For a lower-calorie rice cake on Bonfire Night, compare energy per cake: Tesco Groceries lists its Lightly Salted cake at 27 kcal, Kallo lists its Lightly Salted cake at 27 kcal, and Sainsbury’s lists its plain and lightly salted cakes at 29 kcal each. Flavoured cakes may suit a different taste, but check their per-cake sugars and salt as well as energy. Count any toppings separately, and read the current pack if allergen information matters to you.
If you want a packaged snack for a gathering, the labelled energy per cake gives you a starting point. Compare it with the number of cakes you expect to serve, rather than judging a pack by its flavour or size alone.
A plain or lightly salted cake can be a base for a spread or dip. The cake’s nutrition figure does not include what you add, so consider both parts of the finished snack.
Check the claims and precautionary statements for the exact product. Kallo says its Lightly Salted rice cakes may contain milk, sesame and soya; a general description of rice cakes cannot replace the current pack label.
Start with the amount you plan to serve, then compare the nutrition figures for that amount. Flavour and product-specific label details can settle the choice between cakes with similar energy figures.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Energy per cake | Compare kcal per individual cake on each label, then account for the number you plan to eat. Tesco Groceries and Kallo each list a Lightly Salted cake at 27 kcal; Sainsbury’s lists its checked plain and lightly salted cakes at 29 kcal each. | I want to know what one cake contributes before deciding how many to put out. |
| Toppings and portions | Keep the cake’s labelled energy separate from any spread, dip or other topping. Check the stated serving size as well as the per-cake figure. | If I’m serving topped rice cakes, I need to consider the whole snack, not just its base. |
| Flavour, sugars and salt | Compare figures on the same per-cake basis. Asda Groceries lists 32 kcal and 0.1 g salt for one Salt & Vinegar cake, and 35 kcal and 1.1 g sugars for one Caramel Flavour cake. | For a sweet or savoury flavour, I want to see what changes alongside the calorie number. |
| Allergens and dietary claims | Read the exact pack’s ingredients, dietary claims and precautionary allergen wording. Kallo says its Lightly Salted cakes may contain milk, sesame and soya. | When I’m serving someone who avoids an ingredient, I need the wording for the product I’m buying. |
The category name or front of the pack does not tell you the energy in one cake. Tesco Groceries and Kallo list their checked Lightly Salted cakes at 27 kcal each, while Snack a Jacks lists its Caramel Jumbo cake at 51 kcal.
Compare the per-cake figure for the products you are considering, then use your intended number of cakes to work out the snack’s base energy.
A figure for a plain cake applies to that cake, not to a finished snack with a spread or dip.
Decide whether you will serve the cakes plain or topped, and account for the topping separately.
Asda Groceries lists 1.1 g sugars per Caramel Flavour cake and 0.1 g salt per Salt & Vinegar cake. Energy alone does not show those differences.
Read sugars and salt per cake when choosing between sweet, savoury and plain options.
A dietary description does not replace a product’s precautionary allergen statement. Kallo says its Lightly Salted cakes may contain milk, sesame and soya.
Check the current pack for the exact variant before serving it to anyone who needs to avoid an allergen.
These examples show why the exact variant and serving unit matter; they are not a guide to which products a particular shop currently stocks.
Kallo lists both its Lightly Salted and Organic Unsalted rice cakes at 27 kcal per cake.
Tesco Groceries lists its Lightly Salted Rice Cakes at 27 kcal per cake.
Sainsbury’s lists its checked plain and lightly salted 135 g rice cakes at 29 kcal each.
Asda Groceries lists a Salt & Vinegar cake at 32 kcal and a Caramel Flavour cake at 35 kcal.
Snack a Jacks lists its Caramel Jumbo cake at 51 kcal per cake.
Marks & Spencer describes its Lightly Salted rice cakes as made from puffed wholegrain brown rice.
These Joybuy options include rice cakes and flavoured rice crackers for Bonfire Night snacking. Rice crackers should not be treated as though they have the same per-piece nutrition as rice cakes: check each pack’s stated serving before comparing them.
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For a lightly salted cake to serve plain or with a topping, Joybuy’s listing states 27 kcal per cake. Check the current pack’s allergen wording before serving.
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Apple and cinnamon offer a sweet-flavoured rice cake for the gathering. Compare the pack’s energy and sugars per cake with a plain option, and check its allergen statement.
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This sour cream and chive variant is a savoury option to compare with lightly salted cakes. Check energy and salt per cake on the pack, alongside the allergen information.
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Choose these if you want to consider a lightly salted rice cracker rather than a rice cake. Use the pack’s stated serving and energy figures for comparison; do not assume its per-cracker value matches a per-cake figure.
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This sweet chilli rice cracker offers a flavoured alternative for the snack table. Compare energy and salt using the serving stated on its pack, and read the ingredients and allergen wording for the exact product.
Tesco Groceries lists its Lightly Salted cake at 27 kcal, and Kallo lists its Lightly Salted cake at 27 kcal. Sainsbury’s lists its checked plain and lightly salted cakes at 29 kcal each; compare the number of cakes you plan to eat as well as the per-cake figure.
Yes. A rice cake’s labelled per-cake energy covers the cake itself, so add any spread or dip separately when comparing finished snacks for Bonfire Night.
No: compare the exact variants rather than assuming their figures match. Asda Groceries lists 1.1 g sugars per Caramel Flavour cake and 0.1 g salt per Salt & Vinegar cake; it lists their energy at 35 kcal and 32 kcal per cake respectively.
No. Read the current pack’s ingredients and precautionary allergen wording for the exact variant. For example, Kallo says its Lightly Salted rice cakes may contain milk, sesame and soya.