Cheddars

Cheddars are a brand of baked Cheddar cheese-flavoured British-style savoury biscuit, having a granular crumbly texture unlike crackers which are harder, more brittle and flaky in texture. Although found in the crisp and snacks aisle of the supermarket, mini cheddars are categorically not a crisp as they are not made of sliced potato, they are a baked wheat based snack. They were originally manufactured and sold by Crawfords. Until 2014, Cheddars were marketed under the McVitie's brand, but are now marketed under the Jacob's brand. Cheddars are made with real cheese.

Mini Cheddars in "original" (left) and "BBQ" (right) flavours

Mini Cheddars
Reverse side of a packet of Original Flavour Mini Cheddars clearly showing the description as "Cheese Snack Biscuits"

Mini Cheddars were the result of product diversification by McVitie's as sales of their originals began to wane. They first launched in 1984–1985, and soon new flavours were introduced. Flavours include: Marmite, BBQ Beef, Branston Pickle, Cheese & Onion, Ham & Cheese and Mature Cheddar. They are commonly sold as a snack in pubs throughout the United Kingdom.

In 2015, a range of crispier, crinkled Mini Cheddars called Crinklys was launched, with flavours such as Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, Prawn Cocktail and Sweet Chili.

In 2017, three new cheese flavours were added to the range: Stilton, Red Leicester and Smoked Applewood.

As of 2019, Jacob's Mini Cheddars are available in 8 flavours - Cheddar, Smoked Cheddar, BBQ, Red Leicester, Blue Stilton, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack and Branston Pickle.

As of 2020 three new limited edition flavours were added; Nacho cheese & jalepeno, lime and chilli and chipotle chilli wings.

Giant Cheddars

Baked Cheddar Cheese Biscuits, also known as Giant Cheddars, are a larger version of the biscuit snack.

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