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Cruskits Original | Chewsday Review

An all time favourite-Cruskits! So how do these savoury crisp breads stack up? And are they any better than some of the other savoury biscuits I've reviewed lately?!

Ingredients

Wheat flour, rye flour, rice flour, clarified butter, sugar, salt, milk solids, antioxidant E307B
Clarified butter is the the fat component of butter (with all the milk proteins and water removed)
E307B is vitamin E and used to stop food going rancid. It’s generally well tolerated by most people.
Common allergens include: gluten, milk and soy. The package states that it may contain traces of egg, peanut, sesame and tree nut.

Positives

Negatives

Saturated fat (bad fat) content exceeds healthy guidelines at 3.9g/100g. This saturated fat comes from the clarified butter (which is pretty much just saturated fat). Having said that, a serving of cruskits (2 biscuits) is only 12.5g total, so it really doesn’t provide that much in the scheme of things.
There’s nothing hugely nutritious in Cruskits, but as far as a savoury biscuit goes, it’s not too bad (so not a big negative).

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Alternatives

Realistically, these biscuits don’t provide a lot of nutrition other than a bit of carbohydrate. They exceed saturated fat guidelines but the small serving size means that it’s not a huge issue. If you’re offering a couple of biscuits as a snack then think about how you could use them as a vessel to carry something else- maybe cream cheese and cucumber or spread with purees for young babies.
Rye cruskits have much less fat, saturated fat and sugar but double the sodium content.
Rice or corn cakes are a nutritionally better option but aren’t suitable for young babies because they break off in hard pieces.