May is bank holiday month – two long weekends, the first proper sun and a garden or a park that suddenly needs a snack table. So this box leaned into sharing and sitting outside: a 160g bag of tortilla chips for the dip, a prebiotic orange soda for the sun, plantain crisps and popcorn for the park, and a pasta pot for the Tuesday after. Almost every one of the 20 snacks is plant-based, and most are gluten-free too. Here’s what was inside ☀️
Our mini snack boxes contain a selection of items from the full size box.
What it is: Corn tortilla chips with toasted linseed, sunflower seed and quinoa, seasoned with smoky paprika, tomato and a little chilli, in a 160g bag.
Why we picked it: Our big bag of the month: high in fibre, real corn, and a salsa flavour that holds up to a bank holiday dip.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Thin crisps of 71% green plantain from Colombia with a zesty lime seasoning, in an individually packed 30g bag.
Why we picked it: A crisp made from something other than potato, with a lime kick that suits a warm May afternoon.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Thin, baked pretzel crackers made from wheat flour with a little malt extract and sea salt, in a 35g bag.
Why we picked it: Baked not fried and low in fat, and they are the right shape for hummus, which is most of the reason.
Dietary: Vegan. Contains gluten and soya.
What it is: A 70g pot of Italian durum wheat fusilli with a tomato, garlic and chilli sauce, ready a few minutes after you add hot water.
Why we picked it: Not a snack so much as a desk lunch, for the days when the bank holiday has eaten the shopping.
Dietary: Vegan. Contains gluten (wheat); may contain peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, sesame, soya, milk and mustard.
What it is: Light chips of lentil flour, potato starch and corn flour with a sweet sriracha seasoning of cayenne, garlic and onion, in a 20g bag.
Why we picked it: Gentle heat, a bit of sweetness and lower fat than a crisp, in a bag sized for one sitting.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Crunchy sticks of 42% red lentil flour and maize flour with a dairy-free cheese-style seasoning, in a 50g bag.
Why we picked it: Cheese flavour with no cheese in it, and a lighter crunch than a corn puff, which suits an afternoon at the desk.
Dietary: Vegan. May contain gluten, milk and sulphur dioxide.
What it is: Wholegrain British popcorn, 92% of the pack, popped in rapeseed oil with a pinch of sea salt, in a 20g bag.
Why we picked it: Corn, oil, salt and nothing else, high in fibre, and about as plain and honest as a snack gets.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. May contain nuts, sesame, soya, mustard and celery.
What it is: Popped, not fried, crisps made from lentil and chickpea flour with a light sprinkle of salt, in a 23g bag.
Why we picked it: High in fibre and popped rather than fried, and the plain salt means it goes with whatever else is in the box.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. May contain soya.
What it is: Puffed chickpea snacks with a salt and vinegar seasoning, no additives or preservatives, in a 22g bag.
Why we picked it: Fibre and protein from the chickpea, and the vinegar is sharp enough to compete with the crisp-aisle version.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Organic beetroot slices, vacuum-fried in sunflower oil and lightly salted, made from wonky and surplus vegetables, in a 30g bag.
Why we picked it: Made from veg that would otherwise be thrown away, and vacuum-frying keeps the beetroot tasting of beetroot.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: A 30g bar of roasted hazelnuts and a crispy soy protein centre, coated in milk chocolate and sweetened with erythritol rather than sugar.
Why we picked it: No added sugar in a chocolate bar that still crunches like one, which is rarer than it should be.
Dietary: Vegetarian (contains milk). Contains tree nuts, gluten, soya and lupin.
What it is: A soft oat bar of gluten-free oats, raisins, almond butter, flaked almonds and cacao nibs, sweetened with brown rice and date syrup.
Why we picked it: Chocolatey without being a chocolate bar, a decent source of fibre, and it holds together in a bag until you need it.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. Contains peanuts and tree nuts; may contain sesame, soya and milk.
What it is: Small buttons of cocoa butter and 47% peanuts, sweetened only with dates and finished with coconut oil and sea salt, in a 20g pack.
Why we picked it: Six ingredients, no palm oil and no refined sugar, for anyone who finds most peanut butter treats too sweet.
Dietary: Vegan, no gluten-containing ingredients. Contains peanuts; may contain tree nuts, sesame, soya and milk.
What it is: A crunchy 40g wafer bar with an orange-flavoured milk protein filling and a smooth chocolate coating, sweetened with erythritol rather than sugar.
Why we picked it: 25% protein and no added sugar, and the orange makes a change from the hazelnut everyone asked for in April.
Dietary: Gluten-free; not vegetarian (contains milk and collagen). Contains soya; may contain peanuts and tree nuts.
What it is: A chewy 30g bar of rolled oats, buckwheat flakes and crisp rice with freeze-dried strawberries and added soluble fibre.
Why we picked it: The first cereal bar to get all green traffic lights: low sugar, low fat, high fibre and nut-free.
Dietary: Vegan. Contains gluten.
What it is: A chewy fruit stick made from nothing but organic mango and organic pineapple, cut, dried and mashed, in an 18g pack.
Why we picked it: Two ingredients, one of your five a day and no added sugar, in a stick that fits a lunchbox or a pocket.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Roasted almonds, half the pack, dipped in a thin coat of vegan dark chocolate with a hint of orange oil, in a 27g pack.
Why we picked it: Three ingredients and a chocolate orange flavour that is more almond than chocolate, which is the right way round.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. Contains tree nuts; may contain milk.
What it is: A 35g bar of pea and soya protein with gluten-free oats, a chocolate-flavoured coating and biscuit-and-marshmallow notes, sweetened with xylitol.
Why we picked it: Campfire s’mores in a vegan protein bar, lower in sugar than most, and compact enough for a jacket pocket.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. Contains soya; may contain peanuts, tree nuts and sesame.
What it is: Soft, chewy paw-shaped fruit pieces baked from apple, pear, raspberry and blueberry, coloured with black carrot, in a 20g pack.
Why we picked it: Never from concentrate and no added sugar, and the one thing in the box the smallest people in the house will fight over.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: A prebiotic orange soda made with chicory root inulin, added calcium and vitamin C, sweetened with stevia and a little fructose, in a 250ml can.
Why we picked it: 5g of fibre and low sugar in something that tastes like a fizzy orange, which is more than most cans manage.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
Nut note: This month the Neoh chocolate bar, both Deliciously Ella snacks (the Cacao & Almond oat bar and the chocolate orange almonds) and the Superfoodio peanut butter buttons contain nuts or peanuts, and the Pasta Nostra pot, Nick’s wafer, Rare popcorn and YuBi bar carry a “may contain nuts” warning. If you need a nut-free box, just reply to your order email and we’ll build one for you.
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