nPairing: a strong black tea, but a shorter brew than you would give the plain Cheddars. Too much tannin runs straight over a mild cheese note.\nAlso good: a milky builder's brew, which suits the rounded nutty character better than a sharp black cup does.\nDunking: no. A dense baked biscuit takes water in fast and goes from crisp to sodden with nothing in between.\nBest with: a bowl on a table, a lunchbox, an afternoon with children, and fruit rather than pickle.\n\n Safety And Purity\n\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and barley (gluten) and milk, and it may contain egg, sesame and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\n\nA product named for a cheese should be treated as a dairy product by anyone avoiding milk.\n\nWhat the word Flavour means here: in British labelling it signals that the characterising taste comes wholly or partly from a flavouring rather than only from the named food.\n\nKeep out of reach of small children.",
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                "content": "How is Red Leicester different from cheddar?As a cheese it is milder, sweeter and nuttier, with less of the sharp acid edge a mature cheddar has and a shorter finish. It is traditionally deep orange. A biscuit built around that idea reads rounder and gentler than the plain Cheddars. Why does the pack say Flavour?Because British labelling requires it when the characterising taste comes wholly or partly from a flavouring rather than only from the named food. It is information the pack has to give you, not a criticism. What should I put beside them?Fruit or a mild chutney rather than a strong pickle. A mustard or a piccalilli flattens a mild cheese note completely; save those for the plain Cheddars. Can I dunk them?No. A dense baked biscuit takes water in fast and goes from crisp to sodden with nothing in between. Keep the cup beside the bowl. Why has my pack gone soft?It has taken water out of the kitchen air. A cracker is crisp because the moisture was baked out of it, and an open pack reverses that within days. Reseal or decant to a tin on the day you open it. Does the mild flavour fade faster?In practice yes, because there is less of it to lose before it reads as nothing. This is the version in the line worth finishing promptly rather than keeping half-open for a fortnight. How many are in the pack?The pack is 150g and states its own count. How does it compare with the Bites version?Same flavour idea, different biscuit. Bites are a small-format snack; a Cheddar is a proper thick biscuit with a hard snap. Buy on the format you want. Which drink goes with it?A strong black tea, but brewed a little shorter than you would for the plain Cheddars, because too much tannin runs straight over a mild cheese note. A milky builder's brew suits the nutty character well."
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                "content": "Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and barley (gluten) and milk, and it may contain egg, sesame and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm Oil, Dried Powdered Cheese 11% (Milk), Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Dried Yeast, Glucose Syrup, Natural Flavourings (Milk), Sugar, Barley, Barley Malt Extract, Dried Whey (Milk), Lactic Acid, Salt.Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy523 kcalFat32.4gof which saturates16.1gCarbohydrate45.8gof which sugars4.1gFibre2.8gProtein10.4gSalt1.5gIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsBaked structurenot applicable; a property of the bakeThe same dense, brittle biscuit as the plain version. Frying leaves an open, oil-light structure that crumples; baking drives water out more slowly and leaves something that snaps and shatters.Pack: Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour, 150g; baked savoury cheese snack biscuits, the milder version of the Cheddars line. Store cool, dry, dark and airtight, and reseal the pack or decant to a tin the day you open it: a cracker is crisp only while it stays dry, the fat in a cheese biscuit dulls with warmth and light, and a mild flavour has less to lose before it reads as nothing. Read the net weight, the biscuit count, the ingredient list, the allergen advice and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown. The description of Red Leicester as a cheese is general and is not a statement about what is in this biscuit. The product name declares cheese, so anyone avoiding dairy should treat this as a dairy product until the current UK pack says otherwise. The sensory placements are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description; we have held no tastings and hold no brand specification sheets.Sourcing & blend. Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour, 150g is made by Jacob's, one of the long-standing British cracker names, and the Cheddars line is its savoury snack corner rather than its cheeseboard corner. Our reading is that they run mild to assertive in that order, with this one in the middle-soft position. That is our own editorial assessment and not a specification from the brand.What's in Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour, 150g, and what isn't:\nIn: baked savoury cheese snack biscuits in the Red Leicester Flavour version of the Cheddars line, loose in a 150g pack.\n\nFlavour is a labelling signal: it means the characterising taste comes wholly or partly from a flavouring rather than only from the named cheese. It is information the pack is obliged to give, not a judgement we are making.\n\nNo health claim: we claim no benefit of any kind and quote no fat, salt, fibre or calorie figure."
