January is reset month – the decorations are down, the fridge is bare and everyone is pretending they like porridge. So this box was built for the long haul: proper crunch for the desk drawer, a few small sweet things for the 4pm slump, and two drinks that feel like a treat without the sugar. Almost every one of the 17 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: Organic beetroot slices vacuum-fried in sunflower oil with a little salt, made from wonky and surplus veg that would otherwise go to waste.
Why we picked it: Three ingredients, deep purple, and a crisp that does something useful with vegetables the supermarkets turned away.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Crunchy corn pieces seasoned with crispy chilli oil, crackly fried onion bits and a fair amount of heat.
Why we picked it: High in fibre and properly spicy, which is a welcome change in a box that could otherwise lean a bit polite.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. May contain soya.
What it is: Wholegrain British popcorn, hand-popped in small batches and dusted with maple sugar, oak-smoked sugar and paprika.
Why we picked it: The sweet-savoury seasoning lands somewhere near bacon without the bacon, and the whole bag is high in fibre.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. May contain nuts, sesame, soya, mustard and celery.
What it is: Thin, extra-crunchy baked pretzel crackers made from wheat flour and sunflower oil, finished with a scatter of sea salt.
Why we picked it: Baked rather than fried and low in fat, so you keep the crisp-bag ritual with rather less of the grease.
Dietary: Vegan. Contains gluten and soya.
What it is: Extra-long baked potato chips made from potato flakes and wheat semolina, dusted in a sweet honey barbecue seasoning.
Why we picked it: Nearly the length of a ruler, baked not fried and lower in fat than crisps, so they were built for passing round.
Dietary: Vegetarian. Contains gluten; may contain milk and mustard.
What it is: Thick-cut white corn tortilla chips studded with pumpkin and millet seeds, seasoned with smoked chipotle chilli and dried lime.
Why we picked it: The seeds give a proper crunch, and the smoke-and-citrus seasoning is closer to a taqueria than a multipack.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: A Bombay mix of roasted cashews, corn nuts, spiced peas, pumpkin seeds, puffed rice and pieces of dried mango.
Why we picked it: Sweet, salty and spiced in the same handful, with 6g of protein a pouch to keep it on the useful side of snacking.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. Contains tree nuts; may contain peanuts and sesame.
What it is: Light, crunchy chips made from quinoa, wholegrain maize and 7% Scottish seaweed, with a sprinkle of sea salt.
Why we picked it: 123 calories a bag, high in fibre and iodine, and a way to eat seaweed that doesn’t feel like homework.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Hollow, crunchy straws made from yellow pea flour, rice flour and potato starch, flavoured with tomato, kale and spinach powders.
Why we picked it: Made with 29% vegetables and 30% less fat than standard crisps, and the shape makes them oddly hard to stop eating.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Light, crunchy puffed sticky-rice bites seasoned with tamari and a Thai tom yum blend of lemongrass, kaffir lime and chilli.
Why we picked it: Not the usual crisp shape and not the usual flavour, with a sour-hot kick that wakes up a quiet lunch.
Dietary: Vegan, no gluten-containing ingredients. Contains soya; may contain peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, fish, molluscs, crustaceans, sesame, milk and mustard.
What it is: Kettle-cooked slices of sun-ripened plantain fried in sunflower oil and seasoned with wild garlic, from just four ingredients.
Why we picked it: Firmer and less greasy than a potato crisp, and the wild garlic gives it more savoury depth than a plain salted bag.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. May contain peanuts and tree nuts.
What it is: A slow-baked roll of pureed apple and berry, soft and chewy, made from fruit alone with no added sugar or additives.
Why we picked it: One of your five a day disguised as a sweet, and small enough to lose in a coat pocket until needed.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: A single organic date stuffed with a whole pecan and dipped in a very thin, crunchy sugar coating.
Why we picked it: Two bites, high in fibre, and the sort of thing that settles a 4pm craving without a wrapper full of ingredients.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. Contains tree nuts.
What it is: Chewy cubes of real coconut bound with sugar and dipped in a salted caramel coating, made without palm oil.
Why we picked it: High in fibre and low in calories for something this sweet, and the sea salt stops the caramel being one-note.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: A chewy nougat bar packed with roasted peanuts, topped with caramel and coated in dairy-free chocolate made with cocoa butter.
Why we picked it: It’s the closest a vegan bar gets to the nut-and-nougat classic, and at 50g it counts as a proper treat.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free. Contains peanuts.
What it is: A naturally fermented green and black tea kombucha with strawberry and pineapple juice, live cultures and 5g of plant fibre.
Why we picked it: Low in sugar, no artificial sweeteners, and enough fizz to feel like a treat on a grey January afternoon.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
What it is: Alpine spring water, gently carbonated, with a drop of real apple and elderflower juice and no added sweeteners.
Why we picked it: Barely any sugar and no sweeteners, so it reads more like water with a hint of orchard than a fizzy drink.
Dietary: Vegan, gluten-free.
Nut note: This month the What a Date Pecan, Tuk In Bombay Mix, Buttermilk Peanut Nougat Bar and Rare Popcorn contain nuts or peanuts, and a couple of others (the Purely Plantain chips and Mr Filbert’s rice bites) 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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