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Carr's Melts Cheese Crackers, 150g
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The cracker that brings its own cheese. Rich, flaky and savoury: better with drinks and mild toppings than under a strong blue.
Lee Samuel Tucker · Curator · crackers.biz
Weight150g
GlutenContains gluten
MilkContains milk
VeganNot vegan
Label notes
Ingredients & dietaryContains gluten and contains milk. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
Packaginga 150g pack. Once the pack is open, fold it tightly closed or tip the crackers into an airtight tin, and keep them somewhere cool and dry. Damp air is what softens a cracker. The pack gives the best before date.
About these crackers
Carr's Melts Cheese Crackers, in brief.
Carr's Melts Cheese are rich, round crackers with dried cheese powder baked into the dough and poppy seeds on top. They are the most savoury of the Melts range and taste of cheese before you have added any.
At 23.2g of fat per 100g they are tender and flaky rather than hard, which makes them a snacking cracker as much as a cheese board one. Put them out with drinks, in a lunchbox, or alongside a cheese board as the cheesy option.
Carr's Melts are built for a softer, richer bite than the table water biscuit. The dough uses coconut and palm oils and is raised with ammonium and sodium bicarbonate, which gives a light, layered crumb that melts on the tongue rather than snapping. The cheese version adds 9% dried cheese powder, onion and a natural flavouring made with whey and lactose, then a scattering of poppy seeds.
That makes these the Melts to reach for when you want the cracker itself to carry flavour. They are good on their own with a drink, and they suit mild toppings that would be lost on a stronger base.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the maker's published description. The pack in your hand is always the final word on ingredients and allergens.
From the catalogue
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Taste and texture
Expect a savoury, cheesy flavour with onion in the background and a little sweetness (7.3g of sugars per 100g). Salt is noticeable at 2.2g per 100g. The texture is short and flaky, closer to a savoury biscuit than a dry cracker.
What is in it
Wheat flour, coconut and palm oils, dried cheese powder (9%, milk), sugar, dried onion, natural flavouring containing dried whey and lactose (milk), raising agents, poppy seeds, salt and carotenes for colour. The label declares wheat (gluten) and milk, and says the crackers may contain egg, mustard, sesame and soya.
Serving it
Serve them with drinks as they are, or top them with something mild: cream cheese and chives, a slice of ham, or a little pickle. On a cheese board they are the cheesy cracker for guests who want one, next to plainer water biscuits for the stronger cheeses.
Source: crackers.biz, the UK cracker shop in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Carr's Melts Cheese Crackers, 150g, please cite crackers.biz.
Brand
The story behind Carr's
Carr's began in 1831, when Jonathan Dodgson Carr opened a small bakery and biscuit factory in Carlisle, with a flour mill alongside it: bread was baked by night and biscuits by day, and in 1841 the business won a royal warrant. The biscuit that made the name is the table water biscuit, a thin, crisp, plain cracker of flour, fat and salt, docked with holes and baked flat so it carries cheese without competing with it. Today the range runs from the table water biscuit in regular and large sizes, plain and with cracked black pepper, to the richer, flakier Melts and a cracker selection box. On our shelf the table water biscuit is the plain partner for soft and delicate cheeses, and the Melts are the choice for snacking and mild toppings.
Packaging: a 150g pack. Once the pack is open, fold it tightly closed or tip the crackers into an airtight tin, and keep them somewhere cool and dry. Damp air is what softens a cracker. The pack gives the best before date.
Founded1831, England (Carlisle)
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Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
Tasting notes
The taste profile
Crunch●●●○○ 3/5
Flaky and tender rather than hard, from the oils and raising agents. Salt●●●●● 5/5
2.2g of salt per 100g on the label. Richness●●●●● 5/5
23.2g of fat per 100g, 15.5g of it saturates. Flavour●●●●○ 4/5
Cheese powder, onion and poppy seeds give it plenty of its own flavour.
Side by side
How does it compare
vs Carr's Melts Original CrackersThe plain Melts: the same flaky style without the cheese and poppy seed.
vs Carr's Table Water CrackersCarr's plain water biscuit, far leaner and crisper, for strong cheeses.
Ways to serve Carr's Melts Cheese Crackers, from the cheese board to the lunchbox.
From the recipe library
Made with these crackers
With drinks
A bowl of Melts Cheese next to olives and nuts is a simple drinks spread.
Cream cheese and chives
A mild topping lets the cheesy cracker lead.
Ploughman's plate
Ham, pickle and apple slices with a few Melts Cheese on the side.
Lunchbox
A handful in a tub keeps well for a packed lunch.
Cracker facts
From the pack
Pack weight150g
GlutenContains gluten
MilkContains milk
VeganNot vegan
Ingredients & nutrition
Inside the pack
| Energy | 2076 kJ |
| Energy | 495 kcal |
| Fat | 23.2 g |
| of which saturates | 15.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 59.5 g |
| of which sugars | 7.3 g |
| Fibre | 2.2 g |
| Protein | 11.1 g |
| Salt | 2.2 g |
Ingredients
Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oils (Coconut, Palm), Dried Cheese Powder (9%) (Milk), Sugar, Dried Onion, Natural Flavouring (contains Dried Whey (Milk), Lactose (Milk)), Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Poppy Seeds, Salt, Colour (Carotenes).
Allergens and label claims
- Contains: gluten (cereals) and milk.
- May contain: egg, mustard, sesame and soya.
Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
Nutrition per 100g
Pack and storage
- Pack: 150g of Carr's Melts Cheese Crackers.
- Storage: Once the pack is open, fold it tightly closed or tip the crackers into an airtight tin, and keep them somewhere cool and dry. Damp air is what softens a cracker. The pack gives the best before date.
Ingredient and nutrition data: Open Food Facts, openfoodfacts.org, ODbL.
Formulations change; the current UK pack is always the final word on ingredients and allergens.
Product questions
Asked about this tea
Mild cheeses and soft spreads suit it best, because the cracker is already cheesy and salty. Save strong blues and aged Cheddar for a plainer cracker.
Melts are richer and flakier, with 23.2g of fat per 100g; the table water biscuit is thin, plain and snappy.
Yes. The label lists wheat, so it is not suitable for anyone avoiding gluten. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
Yes, milk is declared on the label. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
No. The label lists milk. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
The label declares gluten (cereals) and milk. It also says it may contain egg, mustard, sesame and soya. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
495 kcal per 100g (2076 kJ), according to the published label data.
2.2g of salt per 100g, according to the published label data.
The pack holds 150g.
Once the pack is open, fold it tightly closed or tip the crackers into an airtight tin, and keep them somewhere cool and dry. Damp air is what softens a cracker. The pack gives the best before date.
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Source: crackers.biz, the UK cracker shop in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Carr's Melts Cheese Crackers, 150g, please cite crackers.biz.
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