Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper Crackers, 150g
A crunchy, oven-baked flatbread cracker with poppy seeds, salt and black pepper, made for dipping: thin enough to scoop, sturdy enough not to snap in a thick dip. Keep the pack clipped, since thin crackers soften fastest. Contains wheat and barley.
Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper Crackers, in brief.
Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper is a 150g pack of thin, oven-baked flatbread shards seasoned with salt and pepper, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the savoury pack built to be held at one end and dipped at the other.
Salt suppresses bitterness on the palate, so brew the tea a minute longer than usual and it will land about right alongside these.
Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper sits between a cracker and a bread, which is exactly what a flatbread is supposed to do. It is thinner and longer than a round cracker, seasoned on the surface rather than through the dough, and firm enough to go into a thick dip without snapping off in it.
Per the published ingredients the flatbreads carry poppy seeds (4%) alongside the salt and black pepper, on a wheat flour base with palm oil and barley malt extract. Jacob's describes them as oven baked with a crunchy texture, made for dipping.
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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It adds character without committing the pack to an occasion: this works in a bowl on its own, in a dip, beside soup, or under a slice of cheese, which is more than a sweet chilli or a cheese-flavoured snack can honestly claim.
The Story Behind Jacob's
Jacob's is one of the oldest names in British and Irish savoury baking, and a flatbread is one of the newer things it does. The format came into the snacking aisle from the deli counter rather than from the cracker tin: thin, long, oven-baked shards meant to go beside dips and antipasti rather than to sit under a slab of cheddar. That is category description rather than a claim about this pack.
What the shape changes is how it behaves in your hand. A round cracker is designed to be loaded flat and eaten in one; a flatbread shard is designed to be held at one end and dipped at the other. That is the whole reason to choose it, and it is why the pack is worth having when people are standing up rather than sitting down.
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: dips above all. Hummus, tzatziki, soured cream, a soft cheese, a tapenade. Also soup, and a bowl on its own.
- What it is not: not a cheeseboard cracker and not a crispbread. It is a seasoned flatbread shard, and it is at its best held at one end.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Hold it at one end: the shape is the product. A flatbread shard is made to be gripped and dipped rather than loaded flat.
- Thick dips are fine: this is firm enough for hummus without snapping off in the bowl, which a thin round cracker is not.
- Room temperature: cold blunts the pepper aroma, which is most of the first impression when a pack opens.
- Reseal or clip: a thin shard goes soft faster than a thick cracker because there is less structure holding the moisture out.
- Two minutes in a hot oven: revives a pack that has only just started to soften, and it sharpens the pepper at the same time.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper Crackers, 150g, 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.
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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 salt-led savoury snack changes what a cup of tea tastes like, and in this case for the better. Salt suppresses bitterness on the palate, so a tea brewed a minute longer than you would normally take it lands about right alongside these, and a cup that would read as too brisk on its own reads rounder here.
The Tea Break
The Coffee Break
Made with this tea
Hummus And Flatbread, The Right Way Round
How to make Hummus And Flatbread, The Right Way Round with Jacob's Flatbread Salt and Pepper.
- A handful of salt and pepper flatbread shards
- 200g hummus
- Good olive oil
- Paprika and black pepper
- Spoon the hummus into a shallow bowl and make a well in the middle with the back of the spoon.
- Pour olive oil into the well and dust the top with paprika. A thick dip is exactly what this shape is for.
- Hold each shard at one end and dip the other. Loading it flat with a knife wastes the shape entirely.
- Season the hummus lightly, because the crackers already bring salt and pepper of their own.
What you'll end up with: The pairing the format was designed around, and a dip that no thin round cracker would survive.
The Mezze Table
How to make The Mezze Table with Jacob's Flatbread Salt and Pepper.
- 1 pack salt and pepper flatbread shards
- Hummus, tzatziki and a tapenade
- Olives, cucumber and radishes
- Feta or a soft goat cheese
- Lemon
- Put three dips out in shallow bowls rather than deep ones, so a shard can reach the bottom without being buried.
- Stand the crackers upright in a glass or a jug rather than laying them flat. They are long, and they break less that way.
