WEBVTT - TNC Review: Seeded Crackers

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<v Speaker 1>Is a cheese and cracker platter something that you look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to every weekend. Do you scan the shelves to

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<v Speaker 1>find the most nutritious crackers, only to be left confused

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<v Speaker 1>by the huge range that you find in supermarkets. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry, we have you covered. So today we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to review three of the most popular seeded crackers in

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<v Speaker 1>the supermarket.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, I'm Susie Burrow and Only and Wood.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's two of Ustrays leading dieticians who specialize in

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<v Speaker 1>evidence based nutrition. We bring you the Nutrition Couch Product Review,

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<v Speaker 1>a weekly chat on new products and the old favorites

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<v Speaker 1>that you can find in supermarkets. So Leanne, I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit like you as I've got older. I love

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<v Speaker 1>crackers in particular, and I love a cheese plate, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have to say I take great pride in creating beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>entertaining platter. So I'm really looking forward to moving into

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<v Speaker 1>my new house so i can get back to entertaining regularly.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know you're a cheese and cracker lover as

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<v Speaker 1>well well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a massive fan. Choosing cracker's hands down have to

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<v Speaker 2>be Oh if I had oh, I'm gonna say top five,

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<v Speaker 2>But I might stretch to top ten foods that I

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<v Speaker 2>could as my last days on a cheese crackers would

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<v Speaker 2>hands down been in the top. But you know the

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<v Speaker 2>good quality stuff Triple Bree or some ash Bree or

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<v Speaker 2>some nice you know French cheese, and you know some

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<v Speaker 2>good grainy, seedy crackers as well.

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<v Speaker 1>The daffen wire is a big favorite of mine, but

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<v Speaker 1>at the moment I'm actually enjoying the truffled cheddar. Like

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<v Speaker 1>there's truffled one and you just slice it, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>these Lavosh crackers that are just my absolute favorite. So yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you're talking to people who know their cheese and crackers people,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're in good hands. So the first one I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to review today is a brand that I really

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<v Speaker 1>love all of their products in general. The Alinas are

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<v Speaker 1>Tsion crackers, and we've chosen the cranberry and sunfow our

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<v Speaker 1>seed ones and I have definitely had these land have

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<v Speaker 1>been on my and often I'll include a style of

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<v Speaker 1>cracker like this on my patters. Now, these retail for

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<v Speaker 1>four dollars at calls and four dollars fifty at were worse.

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<v Speaker 1>They're certainly not inexpensive, and I think that's often a

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<v Speaker 1>testament to the quality of the ingredients, because the seeds

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<v Speaker 1>in particular can be quite expensive. So what we'll do

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<v Speaker 1>today we might compare hundred grams, I think, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>difficult with serving sizes because they don't necessarily specify how

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<v Speaker 1>many crackers that is, so it will go per hundred grams.

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<v Speaker 1>So per hundred these crackers have got seventeen one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and ninety kilo jules, which a quick calculation is about

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<v Speaker 1>four hundred and fifty calories for that entire box. Oh no,

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<v Speaker 1>is it one hundred grand box? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, hold long, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine point nine grams of protein, eleven point nine grams

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<v Speaker 1>of total fat, and just one point seven grams saturated.

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<v Speaker 1>So whilst seeds do have some fat in them, they're

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<v Speaker 1>very very low and saturated fat, which is a good side.

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<v Speaker 1>Anything less than three percent saturated fat is a good

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<v Speaker 1>quality product. Carbohydrates, as you would expect from a cracker,

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<v Speaker 1>sixty five point six grams. A high proportion of those

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<v Speaker 1>sugar is twenty two point one grams, and I will

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<v Speaker 1>stress that because when we look at these ingredient lists,

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<v Speaker 1>the dried fruit in those will be giving most of

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<v Speaker 1>that sugar drive through five to seven point nine per

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and seven hundred and seventy milligrams of sod, which

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<v Speaker 1>again sounds quite high, but if you break it down

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<v Speaker 1>to sort of three or four crackers per serve it

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty low overall. And we'd look at the ingredients.

