Jacob's On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, 5 x 40g
The black seed is what makes this one worth a look. It brings a sharp, faintly peppery note that is unusual on a British cracker shelf, and it is the reason the cracker has something to say with nothing on top of it. That matters more than it sounds, because a forty-gram pack gets eaten at a desk or on a train, where there is no cheese, no knife and nothing to improve it with. Wheat, so out for a gluten-free household.
Jacob's On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, in brief.
Jacob's On the Go 5 x Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers is five individually sealed snack packs rather than one sleeve, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the seeded cracker that is still crisp at the fifth pack.
A cracker's one real enemy is humidity, and a sleeve opened on Monday is a different product by Friday, so five sealed portions beat any tin. A lunchbox format rather than a cheeseboard one.
For a cracker, individual sealing is worth more than it is for almost anything else on the shelf. A cracker's single failure mode is moisture, and a sleeve opened on Monday is a different product by Friday. Five sealed packs means the fifth one is as crisp as the first, which is why this format belongs in a lunchbox, a desk drawer or a bag rather than on a cheeseboard. It is a portion, not a course.
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. Storage, the seed question and what the name does not tell you are in the Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Jacob's
Jacob's is one of the familiar names on the British cracker shelf, best known for the cream cracker, and the On the Go range is the part of it built for eating away from a table.
Fibre Boost is the brand's own name for this line, and we want to be clear about how we treat it.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Format: five individually sealed snack packs. According to the published pack listing each is forty grams.
- Why sealed matters: a cracker's only real enemy is kitchen humidity, and five sealed portions beat any tin. The fifth pack is as crisp as the first.
- Seeded, not plain: this has a flavour of its own, so it works eaten on its own and it is a poor choice as a neutral base for something delicate.
Ideal Serving Conditions
This is a portion rather than a course, and almost everything worth knowing about it follows from the fact that each pack is sealed until you open it.
Away From the Table
- A bag or a drawer: the sealed pack is the protection. Do not decant the crackers into a tub for a packed lunch, which throws away the only advantage the format has.
- Eat the pack: once opened, a snack pack has no resealing worth the name. This is a portion designed to be finished.
- With cheese or hummus: a seeded cracker stands up to a strong dip better than a plain one, which is one of the few places the flavour is an advantage.
- On their own: the honest test of a snack cracker, and this one passes it because the seeds and the salt give it something to say.
The Storage Rules
- Leave them sealed: the simplest storage advice on this shelf. An unopened snack pack is better protected than anything you can decant into.
- Cool and dry: the outer box in a cupboard, not the shelf above the kettle. Sealed is not the same as indestructible.
- Do not split a pack over two days: a half-eaten snack pack is soft by the next morning, and there is no way to close it properly.
- If one does soften: five minutes in a low oven at about 150C and a few minutes cooling on a rack brings the crispness back. Watch it, because seeds colour faster than dough.
Getting It Right with a Hot Drink
- Pairing: a plain black tea without milk, which leaves the seed and grain notes clear.
- Also good: a black coffee at a desk, which is where most of these get eaten.
- Avoid: sweet and fruit infusions, which land on top of the salt and do the savoury notes no favours.
- Dunking: no. A thin seeded cracker gives way immediately and there is nothing in it a hot drink improves.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jacob's On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, 5 x 40g, 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
These are sealed snack packs meant to be eaten away from a table, so the builds below are about the lunchbox, the desk and the few things worth putting on a seeded cracker. The cards are the packed lunch done properly, the desk drawer, a hummus plate, a quick cheese and tomato board, the oven rescue, and a crumb for a tray bake.
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The Packed Lunch, Done Properly
How to get a crisp cracker at one o'clock instead of a soft one.
- 1 sealed snack pack
- A wedge of firm cheese, wrapped separately
- Something fresh
- Put the sealed pack in the box as it is. Do not decant it into a tub.
- Keep the cheese wrapped separately rather than touching the crackers.
- Open the pack at the table and build each cracker as you eat it.
- Decanting throws away the only advantage the format has, which is the seal.
