Product Review: Glutino's Multigrain Gluten Free Crackers

I have really good friends; one of them recently gave me a box of Glutino's Multigrain Gluten Free Crackers. She ordered it through the mail and thought I would like to try them. Little did she know that I have been looking for a good gluten free cracker for four years. Most gluten free crackers are dry and nasty tasting; Glutino's Multigrain Gluten Free Crackers were not.

The individual crackers reminded me of Ritz's crackers in looks, except Glutino's Multigrain Gluten Free Crackers are thicker. The cracker itself has a wonderful texture and when you take a bite it acts like a normal cracker. In order words it didn't crumble into a million pieces and scatter crumbs all over creation. That is a big step in the right direction; it is the first gluten free cracker I have tried that held together after I took a bite.

Glutino's Multigrain Gluten Free Crackers tasted wonderful to me. I had to keep myself in strict control to keep from eating most of them in one sitting. The crackers are loose in two separate foil wrappers, which was a little strange. Why not one bag? Better yet why not stack them in a roll and wrap them that way? It seems there would be less likelihood of the cracker being broken if it was in a roll. The only reason I could think of, is that Glutino is trying to disguise the fact that there just aren't that many crackers in a 4.4 oz box.

I'm not sure why Glutino calls this cracker multigrain because the only grain I see listed in the ingredients is white rice flour. It should be called Fennel crackers because they were heavy handed with the fennel. If you don't like the taste of fennel you will find the taste of these crackers disturbing. Personally, I love fennel so I was okay with it, but I do think they could cut down on the amount. A little goes a long way when it comes to fennel.

There are three other flavors: original, vegetable and cheddar. I'm going to try to convince my local grocery store to stock the original flavor and/or the cheddar flavor of Glutino's Gluten Free Crackers.

Bottom line: These are excellent gluten free crackers, if you like the taste of fennel.

Nutrition facts: In a 4.4 oz box, there are about 32 crackers per box, the serving size is 8 crackers with 140 calories. Total fat 5g (saturated fat 2.5g, trans fat 0g); cholesterol 5mg, sodium 150mg, total carbohydrate 22g (dietary fiber less than 1g, sugars 1g) and protein is less than 1g.

Ingredients list: corn starch, white rice flour, organic palm oil, modified corn starch, dextrose, liquid whole eggs, yeast, salt, fennel seeds, poppy seeds, guar gum, ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, mono and diglycerides, and natural flavor.

Allergen alert: contains eggs, and may contain traces of soy, milk and sesame.

Made in Italy, imported by Glunio / Importations DEROMA, 2055 Blvd Dagenis O. (West), Laval, Qc, Canada, H7L 5VI or email info@glutino.com or visit www.glutino.com or call 1-800-363-3438

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