Sainsbury's Mini Cornish Pasty Bites

PRICE: £1.59 for 12, currently on special offer of 2 packs for £3 (@ 2.12.09) NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per pasty): Calories: 111 Kj: 465 Protein: 2.8g Carbohydrate: 9.7g (of which sugars): 0.5g (of which starch): 9.1g Fat: 6.8g (of which saturates): 3.1g (of which mono-unsaturates): 2.8g (of which polyunsaturates): 0.7g Fibre: 0.6g Salt: 0.30g Sodium: 0.12g INGREDIENTS: Whole egg, potato, beef, swede, onion, cornflour, water, yeast extract, salt, natural flavouring, sunflower oil, sugar, malt extract from barley, dried onion, black pepper, wheat flour, palm oil, rapeseed oil, mono- and ... more

Tempted by the 4 for 1.50 offer at the fresh food counter, I bought a pack and was disappointed to find that in each of them there was a gaping hole above 12mm of beef mince. There was room left for another 50% of meat and this would perhaps have enabled the contents to overcome the taste of the thick crusted pastry. In my opinion, this product is unworthy of the brand and denigrates the value and quality of the other food on the counter, such as the excellent range of hams and other cold meats. In future I will stick to purchasing normal size pasties where the ingredients to pastry ratio is ... more