Ah, a stock cupboard essential...aside the baked beans and tinned peas, here's the good old Tesco Value Chopped Tomatoes. Nuff said.
Priced in the shop at 39p for a 400 gram tin...that's about 6p more than the peeled plum variety, chopped tomatoes are a staple of numerous foods - obvious ones such as bolognese and chilli, and despite their extremely cheap price, they are one of the most important parts of the meal.
Naturally, there are more expensive varieties out there. Even other Tesco own brand ones cost more - some include hints of garlic or basil, for a mere couple of pence more which may be ideal if you only want one can and don't want to both a 'bunch' or 'clove' or whatever these additions come in!
The ingredients are as followed (there's not many!)...
Tomatoes (60%), Tomato Juice, Citric Acid.
Done! As you'd expect there's nothing else - anything extra such as added salt would be heavily criticised by the masses for such a basic product. When opening the tin, the product can look a little bit too watery, but obviously when mixed in with a recipe, the heat of cooked will evaporate the additional water and not hinder the outcome. A full 400 gram tin comes to approximately 68 calories, so hardly a diet breaker either.
At this point, people often tend to leave a recipe in which to include the product...but lets be honest, if you can't think of one for something such as Tesco Value Chopped Tomatoes, then I wouldn't bother buying it!
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Advantages: really Cheap, won't kill you, no frills product Disadvantages: worse than other economy choices, a lot of water, tasteless in comparison with others.
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