Surprisingly unhealthy foods

Russinating · 2 Oct 2008 at 12:55

Is anyone else occasionally shocked by how unhealthy some 'healthy' foods are? Even though most foods state their calorie/fat contents on the front, I rarely look that carefully and usually just pick up what I fancy.

Now I usually buy my work lunch at the local Sainsbury's - usually just pick up a sandwich or whatever but I find myself spending about £5 which is ridiculous every day. I occasionly just get something from the college canteen which saves me a bit of cash but makes me feel ridiculously unhealthy (usually opt for the very nutritional meal of chips, beans and cheese). So this morning I decided to pop into Tesco's (yes I know it'd be cheaper to make my lunch myself, but I have nothing in at the moment) and I went for the cheap and healthy option of a £1.16 pasta pot thing.

To my shock, when I came to eat it I realised it had 1010 calories, let alone 50% of my daily fat allowance. After a bit of quick research that's more than a BigMac and large fries which is insane for something you'd think would be the 'healthier' option.

So today it was chips, beans and cheese all the way!

A2Z · 2 Oct 2008 at 12:57

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well what did the pasta have on it? bacon?

LiE · 2 Oct 2008 at 12:57

Buying prepacked food is very a good thing.

JIM_BOB7813 · 2 Oct 2008 at 12:58

Yeh, Cereals are the worst IMO. Very few have low amounts of sugar. And pre-packed anything will have loads of salt.

Russinating · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:00

A2Z said:
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well what did the pasta have on it? bacon?

Chicken and bacon. But still I'm pretty sure there's more meat in a BigMac.

A2Z · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:01

rghjones said:
Chicken and bacon. But still I'm pretty sure there's more meat in a BigMac.

Well bacon is your answer then why there was so much fat and calories, anything from tesco with bacon in it is normally ****

Stretch · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:02

rghjones said:
To my shock, when I came to eat it I realised it had 1010 calories, let alone 50% of my daily fat allowance. After a bit of quick research that's more than a BigMac and large fries which is insane for something you'd think would be the 'healthier' option.

No, you've read it wrong. There's two values on most food products, one cals and the other is kilojoules. There's no way a pasta pot has over a 1000 cals.

EDIT: Kilojoules and calories explained

MooMoo444 · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:04

Stretch said:
No, you've read it wrong. There's two values on most food products, one cals and the other is kilojoules. There's no way a pasta pot has over a 1000 cals.

Unless he's reading the value per ____g. Sometimes it will say on a packet of crisps for example, value per pack ___kcal, and value per 100g ___kcal.

Messiah Khan · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:06

How about buying ingredients, and making your own lunch? That way you can make it healthy and cheap.

Stretch · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:07

MooMoo444 said:
Unless he's reading the value per ____g. Sometimes it will say on a packet of crisps for example, value per pack ___kcal, and value per 100g ___kcal.

A pasta pot will weigh well over 100g so I don't see how that's relevant.

MooMoo444 · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:08

Stretch said:
A pasta pot will weigh well over 100g so I don't see how that's relevant.

Not necesairly

A2Z · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:10

Was that it?

If so its 300g, and the whole thing has 625kcal according to tesco.com

jackthezipper · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:11

chicken bacon and lots of full fat mayonaise?

monkeyspank · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:13

The sandwiches are terrible for salt and fat content

Stretch · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:13

MooMoo444 said:
Not necesairly

Fat has the highest calories @ 9cals/gram. 100g grams of fat = 900 cal. To get 1010 calories in 100g tescos would have needed to invent a new food group.

So I’m guessing its necessary his pasta pot weighs over 100g, or like I said he’s read the label wrong.

wannabedamned · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:14

Messiah Khan said:
How about buying ingredients, and making your own lunch? That way you can make it healthy and cheap.

And it often tastes better too.

Russinating · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:15

No, you've read it wrong. There's two values on most food products, one cals and the other is kilojoules. There's no way a pasta pot has over a 1000 cals.

This is the products info off the Tesco website:

Name Per Serving
Energy 2095kJ (505kcal)
Protein 14.2g
Carbohydrate 37.8g
sugars 1.6g
Fat 32.6g
saturates 4.3g
mono unsaturates 18.7g
polyunsaturates 8.3g

A 'serving' is half the pot. So yes, it has over 1000 calories - see, shocking!

How about buying ingredients, and making your own lunch? That way you can make it healthy and cheap.

I will... I will. Just have to think of something more exciting to make than sandwiches

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Was that it?

If so its 300g, and the whole thing has 625kcal according to tesco.com

See above ^^ it was the Tesco Chicken & Bacon Pasta 450g

MooMoo444 · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:16

rghjones said:
This is the products info off the Tesco website:

Name Per Serving
Energy 2095kJ (505kcal)
Protein 14.2g
Carbohydrate 37.8g
sugars 1.6g
Fat 32.6g
saturates 4.3g
mono unsaturates 18.7g
polyunsaturates 8.3g

A 'serving' is half the pot. So yes, it has over 1000 calories - see, shocking!

Well you have your answer then. It's so high because you're eating two portions.

Stretch · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:18

rghjones said:
This is the products info off the Tesco website:

Name Per Serving
Energy 2095kJ (505kcal)
Protein 14.2g
Carbohydrate 37.8g
sugars 1.6g
Fat 32.6g
saturates 4.3g
mono unsaturates 18.7g
polyunsaturates 8.3g

A 'serving' is half the pot. So yes, it has over 1000 calories - see, shocking!

I will... I will. Just have to think of something more exciting to make than sandwiches .

See above ^^ it was the Tesco Chicken & Bacon Pasta 450g

It's says 505kcal, not 1010. Like I said you're read the wrong bit

Squink · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:19

I bought an 800g 'family sized lean steak pie' from the shop the other day and ate it all in one sitting. Imagine my surprise that this "lean" steak pie actually contained twice my recommended daily allowance of fat and salt! Preposterous I tell you!