# Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £2.40 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/ryvita-thins-multi-seed-flatbread-crackers-125g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/ryvita-thins-multi-seed-flatbread-crackers-125g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Ryvita **Price:** £2.40 GBP **GTIN:** 5050974000822 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers is the thin seeded flatbread in the Ryvita range, 125g, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the toasted, snappy shard for a board or a light plate.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and rye (gluten), and it may contain milk 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.A Thin is not a crispbread. It is baked flat and hard, so it breaks with a fast high snap, toasts its seeds properly and softens the moment the pack is open. The seeds lead, the salt stays behind them, and a soft topping needs to go on gently and be eaten straight away.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, how to load one without breaking it and how it differs from the crispbreads are in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers is the thin seeded flatbread in the Ryvita range, 125g to a pack. A Thin is a different proposition from the crispbreads that made the brand's name in British kitchens. Where a crispbread is a thick slab you build a small meal on, a Thin is a shard: baked flat and hard, eaten by the handful or loaded very lightly, and closer in use to a snack than to a lunch base. The published ingredient list also includes rye and linseed. The words that matter on the front are multi seed. What a seeded flatbread does in the mouth is a separate question the format answers on its own: seeds carry oil, oil browns hard in a thin bake, and the toasted character leading this cracker comes from that rather than from seasoning. The Taste Profile Seeded Toast: ●●●●○ (4/5) The lead note. A very thin bake browns seed oil properly, and that roasted, faintly nutty character is what you taste first and what lingers. Salt: ●●○○○ (2/5) Restrained. Enough to season the grain behind the seeds, not enough to argue with anything you put on top. Shard Snap: ●●●●● (5/5) Thin, flat and hard. It breaks with a fast high snap rather than the low crumbling crunch of a thicker cracker. Versatility: ●●●○○ (3/5) Good on a board and under a soft topping, but it is seeded and it is fragile, so it cannot be the neutral base a plain cracker is. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Ryvita Ryvita is the name most British shoppers attach to crispbread, and the Thins sit alongside that range rather than inside it. On our own shelf we list the thick crispbreads at 200g and 250g, the very light crackerbreads, the Thins in several seasonings and the Snack It bags built for eating out of the hand. Our reading of that shelf is that the crispbreads are a food in their own right, the crackerbreads are a platform, and the Thins are a snack that will accept a topping if you treat it gently. That is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description, not a specification handed to us. The name tells us Thins, multi seed, flatbread and 125g. That restraint matters more here than on most shelves, because seeded crackers attract a great deal of loose diet and health talk. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Weight: one hundred and twenty-five grams. Thin means fast: a flatbread baked this thin has a great deal of surface for very little mass, which is why it snaps so cleanly, toasts so well and softens so quickly once the pack is open. Seeded, not neutral: the seeds are the point of this one. If you want a cracker that contributes nothing and lets a topping lead completely, a crackerbread or a water cracker does that job better. What it is not: not a crispbread, not a free-from line, and not a cracker that survives being carried loose in a bag. How Does Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g Compare to: Ryvita Thins Rosemary & Sea Salt Flatbread Crackers, 125g: the same flatbread, seasoned with herb and salt instead of carrying seeds. The more aromatic board cracker; this one is quieter on seasoning and leads on toasted seed instead. Ryvita Crispbread Pumpkin Seed & Oat Crackers, 200g: the seeded idea on the thick crispbread base rather than the thin one, in a bigger pack. Substantial and chewy-brittle where this is a fast hard shard. Buy that as lunch and this to hand round. Jacob's Choice Grain Multigrain Crackers, 200g: the grain-forward table cracker from the other big name on this shelf. Thicker and sturdier, so it takes a firm topping and a sideways grip that this flatbread will not. Ideal Serving Conditions Almost everything that goes right or wrong with a thin seeded flatbread follows from one fact: it is baked very flat and very dry, so it is hard, it is brittle, and it has a great deal of exposed surface for its weight. The Board and the Topping Soften whatever you spread: cold butter or fridge-cold soft cheese snaps a Thin before it spreads. Twenty minutes out of the fridge solves it. Support it flat: hold the cracker on a palm or a plate while you load it. Held at one edge, a flatbread this thin breaks at the first stroke of a knife. Keep the topping light and dry: this is a shard, not a plate. A thin cracker under a wet topping has a window of a few minutes, so build at the table rather than in advance. The Storage Rules Airtight on day one: a very thin bake takes moisture out of kitchen air faster than a thick one, because there is far more surface per gram for it to come in through. A tin beats a clip: a resealed bag keeps some of the air out but none of the weight off, and these break under the crackers stacked above them. A rigid tin fixes both problems at once. Reviving a soft one: a few minutes on a tray in a low oven brings the snap back, but watch them constantly. Something this thin, with oil-bearing seeds on it, colours in seconds rather than minutes, and it must cool flat before it is touched. Getting It Right with a Hot Drink Pairing: a brisk black tea. The toasted seed note has enough weight to sit against a proper builder's brew, and the tannin cuts the oiliness that toasted seeds leave behind. Also good: a green tea if the topping is delicate, and a black coffee with a seeded cracker and cheese at the end of a meal. Dunking: no. A flatbread this thin does not soften into a dunk, it collapses. Keep the cup beside the plate. Best with: soft cheese, hummus, smoked fish, a board of hard cheese eaten dry, or nothing at all out of the pack. