Tesco Healthy Living Coronation Chicken Sandwich Filler

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Tesco do several very enjoyable varieties of sandwich fillers. Cheese & Spring Onion Sandwich Filling 170g and also in 300g, Chicken & Bacon Sandwich Filler 300g, Chicken & Sweetcorn Sandwich Filler 300g, Chicken Caesar Sandwich Filler 250g, Chicken Tikka Sandwich Filler 300g, Chunky Free Range Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich Filler 300g, Chunky Seafood Cocktails/Filler 300g, Coronation Chicken Sandwich Filler 300g, Egg & Bacon Sandwich Filler ... more

My other half always takes sandwiches with him to work and we have a cooked meal at night when he gets home. Usually we buy ham, chicken and beef for these but he has become really bored with these and wanted a change. I suggested the usual suspects, cheese, tuna and egg but he didn't want smelly egg sandwiches and tuna mayo can go soggy and cheese isn't something you want every day is it.

We shop on-line with Tesco as the supermarket is too far to walk and getting a taxi would cost just as much as the delivery charges. When we did our shop a couple of weeks ago and the sandwich filling issue came up he sat and had a good look about on the site and decided to get one of their range or sandwich fillers which is something we have had in the past and really enjoyed. So he could have a couple of days of something different to break up the monotony and hopefully really tasty into the bargain.

Tesco do several very enjoyable varieties of sandwich fillers. Cheese & Spring Onion Sandwich Filling 170g and also in 300g, Chicken & Bacon Sandwich Filler 300g, Chicken & Sweetcorn Sandwich Filler 300g, Chicken Caesar Sandwich Filler 250g, Chicken Tikka Sandwich Filler 300g, Chunky Free Range Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich Filler 300g, Chunky Seafood Cocktails/Filler 300g, Coronation Chicken Sandwich Filler 300g, Egg & Bacon Sandwich Filler 300g, Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich Filling 170g also in a larger 300g tub, Prawn Mayonnaise S / Filler 300g, Tuna And Sweetcorn Sandwich Filling 170g and a larger 300g tub, Tuna Crunch Sandwich Filler 300g

We have been consciously trying to cut down on the amount of fat in our diet so my other half decided to go for one of the fillers from the 'healthy living' range that Tesco do. I say range but it is only two sandwich fillers. Really they should do a few more to offer more choice! They offer Healthy Living Tuna & Sweetcorn Sandwich Filler 300g and Healthy Living Coronation Chicken sandwich filler 300g. A bit healthier, always a good option to take.

The other half opted for coronation Chicken which is described as Chicken Breast with peaches, sultanas and apricots in a curry style mayonnaise, sounds rather nice doesn't it but reading that you automatically wonder if there will be much chicken in it and if it will just be a tasteless disappointment because it is the healthy option. Well at £1.29 for 300grams we decided we would give it a try and find out. All the 300g pots cost £1.29 as far as I am aware. The 170g pot of Cheese and spring onion sandwich filler is just 83p.

On the website while shopping for home delivery you can get up nutritional information tables for the majority of the products, I did this to compare the ordinary and healthy living coronation chicken sandwich fillers. They show the nutritional values of 100grams and per serving. I soon noticed that both tables were identical but the shorter information logo, which appears on the packaging, was different so they have obviously made a mistake and just duplicated the information tables so they are not accurate. I can tell you the per serving values though.

Per 50 gram serving (one-sixth of a pot)

Original filler;~~~~155cals,~~3.0g sugar,~12.9g fat,~1.0g saturates,~~0.4g salt~

Healthy version;~~~83cals,~~4.2g sugar,~4.6g fat,~~0.4g saturates,~~0.4g salt~
% of guideline daily amount;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4%~~~~~~5%~~~~~~~7%~~~~~~~~2%~~~~~~~6%~~~

A sandwich made with medium sliced white bread and a small amount of margarine will therefore add up to about 320 calories based on 50 grams of the filler being used.

As you can see the fat content is far lower, even less than half the amount! Calories are almost halved too, however the amount of sugar is surprisingly higher than in the original form.

