Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, 200g
This is the closest thing on a cracker shelf to a slice of granary bread. The grain is what does it, giving the bake a body and a chew that a white cracker has no way of producing, and that in turn opens up everything you would normally put on toast rather than only the things you put on a cracker. Butter on its own is enough. A boiled egg and a grind of salt is a proper lunch. Where it will disappoint is if you came for a clean light snap, because a grain bake is heavier and slower than that, and anyone who wants the sharp report of a thin white round will find this stodgy. Wheat, so it is out for a gluten-free household.
Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, in brief.
Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers is a 200g pack of grain-flecked savoury crackers, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the middle ground between a plain cream cracker and a full oatcake.
Which grains are used, and the piece count, are printed on the current UK pack and we quote neither. Toasted grain and malty tea run in the same direction, which makes this the easiest savoury pack we sell to put beside a strong mug.
Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers is the grainy middle ground of the cracker aisle: more texture and more flavour than a plain cream cracker, less assertive than an oatcake, and built to be eaten with something rather than on its own. The pack front says multigrain, and that is the whole proposition in a word. The published ingredient list also includes rye.
What a grain cracker changes is the balance of power on a cheeseboard. A plain cracker is a plate: it exists to hold something. A grain cracker is a participant, bringing a nutty, toasted note of its own that lifts a mild cheese and can crowd a delicate one. Knowing which of those you want is most of the decision.
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.
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The Story Behind Jacob's
Jacob's is one of the oldest names in British and Irish savoury baking, and its range splits cleanly in two: the plain cheeseboard end and the seasoned snacking end. Choice Grain belongs firmly to the first. That is brand positioning rather than a statement about what is in this particular pack.
Buying the right half of a brand matters more with savoury baking than most people expect. The snacking end is finished before it reaches you, seasoned and shaped to be eaten by the handful. The cheeseboard end, where this sits, is made to be built on. Judging one by the standards of the other is the commonest way a good cracker gets a bad review.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- What it is for: cheese, chutney, soup and a lunchbox. It is sturdy enough to carry a wet topping and plain enough not to argue with it.
- What it is not: not a seasoned snack, not a crispbread and not a health claim. It is a grain-flecked base cracker and nothing on this page should be read as more.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Room temperature: from the cupboard rather than the fridge. Cold mutes the toasted note that you are paying for.
- Reseal or clip: a 200g pack lasts long enough for humidity to matter. Grain crackers go leathery rather than soft, and it is not a recoverable state.
- Top it generously: this base takes weight better than a thin water biscuit. Wet toppings hold for several minutes rather than seconds.
- A brief dunk is survivable: unusually for a cracker. The grain holds structure for a second or so, though we would still rather you did not.
- Best with: a strong mug, a mild cheddar and a spoon of chutney, mid-afternoon or alongside a bowl of soup at lunch.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Jacob's
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
A grain cracker is the easiest savoury thing in our range to put beside a hot drink, because the toasted cereal note it carries is already halfway to what a malty black tea is doing. There is little salt to fight and no strong seasoning to clash, so the pairing is forgiving in a way a flavoured snack cracker never is.
The Tea Break
The Coffee Break
Made with this tea
The Malt And Grain Tea Break
How to make The Malt And Grain Tea Break with Jacob's Choice Grain.
- A handful of Choice Grain crackers, room temperature
- 1 mug english breakfast or assam
- A splash of milk
- A slice of mild cheddar, optional
- Brew the tea as you normally take it. Unlike a salted cracker, this one does not need the cup pushed stronger to keep up.
- Add milk if the cracker is carrying cheese and leave it black if you are eating them plain. Both work, and they taste like two different snacks.
- Serve at room temperature. Cold mutes the toasted grain note, which is the thing you are paying for.
- Resist the dunk. It survives one, unusually, but the toasted note washes straight out into the cup.
The Mild Cheese Board
How to make The Mild Cheese Board with Jacob's Choice Grain.
- 1 pack Choice Grain crackers
- A young cheddar and a gouda
- A soft goat cheese
- Apple slices and a spoon of chutney
- Cold unsalted butter
- Lean mild across the whole board. The grain is a voice of its own, so a strong blue simply buries it and a plainer cracker would have been the better buy.