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and rye (gluten), and it may contain milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. No calorie, fibre or protein figure appears anywhere on this page. Seeds and allergens: sesame is a named UK allergen and other seeds are common here, so a household managing a seed allergy should read the current UK pack rather than this page. The pack is the only place to settle it. Child safety: a hard thin shard is a choking risk for very small children. Keep it out of their reach and read the label. ## Product Questions What is the difference between a Ryvita Thin and a Ryvita crispbread?Thickness, and it changes everything. A crispbread is a thick slab you build a small meal on; a Thin is a flat hard shard closer to a snack. Our reading is that a crispbread is lunch and a Thin is something to hand round. Which seeds are on it?The pack says multi seed and we repeat that the pack says it. Why does it break when I butter it?Because cold butter is stiffer than the cracker is. Baked this flat there is very little material holding it together. Soften the butter and support the cracker flat on a palm or plate while you spread. Why does it go soft so quickly once opened?Surface area. A very thin bake presents far more surface for its weight than a thick one, and surface is what takes moisture out of the air. Get the pack airtight on the day you open it. Bag clip or tin?A tin. A clip keeps some of the air out but none of the weight off, and these break under whatever is stacked on them. A rigid tin solves the softening and the breakage together. What should I put on it?Something soft, something dry, and not much of it. Soft cheese, hummus, a little pate. The seeds already contribute flavour, so a strongly flavoured topping will fight them rather than sit on them. Can I dunk it in tea?No. A flatbread this thin does not soften into a dunk, it collapses in the cup. Keep the tea beside the plate rather than under the cracker. How many crackers are in a pack?The pack is 125g and states its own count on the label. Which drink goes with it?A brisk black tea. Toasted seed has enough weight to sit against a proper builder's brew, and the tannin cuts the oiliness toasted seeds leave behind. A green tea works if the topping is delicate. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat and rye (gluten), and it may contain milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: WHEAT Flour (61%) (WHEAT Flour, Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Mixed Seeds (24%) (Millet Seed, Brown Linseed, Golden Linseed), Wholegrain RYE Flour (10%), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Flavour Enhancer (Potassium Chloride).Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy433 kcalFat14.1gof which saturates3.3gCarbohydrate56.2gof which sugars2.9gFibre8.1gProtein16.4gSalt1.5gIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsPack: Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g; thin seeded flatbread crackers, a distinct line from the thicker Ryvita crispbreads and the very light crackerbreads. Store cool, dry, dark and airtight, and move them to a rigid tin the day the pack is opened: a very thin bake has a great deal of surface for its weight, which is what lets moisture in, and the crackers are brittle enough to break under whatever is stacked on them. Read the net weight, the cracker count, the seed and ingredient list, the nutrition panel, the allergen advice and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown. The distinction drawn between Thins, crackerbread and crispbread is our own editorial reading of three lines the brand sells separately. 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. Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g is made by Ryvita, the name most British kitchens attach to crispbread, with the Thins sitting alongside that range rather than inside it. On our own shelf we list the thick crispbreads at 200g and 250g, the very light crackerbreads, the Thins in several seasonings and the Snack It bags built for eating out of the hand. Our reading is that the crispbreads are a food in their own right, the crackerbreads are a platform and the Thins are a snack that will take a light topping. That is our own editorial assessment and not a specification from the brand.What's in Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g: In: thin seeded flatbread crackers, loose in a 125g pack. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cracker tastes the way it does from the first bite to the last swallow.The outer layer is roasted rather than raw. Seeds carry oil, and oil is what browns in an oven, so a flatbread rolled this thin and baked this hard browns its seeds properly rather than warming them through. That gives an aroma on opening the pack that reads as toast and nuts rather than as plain grain, and it is the single thing that separates a seeded thin from a plain one. It is also why the top surface tastes stronger than the underside: whatever sits proud of the dough takes the most heat.The flavour spike arrives immediately, because there is no thickness to travel through. A thick cracker gives you crunch first and flavour afterwards; a Thin gives you both at once, a fast hard snap and the roasted seed note landing together. Through the middle the seasoning stays low, which on our reading is deliberate, so the seeds keep the lead instead of competing with salt. It is a short, concentrated mouthful rather than a long one, and it is the reason a handful of these disappears faster than a handful of anything thicker.The base structure is the finish, and it is oily in the useful sense of the word. Toasted seed leaves a light coating that a plain starch