What you'll end up with: A cracker at lunchtime in the condition it left the factory in.
The Desk Drawer
How to keep a box at work without ending up with five soft packs.
- The outer box of five packs
- A black coffee
- Keep the box cool, dry and out of the sun. Sealed is not the same as indestructible.
- Take one pack at a time and finish it. A half-eaten pack is soft by morning.
- Avoid the shelf above a kettle, which is the most humid spot anywhere.
- Heat works on the seeds rather than the texture: a warm box loses the toasted note quietly.
What you'll end up with: A fifth pack as good as the first, weeks later.
Hummus and a Seeded Cracker
How to use the one place a seeded cracker beats a plain one.
- 1 snack pack of crackers
- Hummus or a thick bean dip
- Olive oil and black pepper
- Choose a thick dip rather than a loose one. A thin cracker has very little to give before it fails.
- Dip and eat rather than loading them up in advance.
- Finish the dip with oil and pepper, not the cracker, which already has salt and seeds of its own.
- A plain cracker disappears under a garlicky dip. This one does not, which is the point of the flavour.
What you'll end up with: A five-minute lunch where both halves can still be tasted.
Cheese, Tomato and Nothing Else
How to build a plate from one snack pack without it going soft.
- 1 snack pack of crackers
- A firm cheese, thinly sliced
- Cherry tomatoes, halved and drained
- Black pepper
- Lay the cheese on first. Fat is a barrier and slows the moisture reaching the cracker.
- Drain the tomatoes properly on kitchen paper before they go anywhere near it.
- Assemble one at a time as you eat, never a plateful in advance.
- The seeds and salt mean you need nothing else on top, and anything sweet fights them.
What you'll end up with: A small savoury plate that is still crisp at the last cracker.
The Oven Rescue
How to save the pack you left open overnight.
- A softened pack of crackers
- An oven at 150C
- A cooling rack
- Lay them in a single layer on a baking tray.
- Bake five minutes at about 150C, watching them from three.
- Cool on a rack, not in a tin. Trapped steam goes straight back in.
- This re-toasts the seeds as well as drying the crumb, which is why they can come back better than they went in.
What you'll end up with: A rescued pack rather than a binned one.
A Seeded Crumb for Roast Vegetables
How to use the crumbs at the bottom of the pack.
- The broken crackers from a pack
- Olive oil
- Roasted vegetables
- Lemon zest
- Crush to a coarse crumb so the seeds stay whole.
- Toss with a little olive oil and the lemon zest.
- Scatter over roasted vegetables for the last eight minutes at 190C fan.
- Seeds brown faster than breadcrumbs, so watch it from five minutes.
What you'll end up with: A nutty crunch on a tray of vegetables and nothing wasted.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Fibre Boost | A product name, not a measurement | The brand's wording for the line. We repeat it as a name and not as a claim. No fibre figure, no percentage and no nutrition figure of any kind appears here. |
| Pack format | Five individually sealed snack packs; the published pack listing gives each as 40g | The packaging is the feature. A sealed pack keeps its crispness where an opened sleeve does not, which is why the fifth pack is as good as the first. Cracker count per pack is printed on the pack. |
Pack: Jacob's On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, 5 x 40g; five sealed snack packs of a seeded savoury cracker, GTIN 5000168015279. Keep them sealed until you eat them and store the outer box cool and dry rather than on the shelf above the kettle. Read the ingredient list, the seed varieties, the cracker count, the nutrition panel, the allergen advice, the gluten statement and the best-before date off the current UK pack.
Characterising components shown.
Sourcing & blend. Jacob's On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, 5 x 40g carries the Jacob's name, one of the familiar names on the British cracker shelf and best known for the cream cracker. The On the Go range is the part of that shelf built for eating away from a table, and the individual sealing rather than the recipe is what distinguishes it.
What's in Jacob's On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, 5 x 40g:
- In: five sealed snack packs of a seeded savoury cracker, with the ingredient list printed 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 On the Go Fibre Boost Black Seed & Quinoa Crackers, 5 x 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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