Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Sakata Rice Crackers


Taste

I think I have now tried all the flavours of rice crackers from Sakata.

  • wasabi & soy - very little wasabi taste and only a faint hint of soy
  • black sesame & soy - beautiful, salty and with that unmistakble aroma of black sesame, almost as good as the rice crackers from Japan!
  • greek feta - tastes like ordinary plain crackers. Can't taste any feta.
  • Italian roast tomato & balsamic - artificial tomato taste and a bit one-dimensional, the balsamic being more sour than anything
  • Mexican salsa and cheese - tastes like salsa dip mixed with BBQ sauce. You can actually taste the cheese, although it tastes more like off cheese than real cheese
  • sour cream & chives - it tastes salty and pleasant, but I can't taste any sour cream or any chives
  • Moroccan spice - quite pleasant, but kinda tastes like bbq flavour>
  • Portuguese chicken - really good, a bit bbq like and a little spicy

Rating - 6.5

Look

They are one of the better known brands of the ubiquitous rice crackers filling our supermarket aisle, with their catchy jingle. I think they try to relate these back to Japan but I don't think they have succeeded at all! The packaging is not up to scratch for one! They come in a tray dividing the crackers into 4. I wish they individually seal the 4 roles though, as once it's opened, you are better off finishing all the biscuits to keep them fresh. It'll also be easier to carry around in smaller packaging.

Rating - 1

C-factor

I got these on special for 100g for 99 cents. Usually they are about $1.69 I think. It's a fair price to pay.

Rating - 1

Swiss Points - 8.5

Ingredients

Wasabi & Soy

rice (93%), vegetable oil, sugar, soy sauce powder (tamari), flavour enhancer, flavour, fructose, garlic powder, salt onion, powder, yeast extract, anti-caking agent

Tomato

rice (57%), potato (29%),vegetable oil, sugar, salt, flavour enhancer, onion powder, dextrose, tomato powder (0.6%), acidity regulator, spices, garlic powder, parsley flakes, anti-caking agent

Available At

Supermarkets everywhere

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