cracker does not, and that coating is what carries the flavour on after the crunch has finished. It is also what makes the choice of drink matter more here than on a neutral cracker. The structural side of the base is fragility: baked flat and dry, there is very little material holding a Thin together, so it breaks under a sideways grip, under a cold knife and under the crackers stacked on top of it in a cupboard.Getting it right in the cup. This is a dry-eating cracker and the cup belongs beside it rather than under it. Dunking is not worth attempting, because a flatbread this thin does not soften into a dunk, it collapses. What the cup has to do here is cut, not match. Toasted seed oil coats the palate lightly, and a brisk black tea with real tannin clears it between mouthfuls in a way that a delicate cup cannot. A builder's brew with or without milk works, a black coffee works at the end of a meal with cheese, and a green tea is the one to reach for only if the topping is delicate enough to need protecting. Match the drink to the oil rather than to the seasoning.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, and the rate depends almost entirely on how much surface there is for its weight. A flatbread rolled this thin is near the extreme of that on our shelf, so an open pack in a steamy kitchen can lose its snap in a couple of days. Seeds add a second clock to the same problem: seed oil is what makes this cracker taste of anything, and oil left open to warm air and light dulls over time long before anything else changes. The prevention is ordinary and worth doing on day one. Airtight and rigid, cool, dark and nowhere near the cupboard above the hob. Reviving a soft one in a low oven does work, but oil-bearing seeds on a thin base colour in seconds rather than minutes, so watch them the whole time and let them cool flat before touching them. ## Recipe Ideas Ryvita Thins Multi Seed Flatbread Crackers, 125g is a snack first and a base second, so the builds below are light, dry and quick. Five cover the board, a soft cheese plate, a lunchbox pairing, a way to use a broken pack and the drink to have beside it. Recipes, born here first The Cheeseboard Shard How to make The Cheeseboard Shard with Ryvita Thins Multi Seed. 5 min 4 people Easy You'll need 12 Ryvita Thins Multi Seed crackers A hard cheese and a soft one Grapes or sliced apple A spoonful of chutney on the side Method Lay the crackers out flat in a single layer rather than stacked, because they break under their own pile. Keep the chutney in a separate dish. A wet spoonful sitting on a thin flatbread softens it within minutes. Serve the soft cheese already out of the fridge for twenty minutes so nobody tears a cracker trying to spread it. Pair with a hard cheese eaten dry on the cracker: the toasted seed note handles a mature cheddar better than a plain cracker does. What you'll end up with: A board where the cracker contributes something rather than just carrying, which is the whole argument for a seeded thin over a plain one. Soft Cheese Without Breakage How to make Soft Cheese Without Breakage with Ryvita Thins Multi Seed. 6 min 2 people Easy You'll need 8 Ryvita Thins Multi Seed crackers A soft cream or curd cheese Fresh chives or dill Black pepper Method Take the cheese out of the fridge twenty minutes early. Cold soft cheese is stiffer than the cracker and will snap it. Rest each cracker flat on a plate or your palm while you spread, never held at one edge. Spread from the middle outwards, which puts less bending force through the cracker than a long stroke end to end. Snip the herbs over, grind pepper and eat within a few minutes. What you'll end up with: The classic plate, with the two bits of technique that decide whether you get eight crackers or sixteen pieces. Desk Lunch Beside a Soup How to make Desk Lunch Beside a Soup with Ryvita Thins Multi Seed. 4 min 1 bowl Easy You'll need 5 Ryvita Thins Multi Seed crackers A bowl of soup Softened butter Black pepper Method Butter the crackers before the soup arrives, with butter at room temperature and each cracker supported flat. Keep them clear of the steam coming off the bowl, which softens a thin flatbread from across the table. Choose a soup with some body. The toasted seed note holds up against a lentil or tomato soup and gets lost under a delicate one. Do not dunk. These collapse rather than soften. What you'll end up with: A lunch where the cracker is the texture and the soup is the meal, ready in the time it takes to heat the bowl. The Broken Pack Crumb How to make The Broken Pack Crumb with Ryvita Thins Multi Seed. 10 min 1 tray Easy You'll need The broken half of a pack 25g melted butter or a little oil Black pepper A baked dish that needs a topping Method Crush the broken crackers in the bag with a rolling pin until they are coarse crumbs rather than dust. Stir through the melted butter or oil and a good grind of pepper. Scatter over a gratin, a baked fish or a macaroni cheese for the last ten minutes of the oven time. Watch it closely. Seed oil that has already been toasted once colours very quickly the second time. What you'll end up with: The answer to the bottom of the packet, and a better savoury crumb than plain breadcrumbs because the seeds are already roasted. Seeded Thin and a Brisk Brew How to make Seeded Thin and a Brisk Brew with Ryvita Thins Multi Seed. 5 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 4 Ryvita Thins Multi Seed crackers 1 bag of a strong everyday black tea A splash of milk if you take it A wedge of mature cheddar Method Brew the tea in 250ml of just boiled water for four minutes so it comes out with real tannin behind it. Eat the crackers dry with the cheese, cracker and cheese together rather than one spread on the other. Drink between mouthfuls rather than after them. The tannin is doing a job on the toasted seed oil. Keep the cup beside the plate. Nothing about this cracker is improved by putting it in the tea. What you'll end up with: The pairing this cracker is actually for: a seeded thin has enough weight to sit against a proper brew, which a plain water cracker does not. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._