Jacobs Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack, 5 Pack 190g
Five sealed wrappers are doing more work here than the seasoning is. Open a large sleeve of thin crackers on Monday and by Thursday the snap has gone, while a 38g pack that has never been opened is exactly what it was when it was packed. That is why this format ends up in lunchboxes and desk drawers rather than on a table. The salt is genuinely light, enough to stop the wheat tasting of nothing and not enough to argue with soft cheese or a slice of tomato. Eaten bare it runs out of things to say by about the third one. A wrapper defends against damp and not against being sat on, so these travel best inside something rigid. This is a wheat cracker, so if gluten is the question the pack answers it and this page does not.
Jacobs Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack, in brief.
Jacob's Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack is five sealed 38g packs of lightly salted crackers, 190g in total, deliberately quiet so that whatever you put on top is the thing you taste.
The sealed portions are the point: a thin dry cracker starts losing its snap the moment a pack is opened.
A restrained cracker is a different product from a heavily seasoned one. Season a cracker hard and it becomes a finished snack that wants nothing on top. Season it lightly and it becomes a base: soft cheese, hummus, a slice of tomato with oil and pepper, all audible because the cracker is not shouting over them.
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 biscuit baking, and the multipack format is the more modern part of the story. Sealing crackers into small portions solves the single biggest problem savoury baking has, which is that a thin dry cracker starts losing its snap the moment the pack is opened. What the sealed portions buy you is the fifth portion being as good as the first. For a lunchbox or a desk drawer that is usually the right trade.
The ingredient list, the allergen advice, any certification marks, what the Mediterranean description refers to and the country of origin must all be read off the current UK pack rather than taken from this page.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Five portions of 38g: 190g in total.
- Built to carry a topping: the restrained seasoning is the point. Soft cheese, hummus or tomato and oil all stay audible on it in a way they do not on a heavily seasoned cracker.
- What it is not: not a snack cracker to be eaten as it comes, not a crispbread and not a claim about Mediterranean ingredients. It is a lightly salted base sold in sealed portions.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- The seal is the product: five sealed portions are the whole point of this pack. Use them one at a time and the advantage is real; open them all at once and it is gone.
- Room temperature: straight from a cupboard. Cold does not help a dry cracker and a fridge actively harms it, because the moisture is what takes the snap away.
- Dunking: possible in soup or tea for two or three seconds at most, but these are thin and there is no filling holding them together. Dry is better.
- Storage: cool, dry and away from strong smells. Unopened portions keep their character well past the point a large opened pack would have given up.
- Best with: a soft cheese, a spoon of hummus or a slice of tomato with oil and pepper, and a normally brewed mug of tea alongside.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacobs Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack, 5 Pack 190g, 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 quiet cracker is the easy one to drink with, because it is not competing. That widens the field considerably compared with the seasoned packs in this range: teas that would be overrun by a salted snack cracker are perfectly audible beside this one, and the topping you choose matters more to the pairing than the cracker does.
The Tea Break
The Lunch Serve
Made with this tea
The Lunchbox Portion
How to make The Lunchbox Portion with Jacob's Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack.
- 1 sealed 38g pack, unopened
- A small tub of soft cheese or hummus
- Cucumber or pepper sticks
- An apple
- Pack the 38g portion sealed. This is the entire point of the format.
- Keep the topping in a separate tub. A cracker sitting under soft cheese since breakfast is soft by lunchtime.
- Open and assemble at the table, one cracker at a time.
- Leave the other four portions sealed in the cupboard, where they will be as good next week as today.
What you'll end up with: A savoury base that actually arrives crisp, which is more than a lunchbox usually manages.
Tomato, Oil And Pepper
How to make Tomato, Oil And Pepper with Jacob's Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack.
- 1 sealed 38g pack
- 1 ripe tomato, sliced thin
- Good olive oil
- Black pepper
- Fresh basil, optional
- Slice the tomato thinly and let it sit on kitchen paper for a minute. Excess water is what turns a cracker soft.
- Assemble one cracker at a time rather than the whole portion at once.
- Dress with oil and pepper only. The cracker has brought the salt, restrained as it is, and more salt buries the tomato.
- Eat immediately, with a brisk mug of tea alongside.
What you'll end up with: The build the restrained seasoning exists for, and the clearest demonstration of why a quiet cracker is worth having.
The Soft Cheese Plate
How to make The Soft Cheese Plate with Jacob's Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack.
- 2 sealed 38g packs
- Soft cheese
- Grapes
- Cornichons
- A pot of english breakfast tea
- Open both portions at the table rather than in the kitchen.
- Set the cheese out at room temperature twenty minutes beforehand; cold cheese on a cracker is a waste of both.
- Add grapes and cornichons for sweetness and sharpness on the same plate.
- Pour tea brewed normally rather than long. There is little salt here, so there is no need to over-brew.
What you'll end up with: Two portions and twenty minutes of forethought gives you a proper light supper for two.
Soup, Alongside
How to make Soup, Alongside with Jacob's Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack.
- 1 sealed 38g pack
- 1 bowl of soup
- Black pepper
- No extra salt
- Keep them out of the bowl. These are thin and there is no filling to hold them together, so they collapse rather than soften usefully.
- Eat them dry alongside instead, alternating with spoonfuls.
- Season the soup with pepper rather than more salt; the crackers are quiet but not saltless.
- Open a second portion if one is not enough, rather than opening the whole multipack.
What you'll end up with: The snap survives, which is the only reason to choose a cracker over a crouton.
A Base For A Crowd
How to make A Base For A Crowd with Jacob's Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack.
- 3 to 5 sealed 38g packs
- Hummus
- Grated carrot and herbs
- Halved cherry tomatoes
- Olive oil
- Open the portions as people arrive rather than all at once at the start, which keeps the last ones crisp.
- Spoon hummus into a bowl rather than spreading it on in advance. Guests assembling their own is the only way a thin cracker stays crisp.
- Top the hummus with grated carrot, herbs and a little oil so the bowl carries the flavour instead of the cracker.
- Keep any unopened portions back for the week; the format is designed to be used a portion at a time.
What you'll end up with: A savoury table where the last cracker is as good as the first.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Lightly salted cracker | the base | A thin baked cracker with restrained seasoning. |
| Sealed 38g portion | 5 per multipack | The freshness mechanism. Five separate seals mean the crackers only meet the air when you open that portion, which is what a thin dry cracker needs most. |
| Mediterranean range name | printed on the pack | A front-of-pack name. What it refers to is printed on the current UK pack and we do not guess at it, so nothing here should be read as an origin or ingredient claim. |
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and barley (gluten), and it may contain egg, milk and sesame. 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), Barley and Barley Malt Extract, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Malted Barley Flour, Emulsifier (E472e), Wheat Starch. May also contain Sesame Seeds, Milk, Egg.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Pack: Best before the date printed on the pack, with unopened portions holding their character far longer than an opened large pack would.
Pinch of salt is a description of seasoning level, not a nutrition claim.
Sourcing & blend. Jacobs Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack, 5 Pack 190g comes from a long-established British and Irish biscuit name and answers the one real weakness of savoury baking: a thin dry cracker starts losing its snap the moment the pack is opened. What five sealed portions buy is the fifth portion being as good as the first. The pack you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe.
What is in Jacobs Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack, 5 Pack 190g, and what is not:
- In: five sealed 38g packs of lightly salted crackers, 190g to the outer multipack.
- Deliberately quiet: the restrained seasoning is a design choice rather than a shortfall. It is what leaves room for soft cheese, hummus or tomato and oil to be heard.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacobs Mediterranean Pinch of Salt Crackers Multipack, 5 Pack 190g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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