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Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo Crackers, 150g
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LCurator note · Rakusen's
Two ingredients, flour and water, flame baked: one of the plainest, leanest crackers on our shelf and a blank canvas for toppings.
Lee Samuel Tucker · Curator · crackers.biz
Weight150g
GlutenContains gluten
MilkNo milk listed
VeganCheck the pack
Label notes
Ingredients & dietaryContains gluten and no milk ingredient listed. 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
Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo Crackers, in brief.
Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo Crackers are made from just two ingredients: fortified wheat flour and water. No salt, no fat, no raising agent: a plain, crisp, blistered cracker.
That makes them one of the leanest crackers we sell, with 1g of fat per 100g on the label data, and a blank canvas for any topping.
Matzo is unleavened bread, flour and water baked quickly and very hot, the bread of the Jewish Passover. Rakusen's matzo crackers are flame baked, which gives the charred blisters and the dry, brittle snap.
With nothing else in the recipe, the flavour is purely toasted wheat. That plainness is useful: matzo takes butter, cheese, jam or a dip without adding salt or fat of its own.
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.
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Taste and texture
Expect a dry, brittle snap, toasty charred spots and a plain wheat flavour. The label data gives 357 kcal, 79g of carbohydrate, 2.8g of sugars and 0.02g of salt per 100g.
What is in it
Wheat flour (calcium, iron, niacin, thiamine) and water. The label declares wheat (gluten).
Serving it
Butter and a little salt, cream cheese and smoked salmon, chopped liver, or a spread of hummus. Crumbled, matzo also makes a coating and a stuffing.
Source: crackers.biz, the UK cracker shop in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo Crackers, 150g, please cite crackers.biz.
Brand
The story behind Rakusen's
Rakusen's was established in 1900 in Leeds by Lloyd Rakusen, a watchmaker by trade, who began by baking matzos in his own back room. After his death in 1944 the company passed to his family, and Wikipedia records that it has been owned by Andrew Simpson since 2015, still operates in Leeds, and has all its products certified kosher by the London Beth Din. Matzo is unleavened bread: flour and water, baked fast and hot so it blisters and snaps. The Rakusen's matzos on our shelf list just wheat flour and water, which makes them among the plainest, leanest crackers we sell, a blank canvas for butter, cream cheese, smoked salmon or chopped liver.
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.
Founded1900, England (Leeds)
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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●●●●● 5/5
Dry and brittle, with blisters. Salt●○○○○ 1/5
0.02g of salt per 100g on the label data. Richness●○○○○ 1/5
1g of fat per 100g. Flavour●○○○○ 1/5
Plain toasted wheat.
Side by side
How does it compare
vs Rakusen's of Yorkshire Matzos Flame Baked CrackerRakusen's of Yorkshire matzos, 200g, vegan on the label.
Ways to serve Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo Crackers, from the cheese board to the lunchbox.
From the recipe library
Made with these crackers
Butter and salt
The simplest way.
Smoked salmon
With cream cheese and dill.
Chopped liver
A traditional topping.
Matzo crumbs
Crushed as a coating for fish or schnitzel.
Cracker facts
From the pack
Pack weight150g
GlutenContains gluten
MilkNo milk listed
VeganCheck the pack
Ingredients & nutrition
Inside the pack
| Energy | 1584 kJ |
| Energy | 357 kcal |
| Fat | 1 g |
| of which saturates | 0.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 79 g |
| of which sugars | 2.8 g |
| Fibre | 4.3 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Salt | 0 g |
Ingredients
Wheat Flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water
Allergens and label claims
- Contains: gluten (cereals).
Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
Nutrition per 100g
Pack and storage
- Pack: 150g of Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo 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
Unleavened bread made from flour and water, baked quickly. It is the bread of the Jewish Passover.
No salt is listed; the ingredients are wheat flour and water.
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 on the label. Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
The label declares gluten (cereals). Recipes and factory arrangements change, so check the allergy advice on the pack you receive.
357 kcal per 100g (1584 kJ), according to the published label data.
0g 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 Rakusen's Flame Baked Matzo Crackers, 150g, please cite crackers.biz.
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