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Birdseye Salmon Fish Fingers
I actually started buying salmon fish fingers when I saw them in Iceland, they were actually the Iceland own brand, and were £1 for 10 fish fingers. I’m not really a fish finger/chicken nuggets person, and I am one of those who will feed kids what I eat minus the extra salt, and if they don’t like it then tough, they’ll get it for breakfast the next morning, then lunch, then dinner again until it’s gone. But as I don’t have kids of my own, and I have a husband who works nights, sometimes it’s easier to stick some fish fingers in the oven for 20 minutes than make a big spaghetti Bolognese, most of which will be wasted as I won’t be able to eat it all. So we often buy bags of fish fingers for the freezer for quick convenience food for lunch, or for when we get the munchies after going out to the pub and having too much to drink! So back to the story...we saw salmon fish fingers and thought we would give them a go, not really knowing what to expect, but been a big salmon lover I thought they’d be quite yummy, and I wasn’t wrong!

I have since bought a box of Birdseye salmon fish fingers which I had seen advertised on TV, which to be honest weren’t much different to their cheaper counterpart from Iceland!!

Taste Test

The salmon which is inside the fish fingers is actual salmon, and has real flakes inside, unlike some fish fingers which have mashed up unrecognisable fish inside, and has a real salmon fishy taste, making them much more healthy for kids than the mushed up processed rubbish which you get in a lot of these convenience foods.

If you like salmon steaks, then you will love these little fingers of deliciousness, as they really do taste of salmon and you don’t feel like you’re eating the off cuts of last month’s left over’s. The taste is very different to normal fish fingers, so fussy kids might get a little funny about eating them, especially as they are pink inside too, they might think you’re trying to feed them hidden veg! But for kids and adults who aren’t fussy they’re very more-ish, and you’ll want more and more!

The breadcrumbs around the edge of the fish fingers is a little soggy, so if you like more crunch in your bread crumbs, you need to cook them for around 10 minutes more than the recommended time, otherwise the bread crumbs do seem very slimy and sticky, but I feel that is the same with all fish fingers be them Birdseye or not and I always cook them for half an hour rather than the recommended 20 minutes.

They have a very yummy taste and are a brilliant alternative to the original fish fingers!!

Smell Sensation

When the fish fingers are cooking there is a delicious smell which starts to come from the oven when they are getting near to eating time, a gorgeous bread crumby smell mixed with a slight smell of cooking fish. The smell when they are cooking is mouth watering, and really appetisers you for your meal! When the fish fingers are cooked, the smell remains until you have munched your way through the plate’s worth!

Packaging

Birdseye salmon fish fingers come in a small cardboard box which contains 10 fish fingers, which do two adult meals of 5 fish fingers each and around 3 meals for youngsters. The packaging is good, but I find that the thin cardboard can be a little annoying sometimes. When you buy the fish fingers from the freezer section of the supermarket, if your car journey home is more than a few minutes, the cardboard gets very soggy with the condensation coming from the food, and it gets very weak and can easily tear, which is very annoying! But the packaging isn’t too much for the product, and can be recycled which is great these days!

The packaging is quite appealing to the eye, with the typical blue Birdseye logo, with Captain Birdseye in the left hand corner, with a photo of the salmon fish fingers on the front, and for once it actually looks like the finished product!

Product Quality

As I said earlier in the review, personally I didn’t think that the Birdseye salmon fish fingers were any different to the Iceland salmon fish fingers, which also have real salmon pieces inside rather than mushed up rubbish, and have the same yummy taste and textures!

But, as the Birdseye name is a trusted brand, the product is very good quality and a great new product, which I am surprised took so long to come onto the market (maybe tuna will be next!). They’re a wonderful alternative to normal fish fingers and a nice quick meal!!

They are made with 100% wild pink salmon fillet and are 100% delicious!

Nutrition:

Calories (per 100g): 225kcal
Protein: 13.2g
Carbohydrates: 21.7g
Fat: 9.5g
Of which saturates: 1.1g
Fibre: 0.9g
Sodium: 0.27g
Equivalent as salt: 0.7g

As you can see, the fish fingers aren’t too bad health wise! And they’re rich in Omega 3 which is great for kids development!

Overall Conclusion:

I love these new Salmon fish fingers, but I do think that the Iceland ones are just as good as the Birdseye variety, and for just £1 they’re even better value compared to the following prices of the Birdseye variety:

Tesco: £2.49
Asda: £2.48
Sainsbury’s: £2.49
Waitrose: £2.49

So you can save yourself £1.50 on average! I definitely suggest buying the cheaper Iceland variety before forking out more money on the Birdseye just in case you don’t like them! I love these fish fingers and recommend them to everyone!!!