It comes in a clear plastic tub with a large label stuck over the lid and down the sides to make sure it stays shut and so you can tell if it has been opened by someone else I guess. The lid is 9cms x 9cms and the depth of the pot is 7cms.

The portion of the label covering the lid has a pale blue background with a picture of a roll filled with lettuce and the coronation chicken filler. The top of the lid says "TESCO, Healthy living" across the top. A dark orange strip across saying "Coronation chicken sandwich filler" in white lettering and a circle saying inside it that it has "50% less fat than the standard Tesco coronation chicken." There is the nutritional information I have shown above, "Chicken Breast with peaches, sultanas and apricots in a curry style mayonnaise. Keep refrigerated, 300g" and the display until and use by dates.

The only other information on the tub is on one side of the label where it shows their allergy advice a complete list of ingredients (as shown at the end of this review), "once opened consume within two days of opening and by use by date shown". There is a red circle showing that it is one and a half points on the Weight Watchers diet.

Tesco allergy advice taken from the websites product information

Contains;
Gluten, Egg, Sulphite, Mustard
Other Allergens;
There no nuts in this recipe and there are no nuts on site, however we cannot
guarantee that the raw material entering the site are nut free.
Warnings;

Warning: Although every care has been taken to remove bones, some may remain.

The lid is easy to open you just have to run either your nail or a knife along the edge of the lid to tear through the label. The filler is rather yellow in colour think a very creamy korma and you have the idea. Through the pot you can see the colour of the mayonnaise and flecks of spices throughout, along with the chunks of fruit.

The smell is very sweet with a curry twang to it, mouth watering to say the least. You can see by looking at the list of ingredients that there are rather a lot of spices in this filler so it is difficult to pick out which is the most prominent in both taste and smell but in my opinion it is the cumin in both cases but not in a bad overpowering way.

When making a sandwich you need more than you would think as the chunks of chicken are very large compared to what I was expecting you certainly know they are there! We all know there is nothing worse than buying something such as a sandwich filler which is meant to be chicken only you wouldn't know it as you cannot see or taste it. As you can see in the ingredients list chicken is the most plentiful ingredient, making up 39% of the product.

The pieces of fruit are not over plentiful but that to me is a plus rather than a minus, as they do not become the focus of the taste.

This is not in any way hot. Those who do not like spicy food will not dislike this, as there is no heat to be found.

The mayonnaise is very creamy and tasty and you would not guess it was a half fat version as it is not watery or bland like some healthy ranges can be. The fruit makes it very juicy and adds another layer to the flavours.

I think the only criticism I have of this product is it is a little sweeter than it needs to be so some of that extra sugar they add to the healthy living version is in my view not necessary and leaving it out would have made it even healthier anyway!

As a sandwich filler it is very nice and tasty without being overpowering. We have both enjoyed it that much that we have been ordering it every week since. It makes a nice change and the rest of the Tesco fillers are also worth trying.

As well as using this filler in sandwiches it is nice severed with salad or as a jacket potato filling.

I highly recommend this sandwich filler and would say it is suitable for anyone who likes something a little different. I would think even kids would like it.

Here is the full list of ingredients for those with allergies or are just interested to see what is in their food.

Cooked Chicken Breast (39%), Curried Mayonnaise (29%), Mayonnaise (15%), Peaches (9%), Sultanas (5%), Apricots (1%), CornflourCurried Mayonnaise contains: Vegetable Oil, Water, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Curry Paste, Water, Malt Vinegar, Salt, Lentils, Tomato Puree, Sugar, Mango Puree, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Dijon Mustard, Acetic Acid, Chilli Powder.Curry Paste contains: Vegetable Oil, Curry Powder Blend (Coriander, Cumin, Garlic, Ginger, Onion Powder, Turmeric, Paprika, Cardamon, Cinnamon, Chilli, Nutmeg, Fenugreek, Fennel)Dijon Mustard contains White Wine Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Water, Salt, Vegetable Oil, Mustard Bran, Malted Barley Extract, Turmeric, Preservative: Ascorbic AcidMayonnaise contains: Vegetable Oil, Water, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum, Mustard Seeds.Apricots contains: Apricots, Rice Flour, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide.Sultana contains: Vegetable Oil

 

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