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<v Speaker 1>Wheat flour is first, followed by flax seeds, which are

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<v Speaker 1>extremely high in the plant source of a Mega three fat,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a massive bonus, although we don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>actual reading on that fat profile. Dried sweet and cranberries

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<v Speaker 1>at ten point seven percent, so not insignificant in giving

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<v Speaker 1>much of those sugars which have got a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of sugar in them, followed by raw sugar, honey, greek yogurt,

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<v Speaker 1>which is an interesting ingredient really for this kind of product.

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<v Speaker 1>Sunflower seeds at five point one percent, which is also

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<v Speaker 1>a fair whack of sunflower seeds in these products, so

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't give us the percentage of flax seeds, which

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<v Speaker 1>is odd. Why they've only done it for sunflower seeds

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<v Speaker 1>because it's in the name, that's why. So if a

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<v Speaker 1>food product includes the ingredient in the title, they need

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<v Speaker 1>to include the percentage, whereas flax seeds isn't in the

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<v Speaker 1>actual product description and hence they haven't given the percentage

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<v Speaker 1>of those, but it will be higher than five point

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<v Speaker 1>one percent, which is sunflower seeds, so that's reassuring. We

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<v Speaker 1>have got quite a strong product raising agent five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and then salt. They do contain gluten milk products so

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<v Speaker 1>as as well as may contain sesame and trainut so

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<v Speaker 1>not great for our allergies. And you can see wheat

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<v Speaker 1>flour is the first ingredient and it's made in Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>We believe it's an Australian company from at least seventy

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<v Speaker 1>four percent of austrain ingredients, which is actually really highly

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<v Speaker 1>on because we don't have a lot of seeds here

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<v Speaker 1>in Australia, so quite a high proportion of that for

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<v Speaker 1>this product. Now, you know what I'm finding hard to

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<v Speaker 1>faulter it you don't have that many of them. There

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<v Speaker 1>are a million times better than crackers made with palm oil,

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<v Speaker 1>which is sort of the old school cracker on cheese platters. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>they've got some sugars that does have a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of added sugar, but for me, the good fats from

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<v Speaker 1>the high proportion of flax seed and sunflower seeds out

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<v Speaker 1>weighs any negatives. I think they're really good. I buy them,

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<v Speaker 1>I recommend them. I think that just keeping an eye

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<v Speaker 1>on the portions, you'd want sort of three four five

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<v Speaker 1>crackers at most. But you know, I think they're pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good in general.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree, I buy them. I love them. I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely delicious. But I would be hard pressed to eat

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<v Speaker 2>that whole container. And when you're listing off some of

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<v Speaker 2>the nutrition on the nutrition information panel, yeah, it sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like a lot, like twelve grams of fat, twenty grams

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<v Speaker 2>of sugar, seven hundred and seventy milligrams of sodium. But

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<v Speaker 2>don't forget we were listing off per one hundred grams,

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<v Speaker 2>so the entire box. And you know, I could probably

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<v Speaker 2>sit there on the couch and eat a whole box

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<v Speaker 2>of jats, and I just wouldn't find them satisfying. Yet,

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<v Speaker 2>if I had a whole packet of these crackers, I

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<v Speaker 2>think I'd actually be hard pressed to eat the whole packet,

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<v Speaker 2>just because of the good profile of nuts and seeds

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<v Speaker 2>in there. I find them a lot more satisfying cracker

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<v Speaker 2>for cracker than if I just had like a plane

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<v Speaker 2>like jats cracker or rice crackers. Like, let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>those rice crackers are so more as you could eat two, three,

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<v Speaker 2>four rows of them for an incredible amount of carbohydrate.

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<v Speaker 2>Compared to these ones, They've at least got a really

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<v Speaker 2>good fat, nice fat profile in there which kind of

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<v Speaker 2>slow you down and make you a little bit more,

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<v Speaker 2>say sheated over time. So I'm a massive fan of

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<v Speaker 2>these as well, Susie. And putting some of these on

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<v Speaker 2>a cheese patter, Let's be honest, if you're sharing that

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<v Speaker 2>between a group of friends, four, six, ten people there,

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<v Speaker 2>you're probably only got to have a couple with a

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<v Speaker 2>you know, small wedge of cheese and hopefully a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of veggi sticks and a bit of fresh fruit. Actually

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<v Speaker 2>a really wonderful addition. But my only thing is I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know why they called them cranberry and sunflower seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>I like flat seeds. I find them far more nutritious.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have called them cranberry and flax seeds, but

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<v Speaker 2>maybe it's just harder to pronounce. I'm not really sure.

