One of our favorite types of commercially available organic foods are those which travel well and for the most part this means it does not require refrigeration. So we purchased some Corn Thins from the Real Foods Company (like that name)..
Checking out the bag we see that they are certified organic by Australian Certified Organic. They also display the USDA Organic Label and the GMO Free Lable (indicating the product is free of genetically modified ingredients). Nice. They are described as popped corn cakes and here’s their pitch..”The great taste of golden sun-ripened corn with sesame.” OK.. And Organic Test Kitchen .com is the most amazing blog ever written…(you get my drift). But who knows we’ll give a taste and see if this is true.
As to the nutritional info, well the site says one thing the package another. The package says that a serving size is 2 slices, the website says 1 slice. We’ll go with the package. OK, 2 slices contain 44 calories, 0g Fat, 26 mg cholesterol, 8g sodium, 1g dietary fiber and 1 g protein. As for the actual ingredients we’re talking Organic Corn, Sesame Seeds and Sea Salt. They also mention that it may contain traces of Soy.
So we open the package and we find 26 of the thinnest cakes we’ve ever seen (about 1/8″). Appearance wise they have a slightly yellowish hue from the corn. The sesame seeds are there but not too many, just right. Taste. subtle corn and sesame. Does not overpower. But the real deal about these things is the texture. Unlike the typical and rice cake these things don’t generate fragments that fall to earth when you bite into one. You take your bite and it’s clean. They also resist cracking and falling apart so the rest of the cake stays together very nicely.
As it turns out this product is much superior to the standard rice cake if you want to put something on it in sandwich-like fashion (we recommend the open face route). A rice cake is simply too thick and crumbly to this job well. And the corn flavor will be a nice subtle addition to the sandwich more or less like a thin piece of white bread. So like the thin bread these make a pretty good food delivery platform.
And apparently the manufacturer feels the same way. They have serving suggestions such as cheese or smoked salmon..Actually, the smoked salmon thing would work very nicely. The manufacturer’s suggestion can be accessed here.
So all in all we’re glad to have discovered this product and are looking forward to integrating it into our organic lifestyle. Needless to say this is rated as a buy. So try these out & come up with your own creative toppings. Enjoy, and live naturally.