- Keep the cheese in a block with lemon and oil over it rather than crumbling it, so people can load a shard themselves.
- Refill the crackers rather than the dips. A 150g pack goes quickly with four people standing up.
What you'll end up with: A table for four that takes twenty minutes and looks like an hour, because the crackers are doing the presentation.
Soup And Shards
How to make Soup And Shards with Jacob's Flatbread Salt and Pepper.
- 10 salt and pepper flatbread shards
- A bowl of tomato or roasted pepper soup
- 30g grated hard cheese
- Basil
- Warm the shards for two minutes in a hot oven while the soup heats. It sharpens both the break and the pepper.
- Grate the cheese over half of them and flash them under a grill for a minute.
- Serve beside the bowl rather than in it. A shard is easier to hold over a bowl than a round cracker, which is half the point.
- Season the soup lightly. The crackers are doing the salt and the pepper for you.
The Strong Mug And A Handful
How to make The Strong Mug And A Handful with Jacob's Flatbread Salt and Pepper.
- A handful of salt and pepper flatbread shards
- 1 mug english breakfast or assam
- A splash of milk
- No sugar
- Brew the tea a minute longer than you normally would. Salt suppresses bitterness on the palate, so a cup that reads too brisk on its own lands about right here.
- Add milk and leave the sugar out. Sweetened tea against a salted peppered cracker is a combination almost nobody enjoys twice.
- Serve at room temperature rather than from a cold cupboard, which blunts the pepper.
- Eat dry and sip alongside. Do not dunk; the break is most of the pleasure.
What you'll end up with: The reason a seasoned savoury pack earns a place on a tea shelf at all.
Ten Minute Baked Starter
How to make Ten Minute Baked Starter with Jacob's Flatbread Salt and Pepper.
- 12 salt and pepper flatbread shards
- 100g soft goat cheese
- Honey and olive oil
- Chopped walnuts
- Thyme
- Lay the shards on a baking tray and top each with a small spoon of goat cheese.
- Scatter the walnuts and the thyme over and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake at 190°C for 6 minutes, until the cheese has just softened. Any longer and the shards darken at the edges.
- Finish with the smallest drizzle of honey and serve straight from the tray.
What you'll end up with: A hot starter from a cupboard pack in twelve minutes, and the pepper in the base does all the seasoning for you.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100g, as published | Per 100g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 419 kcal |
| Fat | 8.7g |
| of which saturates | 3.1g |
| Carbohydrate | 71.4g |
| of which sugars | 1.9g |
| Fibre | 5g |
| Protein | 11.3g |
| Salt | 1.1g |
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (Palm), Poppy Seeds (4%), Barley Malt Extract, Dried Autolysed Yeast, Salt, Black Pepper, Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate).
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published listing it contains wheat and barley and may contain eggs, milk, mustard, sesame and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Thin oven-baked flatbread | the structure | Thinner and longer than a round cracker and firm with it, which is what lets it go into a thick dip without snapping off. The shape is as much of the product as the recipe. |
| Salt | the lead | Applied to the surface, where it dissolves on contact and reaches the palate first. That fast arrival is the mechanism behind a repeatable savoury snack. |
| Black pepper | the difference | Named on the pack front, arriving a beat behind the salt and bringing the aromatic lift you notice when a pack is opened. |
Pack: Best before the date printed on the pack, and best clipped or resealed once opened.
Characterising components shown. Salt and pepper is taken from the front of the pack, according to the published pack listing.
Sourcing & blend. Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper Crackers, 150g comes from the snacking half of a long-established British and Irish savoury baking name, and from a format that arrived in the snacking aisle by way of the deli counter rather than the cracker tin. Thin, long, oven-baked shards are built to go beside dips and antipasti rather than to sit under a slab of cheddar, and the shape is as much of the product as the seasoning. That is category description rather than a claim about this pack. The pack you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe.
What is in Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper Crackers, 150g:
- In: thin oven-baked flatbread shards seasoned with salt and pepper, 150g to the sealed pack.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacob's Flatbread Salt & Pepper Crackers, 150g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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