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<v Speaker 2>With the higher proportion of flax seeds compared to sunflower seeds,

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<v Speaker 2>why they put some flour in the name and not

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<v Speaker 2>flux seeds.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess people don't really know flax seeds so much,

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<v Speaker 1>where a sunflower is sort of a positive association, like

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<v Speaker 1>the boxes yellow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>I think what I love about these crackers is they're

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<v Speaker 1>so crunchy that you're really satisfied after eating them. And

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm having them, I won't have just one cracker

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<v Speaker 1>with cheese. I'll break it down into two or four

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<v Speaker 1>and have a little bit of cheese and really savor

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<v Speaker 1>the experience. So I find they're really they're crunchy, and

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<v Speaker 1>they really give a great mouth satisfaction, so it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to overeat them, whereas things like you said, those sort

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<v Speaker 1>of old school crackers or rice crackers. You know, in

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<v Speaker 1>ten rice crackers there's the equivalent carbohydrate of two slices

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<v Speaker 1>of bread. They've got to be one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>processed nutritious food in the supermarket. Like there's nothing decent

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<v Speaker 1>compared to these. And one of my little boy loves these,

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<v Speaker 1>and I love that because they're so good and he's

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<v Speaker 1>getting some good fats from them, and there are a

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<v Speaker 1>million times better than traditional biscuits, which are basically a

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<v Speaker 1>mix of sugar, palm oil and refined white wheat flour.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, big thumbs up from me. I love this

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<v Speaker 1>brand and I use them all the time. Now, the

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<v Speaker 1>next brand is a client of mine who I'm an

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<v Speaker 1>ambassador for, so I'll be very clear about that. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the Carmen Supersed and nut Roasted Almond and Sesame crackers,

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<v Speaker 1>and I do consult to Carmens, and I've been a

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<v Speaker 1>big fan of this fantastic austrain company for some time.

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<v Speaker 1>So maybe Leanne you take us through them, because I

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<v Speaker 1>am probably quite biased and they are quite different from

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<v Speaker 1>the Alina crackers we've looked at first, So you give

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<v Speaker 1>me your take on it first before I taint you

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<v Speaker 1>with my personal bias.

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<v Speaker 2>To be I do love Carmas. It's a brand that

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<v Speaker 2>I've known and loved for many years as well, and

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<v Speaker 2>I do use them, but I'm not an ambassador. Sadly,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm very jealous Susie. So I will take you guys

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<v Speaker 2>through these crackers today. So we've got the Carmen Superseded

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<v Speaker 2>and nut roasted Almond and Sesame crackers. So the box

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<v Speaker 2>is eighty grams and they're three dollars fifty at Woolworths

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<v Speaker 2>and Coals So when we go through the ingredient list,

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<v Speaker 2>the first ingredient is seeds forty two percent seeds. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a really high proportion, a great fat profile. To kick

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<v Speaker 2>us off, we've got a mix of some flour, sesame

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<v Speaker 2>and limb seeds. The next ingredient is a gluten free

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<v Speaker 2>flour blend, and then we've got chickpea fababe and tapioca

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<v Speaker 2>flour in there. We've got some flour oil, some linseed meal,

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<v Speaker 2>some almonds at seven percent sea salt, garlic, and some

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<v Speaker 2>natural antioxidants being rosemoo extractor round us off. So the

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<v Speaker 2>alunses in here are almonds, in sesame and maybe presents.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously they're made on the same processing line as peanuts,

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<v Speaker 2>soy and tree nuts, so if you've sort of that

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<v Speaker 2>nut seed allergy, obviously being a nut seed cracker, you'd

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<v Speaker 2>want to be very careful. But the benefit is here

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<v Speaker 2>that they are gluten free. It's a nice Aussie brand

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<v Speaker 2>and the ingredient list is very clean with a wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>fat profile. So just based on the ingredients, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>voult it, and looking at the nutrition panel obviously again

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to compare per one hundred grams, So we're

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<v Speaker 2>comparing luck to like nineteen hundred and forty kilodules, fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>point four grams of protein, thirty three point six grams

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<v Speaker 2>of fat, with only three point two being saturated, a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful fat profile there, so a high percentage of fat,

