Product: Edward & Sons Vegetable Baked Brown Rice Snaps – $3.99+
I’ve had my fair share of delicious gluten-free crackers. From my Mary’s Gone Crackers to Glutino to Crunchmaster to Nut Thins, all have had something amazing and unique about them.
One day, while out on a grocery errand for me, my roommate returned with a surprise purchase for me. Another new product…’for the blog.’ What she handed me was a package of Vegetable Brown Rice Snaps from Edward & Sons. I had never heard of them, but they looked a lot like Nut Thins. This could only be a good thing. As I was working my way through another crunchy snack at the time, these were put away in the pantry, until yesterday when I cracked them open to take to work.
Like I said, these little brown rice crackers look a lot like Nut Thins. They are little round discs of snackage. In fact, it seems Edward & Sons has 10 different varieties of these brown rice snaps, with some very unique sounding flavors like Tamari Seaweed, Tamari Sesame, and so on. The Web site says that these little crackers are the ideal base for spreads and hors d’oeuvres, or straight from the package. I’m a straight from the package girl when it comes to crackers for the most part, so that’s how I took them to work.
A serving of these is a mere 8 crackers, at only 60 calories. Not so bad. They have under 2g of fat per serving as well. NICE! And much of what goes into them is completely organic. If you look at the ingredients, there is nothing fake or chemical sounding either. I recognized everything that was put into them. That was the good stuff.
Now, the bad news.
While the Vegetable Brown Rice Snaps aren’t horrible, they lack that certain “WOW’ factor that has accompanied other gluten-free crackers that I’ve sampled. These just sort of fell flat in the flavor department. They taste is a bit…different. I can’t really describe it. I bet these would really work better with a bit of hummus or a light dip, but that’s not always feasible. Like I said…they aren’t bad, I would probably just buy a different brand before I picked these up again. They were okay, but there are others superior to it. And I stick with brands that wow me. These…are forgettable.
The Celiathlete 