Cooking can be a tedious process for some people since it requires time and you don’t always have it. For this reason, it is common to throw away prepared or packaged dishes.
This is where some questions come in that have to do with how healthy these dishes can be. Although there is nothing like homemade foodit is important to look at the labeling to know what they are. the most recommended.
The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has analyzed some prepared meatball dishes from different supermarkets. To do this, they have reviewed their labeling, the nutritional composition, the presence of additives, the degree of processing and gastronomic experts has carried out a gastronomic evaluation. The meatballs from Eroski, Hacendado, Emcesa, Carrefour, Dia al punto and El Corte Inglés have been analyzed.
The characteristics of packaged meatballs
The first conclusion of this OCU study is that these dishes generally contain too much salt. In fact, one of these dishes contains about 3.6 grams of salt, which is 72% of the salt that should be consumed in an entire day.
On the other hand, the organization considers that these dishes should be accompanied by some garnish since the calories they provide would be insufficient, about 460 per container. The fats that contain yes they are suitable In general, and in terms of carbohydrates, there are differences depending on whether or not it is accompanied by a garnish. The sugar data are disparate: “from 0 to 8.9g/100g.”
The best supermarket meatballs, according to the OCU
The OCU points out in its report that the best supermarket meatballs are “the most homemade”, referring with this term to the “less industrial”.
At this point, the OCU places emphasis on the additives that are used in some brands and that are not used at home. After this, he points out that the best, and the only ones that are made without additives according to the labeling, are Dia’s meatballs with tomato and potatoes, which are also the best for the organization’s experts.
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1. Day to the point
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2. Eroski
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3. Carrefour
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4. Emcesa
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5. El Corte Inglés
The OCU points out that Dia and Eroski use “acceptable quality meat.” On the other hand, those from Carrefour, Emcesa and El Corte Inglés “use meat full of threads and tenderness and with little flavor.”
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