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<v Speaker 2>but all of that being basically are good fats. Twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one point nine grams of carbohydrate, So for that whole box,

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<v Speaker 2>it's actually very low carbohydrate. That that's a slice of

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<v Speaker 2>thick bread basically the equivalent carbohydrate because it is a

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<v Speaker 2>higher fat product, you know, predominantly it's coming from the

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<v Speaker 2>seeds versus actual the carbohydrate, with only one point six

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<v Speaker 2>grams of that being naturally occurring sugars, seven point seven

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<v Speaker 2>grams of dietary fiber, and five hundred and twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>milligrams of sodium, which sounds very high, but per serving,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, not too concerning, put it that way. So

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<v Speaker 2>I love this product, And as you said, it is

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<v Speaker 2>very different to the Alinas crackers, a very different sort

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<v Speaker 2>of mouse feel and texture. This is what I would

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<v Speaker 2>call like a healthy rice cracker. That's sort of how

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<v Speaker 2>I would describe. It's more of that rice cracker type

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<v Speaker 2>look and feel, and when you crunch it, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot crunchy. It's sort of not as I guess, sort

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<v Speaker 2>of thick and harder to eat as what the first

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<v Speaker 2>crackers would be like. Alna's are my favorite crackers, but

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<v Speaker 2>I always have something like the Carmons ones on a

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<v Speaker 2>platter because my parents both have denties and they find

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<v Speaker 2>it really hard. They actually find the Linux crackers a

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<v Speaker 2>bit too hard to sort of bite down and munchro

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm a big fan of including something like the

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<v Speaker 2>Alnas and also a bit of a softer cracker like

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<v Speaker 2>the Carmons ones are just a little bit easier to

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<v Speaker 2>chew if people do have gentes or bracers or anything

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<v Speaker 2>like that. So I'm a big fan of this as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the ingredient list and the fat profile is wonderful,

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<v Speaker 2>And again I think they just provide more satisfaction and

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<v Speaker 2>satiation to me versus like a plain Wis cracker, like

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<v Speaker 2>a you know, a sour cream flavored rice cracker, which

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<v Speaker 2>most people would really struggle not to eat the entire packet,

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<v Speaker 2>myself included, because they are so Moorish and there's just

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<v Speaker 2>no sustenance there, like it's all just refined carbohydrate, and

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<v Speaker 2>most people will have that with like half a table

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<v Speaker 2>homas and wonder why they're not losing weight. And there's like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, four or five six hundred calories eating a

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<v Speaker 2>packet of rice crackers with half a tub of homus.

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<v Speaker 1>So I ask Carolyn when I saw her recently why

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<v Speaker 1>they're packaged kind of funny, because like normally crackers are

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<v Speaker 1>in a like a tube like you get with the

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<v Speaker 1>Elena ones. You know, you've got like a decent and

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<v Speaker 1>I was always like, why are these in this funny

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<v Speaker 1>pack like it's three individuals, and you know what she

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<v Speaker 1>said to me, because they're designed for people who do

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<v Speaker 1>platters so you don't lose half of them and they

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<v Speaker 1>go stale. So they're designed to take out a few

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<v Speaker 1>and put on a platter and then reseal them so

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<v Speaker 1>you don't lose the freshness, which I thought is so

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<v Speaker 1>smart because I often throw out, you know, the alenas

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<v Speaker 1>because I haven't used them all and they've gone stale

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<v Speaker 1>at the end. So that's a little bit of history,

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<v Speaker 1>is why they're packaged so differently. But I quite like

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<v Speaker 1>that because they're portion can control quite well because they

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<v Speaker 1>are a higher fat product. They're great fats, they're good fats,

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<v Speaker 1>they're fats that more Australians need to have as part

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<v Speaker 1>of their routine diet, but they're not insignificant calorie wise,

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<v Speaker 1>so keeping that portion it's sort of three to four

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<v Speaker 1>of that more chunky cracker is a really good reference

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<v Speaker 1>point for people as well, and as such they're very

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<v Speaker 1>affordable too, so you know, very strong Australian product, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know that you know, really common is a keen

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<v Speaker 1>to do more in this healthy snacking space. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think all of them, any of these are fantastic and

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<v Speaker 1>they're adding those really good fats to the diet. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why they're designed like this differently in the market

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<v Speaker 1>to keep them fresh so you don't end up throwing

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<v Speaker 1>any away, which is something sort of a downside of

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes when we open boxes of crackers. Interesting, all right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the third product is one about Audi products, and I

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<v Speaker 1>actually like this product too because it ticks the box

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<v Speaker 1>on something that we didn't get from the other one.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's the Demora gluten free raisin and pumpkin seed.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I am hastened to say that these are possibly

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<v Speaker 1>made by Alena and the only reason I say that

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<v Speaker 1>is that they're so very similar these crackers that you

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<v Speaker 1>do find in AUDI to the Alena brand, and often

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<v Speaker 1>different free companies will be making them under the Audi label.