- Take the cheese out of the fridge an hour ahead. Cold cheese on a toasted grain cracker flattens both.
- Put the apple on the board rather than on the cracker. Fruit juice softens the base faster than cheese does.
- Build as you eat. This base holds a wet topping for minutes, but not for the length of a conversation.
What you'll end up with: A board where the cracker is a participant rather than a plate, which is the whole reason to buy a grain one.
Soup And Crackers, Properly
How to make Soup And Crackers, Properly with Jacob's Choice Grain.
- 8 to 10 Choice Grain crackers
- A bowl of tomato or lentil soup
- 30g grated hard cheese
- Black pepper and parsley
- Warm the crackers for two minutes in a low oven while the soup heats. It sharpens the snap and lifts the toasted note.
- Grate the cheese over half of them and put them back under a grill for a minute until it bubbles.
- Serve the plain ones for dipping and the cheese ones on the side. The grain holds a brief dip where a thin cracker would dissolve.
- Finish the soup with pepper and parsley, not the crackers. They have enough going on.
What you'll end up with: The lunch this cracker was really made for, and better than bread with it.
The Lunchbox Build
How to make The Lunchbox Build with Jacob's Choice Grain.
- 6 Choice Grain crackers
- A block of cheddar, cut into slices
- Cherry tomatoes and cucumber batons
- A small handful of grapes
- Pack the crackers separately from everything wet. That is the entire trick and it is the one most people skip.
- Slice the cheese thick rather than thin so it does not sweat against the box.
- Keep the tomatoes whole. A cut tomato in a lunchbox will find its way to the crackers by midday.
- Assemble at the table. Six crackers, cheese on top, and it holds up better than any sandwich made at seven in the morning.
What you'll end up with: A packed lunch that is still crisp at one o'clock, which a sandwich rarely is.
Toasted Grain Crumb Crust
How to make Toasted Grain Crumb Crust with Jacob's Choice Grain.
- The broken crackers at the bottom of the pack
- 40g butter, melted
- 40g grated hard cheese
- Thyme leaves
- Crush the crackers in the bag with a rolling pin to a coarse crumb. Stop well before it turns to dust.
- Stir in the melted butter, the cheese and the thyme.
- Scatter over baked white fish, a gratin or a dish of roasted vegetables, right to the edges.
- Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes until deep gold. The toasted grain browns faster than breadcrumbs, so watch the last five.
What you'll end up with: A nuttier, crisper crust than fresh breadcrumbs give, and the best end for the crumbs.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100g, as published | Per 100g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 430 kcal |
| Fat | 14.9g |
| of which saturates | 6.8g |
| Carbohydrate | 62.9g |
| of which sugars | 5.8g |
| Fibre | 5.4g |
| Protein | 8.6g |
| Salt | 1.8g |
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat, barley and rye (gluten), and it may contain egg, milk, 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), Vegetable Oil (Palm), Glucose Syrup, Wheat Bran (4.5%), Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Barley and Barley Malt Extract, Barley Flakes (2%), Kibbled Rye (2%), Kibbled Wheat (2%), Salt, Wheat Protein, Wheat Starch. May also contain Sesame Seeds, Milk, Egg, Soya.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Multigrain cracker base | the structure | Firmer and denser than a plain cracker, because the grain gives the dough something to hold. It snaps rather than flakes and carries a wet topping for minutes rather than seconds. |
| Toasted cereal note | the difference | The flavour the format is bought for. Baked cereal reads nutty and faintly sweet, and it is present from the first bite rather than arriving late. |
Pack: Best before the date printed on the pack, and best clipped or resealed once opened.
Characterising components shown. Multigrain is taken from the front of the pack, according to the published pack listing.
Sourcing & blend. Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, 200g comes from the cheeseboard half of a long-established British and Irish savoury baking name. That half of the range is built to be built on: plain enough to carry a topping, sturdy enough to hold it. It is a different product philosophy from the seasoned snacking end of the same brand, which arrives finished and wants nothing on top. The pack you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe.
What is in Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, 200g, and what is not:
- In: firm savoury crackers made with more than one cereal, 200g to the sealed pack.
- No fibre or nutrition figure from us: multigrain is a recipe description on the pack front, not a nutrition benefit, and the numbers belong to the panel on the pack.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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