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Carr's Table Water Crackers, 125g
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LCurator note · Carr's
The cheese board default for a reason: thin, crisp and plain, made from flour, palm oil and salt, so the cheese tastes of itself.
Lee Samuel Tucker · Curator · crackers.biz
Weight125g
GlutenContains gluten
MilkMay contain milk
VeganVegan
Label notes
Ingredients & dietaryContains gluten, may contain milk and labelled vegan. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
Packaginga 125g 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 Table Water Crackers, in brief.
Carr's Table Water Crackers are the classic thin, crisp water biscuit: wheat flour, palm oil and salt, rolled thin, docked with holes and baked until they snap. They are made to carry cheese without competing with it.
The label carries vegan, vegetarian and kosher claims, and says the biscuits may contain sesame. At 7.7g of fat and 1.5g of sugars per 100g they are lean and barely sweet.
The water biscuit is the classic cheese board cracker, and the table water biscuit is its plainest form. Three ingredients go into it: fortified wheat flour, palm oil and salt. There is no raising agent, so the dough bakes thin and dense and breaks with a clean, dry snap.
That simplicity is exactly why it works. A plain, crisp biscuit lets a soft, delicate cheese taste of itself, and it does not add sweetness or richness that would blur the flavour of a good Brie or a fresh goat's cheese.
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 light, toasty wheat flavour, a gentle saltiness (1.5g per 100g) and very little sweetness. The texture is thin, dry and crisp, with a snap that holds even under a soft cheese.
What is in it
Flour (wheat flour, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil and salt. The label declares wheat (gluten) and says the biscuits may also contain sesame; the label data adds milk, mustard and soya as possible traces. The pack carries vegan, vegetarian and kosher claims.
Serving it
This is the cracker for soft and delicate cheeses: Brie, Camembert, fresh goat's cheese and cream cheese. It also suits smoked salmon, pâté and a slice of good ham, and it is the safe choice for a mixed board where you do not know your guests' tastes.
Source: crackers.biz, the UK cracker shop in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Carr's Table Water Crackers, 125g, 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 125g 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●●●●○ 4/5
Thin and dense, with a clean snap. Salt●●●○○ 3/5
1.5g of salt per 100g on the label. Richness●●○○○ 2/5
7.7g of fat per 100g: lean. Flavour●○○○○ 1/5
Plain and lightly toasted; built to stay out of the way.
Side by side
How does it compare
vs Carr's Table Water Large CrackersThe same recipe in a bigger biscuit, with more room for toppings.
vs Carr's Table Water Cracked Black Pepper CrackersThe same thin biscuit with cracked pepper.
Ways to serve Carr's Table Water Crackers, from the cheese board to the lunchbox.
From the recipe library
Made with these crackers
Brie and grapes
A ripe Brie, a few grapes and a plain biscuit: nothing gets in the way of the cheese.
Fresh goat's cheese
With a little honey or a fig.
Smoked salmon canapés
Cream cheese, smoked salmon, dill and lemon on a thin, crisp base.
The mixed board
Put them out first; every cheese has a partner in a plain water biscuit.
Cracker facts
From the pack
Pack weight125g
GlutenContains gluten
MilkMay contain milk
VeganVegan
Ingredients & nutrition
Inside the pack
| Energy | 1759 kJ |
| Energy | 417 kcal |
| Fat | 7.7 g |
| of which saturates | 3.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 74.7 g |
| of which sugars | 1.5 g |
| Fibre | 4.2 g |
| Protein | 10.1 g |
| Salt | 1.5 g |
Ingredients
Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (Palm), Salt. May also contain Sesame Seeds.
Allergens and label claims
- Contains: gluten (cereals).
- May contain: milk, mustard, sesame and soya.
- On the label: vegan, vegetarian and kosher.
Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
Nutrition per 100g
Pack and storage
- Pack: 125g of Carr's Table Water 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
Soft and delicate cheeses show best on a plain biscuit: Brie, Camembert, fresh goat's cheese and cream cheese. It also partners any cheese on a mixed board.
The holes (called docking) let steam escape in the oven, so the thin dough bakes flat and crisp instead of blistering.
The label carries a vegan claim. The label data also lists milk as a possible trace, so check the allergy advice if you are avoiding milk for an allergy.
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.
No milk ingredient is listed, but the label says it may contain milk, so it is not suitable for a milk allergy. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
The label carries a vegan claim. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
The label declares gluten (cereals). It also says it may contain milk, mustard, sesame and soya. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
417 kcal per 100g (1759 kJ), according to the published label data.
1.5g of salt per 100g, according to the published label data.
The pack holds 125g.
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 Table Water Crackers, 125g, please cite crackers.biz.
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