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<v Speaker 1>But the difference is these are a good and free variety,

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<v Speaker 1>so they're really an Alena's. Do you have a gluten

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<v Speaker 1>free variety of crackers like this that you'll find in

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<v Speaker 1>the health feed section of Wooes and Coals? So I

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<v Speaker 1>suspect it's the same product, and the price points not dissimilarly,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know this is quite expensive for an AUDI product,

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<v Speaker 1>so their quality is reference there. So the first ingredients

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<v Speaker 1>are rice flour, followed by tabiocre starch, flax seeds raisins

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<v Speaker 1>at twelve point eight percent, so very similar profile to

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<v Speaker 1>the first product, with the exception of the gluten free

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<v Speaker 1>flower based may start honey pumpkin seeds at seven point

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<v Speaker 1>five percent, so again incredibly high load of high A

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<v Speaker 1>Mega three plant based papeters Greek yogurt. Again this has

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<v Speaker 1>to be made biolin as this is their formulation. Raising

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<v Speaker 1>agents salt, thigner, some emulsifiers, bits and pieces to keep

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<v Speaker 1>them sort of crunchy, but again you can't really fault them,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly for a gluten free product. It's still one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>gram box and similar seventeen thirty kilo dules, four hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fourteen calories for the entire box, nine point one

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<v Speaker 1>grams of protein, like almost identity go to the first

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<v Speaker 1>product we've seen in a gluten free variety. Eleven point

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<v Speaker 1>three grams of fat, less than three percent saturated at

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<v Speaker 1>two point one sixty five point one total carbs, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two point five percent total sugar is coming from that

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<v Speaker 1>dried fruit. The raisins six point six grams of dietary

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<v Speaker 1>fiber and relatively low sodium sixty sixty milligrams to that

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<v Speaker 1>entire box. So, whether it's the Alina gluten Free or

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<v Speaker 1>at the Demora, which is the Audi brand, very similar

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<v Speaker 1>price point again for people who need to eat or

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<v Speaker 1>choose to eat gluten free, A really really strong product nutritionally, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't. I've got nothing bad to say. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>falt it. I think it's a really strong product.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's interesting that they've got two and a half

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<v Speaker 2>health Stars, And I think you have to really be

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<v Speaker 2>aware of what makes up the hell stars and what

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<v Speaker 2>drops you know you from the ratings as such. So

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<v Speaker 2>like because of the addition of the added sugar, plus

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<v Speaker 2>the natural sugar from things like raisins, that would have

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<v Speaker 2>dropped them down in terms of the health Stars I imagine,

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<v Speaker 2>and the higher fat percentage even though it is good.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the health Stars are skewed more towards lower fat products.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're losing health Stars basically because of some of

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<v Speaker 2>the added sugars. And let's be honest, there is some

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<v Speaker 2>added sugars in there. I just think they wouldn't taste

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<v Speaker 2>anyone here as good if they didn't have the added sugars.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think there would be more of that. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, ZUZI helped me out here a cardboard type

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<v Speaker 2>taste if they didn't have a little bit of that

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<v Speaker 2>sweetness to it. So some of it's natural from the fruit,

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<v Speaker 2>some of it is added, but it's just such a.

