Grain

Cracker

Crackers are thin, crisp baked goods from grain flours—wheat, rye, rice, or mixed—used with cheese, dips, and soups. Styles range from soda crackers and water biscuits to seeded crispbreads and flavoured snack crackers. Lamination, docking, and leavening create snap and flake. They extend bread-cupboard grains into long-shelf savoury biscuits.

Also known as: Cracker / Water Biscuit, Cracker, Knäckebröd, Crackers / Taralli adjacent

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Quantity

Unit

Kg Liters Whole

Note

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Rice

Rye

Seeded

Wheat

Characteristics

Preparations

BrokenCrumbledDriedToastedWhole

Traits

BakedCrispDryFlakyMildNeutralSaltyToastyWheaty

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 259

Amount per 100 g

Total Fat 14.2 g
Saturated Fat 5.67 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 5.67 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.85 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 5.13 mg
Salt 0.01 g
Total Carbohydrate 0.01 g
Dietary Fibre 0 g
Total Sugars 0 g
Complex / starch 0 g
Protein 32.9 g
Water 49.4 g

Detailed nutrients

Energy 259 kcal
Water 49.4 g
Carbohydrates 0.01 g
- Sugars 1 g
  - Monosaccharides 0.7 g
  - Disaccharides 0.3 g
- Starch 109 g
  - Amylose 14 g
  - Amylopectin 41.9 g
  - Digestible Starch 47.5 g
  - Resistant Starch 5.59 g
- Fibre 6.46 g
  - Soluble Fibre 2.26 g
  - Insoluble Fibre 4.2 g
Protein 32.9 g
- Plant Protein 9.07 g
Fat 14.2 g
- Saturated Fat 5.67 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5.67 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2.85 g
  - Omega-3 0.34 g
  - Omega-6 0.6 g
Vitamins 67.5 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.25 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 3.29 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.7 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.29 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 3.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 34.3 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.9 mg
- Vitamin K 2.2 µg
Minerals 397 mg
- Major Minerals 390 mg
  - Calcium 200 mg
  - Sodium 5.13 mg
  - Potassium 185 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.4 mg
  - Iron 1 mg
  - Zinc 0.4 mg
  - Iodine 5 µg
Salt 0.01 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.01 g

Vitamins

vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.25 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.08 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 3.29 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.7 · vitamin-b6: 0.29 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 3.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 34.3 · vitamin-e: 0.9 · vitamin-k: 2.2 ·

Minerals

Sodium: 5.13 · Potassium: 185 · Calcium: 200 · Iron: 1 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·

Dry grains are starch-forward with bran fibre when whole; refining strips fibre and some minerals.

In the kitchen

Culinary partners and combinations that usually underperform with Cracker.

Pairs well with

Classic and complementary matches

Usually avoid with

Often clash in flavour or tradition

History

1700US

Ship's biscuit and early cracker bakeries supplied long-keeping wheat crackers for travel and trade.

1800GB

Water biscuits and cream crackers became British tea-time and cheese accompaniments.

1900

Industrial cracker lines made packaged soda crackers a global pantry staple.

2000

Seeded, wholegrain, and gluten-free crackers expanded specialty savoury biscuit markets.