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                "content": "The flavour of Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour, 150g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the biscuit tastes the way it does from the first bite to the last swallow.The outer layer is the baked surface, and on this version it opens softer than on the plain Cheddars. The cheese character here is aimed at Red Leicester rather than at a mature cheddar, and the difference between those two cheeses is mostly a difference in acid: cheddar brings a sharp edge, Red Leicester brings a rounder, nuttier, faintly sweet note instead. Baked into a biscuit and browned, that reads as warm and mellow on first smell rather than tangy, and it is the first thing to go quiet if the pack has been open a while or has come straight out of a cold cupboard.The flavour spike is where this biscuit deliberately does less than its plain sibling. Salt is pulled back a step, the savoury note is rounder, and nothing sharp arrives in the middle of the bite to cut across it. The evenness is the same as the plain version's, because the flavour is in the biscuit rather than dusted on it, so the last third tastes like the first.The base structure is unchanged from the rest of the line, and it is the part the word Baked is pointing at. Frying drives water out of a dough explosively in hot oil and puffs it into an open, brittle structure that crumples under the tooth. Baking drives the same water out more slowly, the structure stays closed, and the result is a dense biscuit that snaps and shatters. That density is why a Cheddar feels more substantial than a crisp of the same size, why it survives a bowl on a table, and why it goes from crisp to sodden with nothing in between if it meets liquid. The finish here is shorter than on the plain version, which follows the cheese rather than the bake.Getting it right in the cup. This is a dry-eating biscuit and the cup belongs beside it. Dunking is pointless: a dense baked biscuit takes water in fast and there is no soft middle stage to catch it in. Where this version differs from the plain Cheddars is in how much drink it can take. A very strong, long-brewed black tea has enough tannin to run straight over a mild cheese note and leave you tasting only the cup, so brew it a little shorter than you would alongside the plain version, or reach for a milky builder's brew, which suits the rounded nutty character better than a sharp black cup does. A black coffee works but is nearer the limit. A rooibos is a good evening answer precisely because it is gentle. The rule of thumb is simple: the milder the biscuit, the milder the drink it can carry.How water and temperature change it. Crackers stale backwards compared with bread. Bread goes hard because it loses water; a cracker goes soft because it gains it, so an open pack is taking water vapour out of the kitchen air from the moment the seal breaks. Behind that runs a slower failure: the fat in a cheese biscuit dulls with warmth and light over weeks, and a pack past its best tastes flat and faintly papery rather than simply limp. Both apply to every biscuit in this line, but the mild version feels them first. A strong salty biscuit has a margin to lose before it stops tasting of anything; a rounded, gentle one does not, so the same fortnight of half-open storage that leaves the plain Cheddars merely tired leaves this one tasting of very little. Softness is fixable, a few minutes on a tray in a low oven and cooled flat before handling; dullness is not. Airtight on the day you open the pack, cool, dark, nowhere near the cupboard above the hob, and finish this one first."
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                "content": "Jacob's Cheddars Cheese Biscuits - Red Leicester Flavour, 150g is the mild one, so everything here is about not burying it. Recipes, born here first The Bowl, Mild Version How to make The Bowl, Mild Version with Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester. 2 min 4 people Easy You'll need 1 pack Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester A pot of tea, brewed short A shallow wide bowl Method Tip them into a shallow wide bowl rather than a deep one, which breaks the biscuits at the bottom under the weight above. Leave them ten minutes in a warm room. A mellow cheese note is the first thing a cold cupboard mutes. Brew the tea shorter than usual. Too much tannin runs straight over a mild biscuit. Seal whatever is left in the pack before you sit down. What you'll end up with: The simplest version, and the short brew is the part that makes the difference between tasting the biscuit and tasting only the tea. Fruit Plate Instead of a Pickle Plate How to make Fruit Plate Instead of a Pickle Plate with Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester. 5 min 2 people Easy You'll need 16 Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester A crisp eating apple A small bunch of grapes A mild fruit chutney Method Slice the apple thinly at the last minute so it does not brown or weep onto the biscuits. Keep the strong pickles in the cupboard. A mustard or a piccalilli erases a mild cheese note entirely. Put the chutney in its own dish rather than spreading it. Eat alternately rather than building loaded biscuits. What you'll end up with: A plate built around the fact that this is the gentle one in the line, where sweet and crisp lift it instead of sharp and salty flattening it. Soup and a Mild Cheese Biscuit How to make Soup and a Mild Cheese Biscuit with Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester. 5 min 1 bowl Easy You'll need 8 Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester A bowl of tomato or carrot soup Black pepper Method Pick a sweeter soup rather than a fiercely spiced one. Tomato or carrot meets the nutty note; a hot soup buries it. Set the biscuits beside the bowl and leave them there. Do not crumble them in. They go from crisp to sodden with nothing in between. Grind pepper over the soup, not the biscuits. What you'll end up with: A five-minute lunch where the biscuit is still a biscuit at the last spoonful, and where the soup has been chosen not to trample it. Mild Cheese Crumb for a Gratin How to make Mild Cheese Crumb for a Gratin with Jacob's Cheddars Red Leicester. 15 min 1 jar Easy You'll need The end of a pack of Cheddars Red Leicester 40g melted butter Dried thyme Black pepper Method Crush the biscuits in a bag with a rolling pin. A dense baked biscuit crushes cleanly without a processor. Stir through the melted butter, thyme and pepper. Use it on vegetables rather than on fish. A mild crumb suits leeks, cauliflower or a potato gratin better than a strong one. Bake at 200\u00b0C for 12 to 15 minutes until browned. What you'll end up with: A gentle savoury crust for vegetables, made from the broken ends at the bottom of the pack."
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