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<v Speaker 1>Small amount, so small overall though, you know, in this

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<v Speaker 1>kind of product.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, it's a couple of grand I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Just having a look, Leanne, because that's a really good

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<v Speaker 1>point about the health Stars. How many health Stars are

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<v Speaker 1>on jets? Now, I grew up with jets. We had

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<v Speaker 1>them literally every day after school. With butter and vegemite,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's be honest, they're nutritionally they're kind of more

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<v Speaker 1>like cake than a cracker. Now I reckon they don't

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<v Speaker 1>the best of my knowledge, I'm looking don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>health Star on them because it's not compulsory for companies

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<v Speaker 1>to put it on. But I think they'd come in

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<v Speaker 1>at one or two, right, that would be my which

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<v Speaker 1>means that you're comparing a jat set one or two

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<v Speaker 1>to this at two. It is so misleading because this

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<v Speaker 1>nutritionally is so much better as offering good fats and

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<v Speaker 1>a food that is encouraging people to savor. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>the issue with health Star rating. Basically, it's not discerning

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<v Speaker 1>enough in terms of category of food or good fats

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<v Speaker 1>which you're getting a good dose of from products like this,

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<v Speaker 1>so they can be This is a classic example of

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<v Speaker 1>where the health Star needs a lot of work in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of differentiating products that are in context actually really

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<v Speaker 1>good compared to products that are like a two health

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<v Speaker 1>Star is a terrible product.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a terrible product.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is one of the strongest gluten free crackers

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<v Speaker 1>available and it's coming in at two health Stars, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>how is that even possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I chose this specifically because it is gluten free.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a little bit of a cheaper price point

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<v Speaker 2>being found at Aliti compared to calls and walls, and

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<v Speaker 2>it does suit our ciliacs who need it all. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of those some of our clients who are you know, intolerant,

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<v Speaker 2>and they do want a more of a gluten free cracker,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is that sort of more specialty cracker range.

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<v Speaker 2>It is delicious. It is something that it is a

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<v Speaker 2>high price point, but it is something that's really nice

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<v Speaker 2>to include as part of a really nice, bougie sort

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<v Speaker 2>of cheese platter. So I absolutely love it. I've tried

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<v Speaker 2>the gluten free variety and the non gluten free variety

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<v Speaker 2>as well, and I think they're both super super strong.

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<v Speaker 2>And as we said ZUSA, we need more of that

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<v Speaker 2>better fat mix or fat profile through our diet as

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<v Speaker 2>a strains because we're just getting far too much saturated

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<v Speaker 2>fat and trans fat. So whatever we see products with

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<v Speaker 2>flex seeds and linseeds and pumpkin seeds and cheer seeds included,

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<v Speaker 2>we are hands down most of the time going to

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<v Speaker 2>recommend them. Yes, it has a little bit of added

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<v Speaker 2>sugars in it. But I think for the large bulk

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<v Speaker 2>of the positives that you're getting out of these products,

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<v Speaker 2>a healthy fat profile, the fiber, even a small amount

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<v Speaker 2>of protein because of those seeds as well, far out

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<v Speaker 2>weighed the fact that we've got a couple of grams

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<v Speaker 2>of added sugar in here. And if you're sitting down

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<v Speaker 2>to this with some cheese and a couple of veggie

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<v Speaker 2>sticks and a bit of you know, some lened dips,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's going to be far better than just

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<v Speaker 2>have a bowl, you know, bowls of chips and chocolate

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, wine and alcohol on a Sunday night.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're much better, you know, to recommend products like this,

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<v Speaker 2>even if there is a little bit of added sudes

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<v Speaker 2>in there. And that's my view anyway, one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 1>And as I said, this had been one of the

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<v Speaker 1>strongest crackers nutritionally for those who have Silly Act disease,

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<v Speaker 1>and as such, for that group of people, it's misleading

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<v Speaker 1>to give it to health styles. So you do need

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<v Speaker 1>to be careful, and that's why you need to listen

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<v Speaker 1>to the nutrition couchually and because we're much more discerning

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to recommendations and our justifications for why,

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<v Speaker 1>and we will let our listeners know that what we're

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<v Speaker 1>working on at the moment is a product manual, So

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<v Speaker 1>we're actually going to put together all of our key

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<v Speaker 1>recommendations across categories, so making it easier for our listeners

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<v Speaker 1>to go through and say, you know, why do we

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<v Speaker 1>choose these products? You know, and how can you easily

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<v Speaker 1>have a reference point to that. So that is in

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<v Speaker 1>the works and we'll be out before the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the year, so watch this space particularly, And I've just

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<v Speaker 1>thought to myself there and we need to include a

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<v Speaker 1>whole gluten free section, which way you haven't done, so

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<v Speaker 1>that's just a little bit more work for you branch.

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