Nairn's Rough Oat Cakes

I have to admit that I am very addicted to the many brands of Ryvita that are about at the moment and love the crunchiness of them, but have recently tried a new product in an attempt to vary my diet slightly! ~ Price ~ Currently 74p in Sainsburys. ~ Packaging ~ They come packaged in an upright white box with red writing, a large 'n' on the front and pictures of the crackers along with different toppings. The pictures on the front do make the oat cakes look a richer beige colour and slightly thicker than they are. They are more of a very, very light beige colour. Inside the box I was pleased to see that ...  Read the complete review

They are proudly Scottish. If you are a chocolate biscuit addict, then these may not be for you. Nairn's rough oatcakes are not really designed to be eaten on their own unless you are feeling in a real hair-shirt mood. But, to be fair, whenever I have scoffed a few unadorned with butter or anything else, I have always enjoyed them They are oat biscuits, about 70mm in diameter, and 5mm thick. In the box, the oatcakes are packaged in sealed sixes. Six, with toppings, could make a very satisfying lunch, good if you were going to be energetic afterwards, because they don't sit heavily on the stomach. If you don't eat all six in a sitting, they stay ...  Read the complete review

I tried these for the first time the other day...and I was impressed! Theyre something to snack on with a cup of tea of coffee instead of a chocolate biscuit. The original rough oatcakes can be a little dry on their own and taste great with a spreading of duck and liver pate. My favourite variety also contains mixed berries, which just make it a little sweeter. Inside the box, they come in little individual wrapped packs each containing five or six oat cakes. This helps preserve the freshness. The outer packaging certainly reflects the fact that oatcakes are inherent to scottish cuisine! I love them because each cake with the berries in, contains only ...  Read the complete review

Oatcakes always remind me of childhood family holidays in Inverness staying in a tiny family run B&B where breakfast everymoring was a choice of stodgy stand your spoon up in it homemade porridge, stovies, haggis or homemade oatcakes. The safest option was always the oatcakes and they were served with lashings of butter, local honey, chocolate spread, cheeses, meats, pate and every variant of jam imaginable. Nairns rough oatcakes might not be freshly made or even home made but they're almost as tasty. They lurk high on a shelf at my local Tesco wedged in beside the extortionately overpriced Dutchy Originals and the bizarre Swedish Krisprolls, dry mini ...  Read the complete review

I am a fussy eater and like plainer foods, especially when it comes to bisuits. I don't like bland biscuits and at first was a bit wary of these. However, the thought of some much needed fibre and something healthier than chocolate bars led my wife to get me these. She picked the rough outcakes because they were on offer in the supermarket and I have to say they have quickly become a daily breakfast. They are basically all natural with no additives, no hydrogented fat, no GM ingredients, and high in fibre (a plus point if you have problems with ruffage). They are also suitable for vegetarians. In short, there's not much bad about them. They ...  Read the complete review