Table 1.
List of ingredients and packaging description of the ready-to-eat meals.
| Meal | List of Ingredients | Packaging Material | Images on the Pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasta | Pasta, carbonara sauce *, onion, smoked bacon ** | White plastic tray cover with opaque plastic film inside cardboard envelope | Pasta served on a dish |
| * Carbonara sauce ingredients: Water, cream powder (dairy), sunflower oil, salt, modified corn starch, flavour (dairy), smoke flavour, stabiliser (xanthan gum), natural flavour, white pepper, and soy lecithin ** Smoked bacon ingredients: Bacon pork, water, salt, sugar, stabiliser (e-451), antioxidant (e-316), aroma of natural smoke, and spices | |||
| Meatballs | Pork Meatballs *, tomato sauce **, vegetables [potato, peas, carrot, onion, mushroom] | White plastic tray cover with opaque plastic film inside cardboard envelope | Meatballs served on a dish |
| * Meatball ingredients: Lean pork, water, white breadcrumbs (wheat flour (gluten), water, salt, and yeast), egg, salt, onion, garlic, and parsley ** Tomato sauce ingredients: Tomato, water, wine, sugar, modified corn starch, olive oil, natural flavour (gluten and soy), salt and, black pepper | |||
| Salad | Curly escarole, radicchio, canon, Modena and honey sauce *, bacon **, onion ***, gouda, cheddar cheeses | Transparent plastic tray | No images presented, but the salad ingredients can be seen through the packaging |
| * Modena and honey sauce: Water, sugar, Modena balsamic vinegar (5%), honey (3%), colouring (E150c), salt, sunflower oil, acidifier (E260), stabiliser (E415), preservative (E202) ** Bacon: Pork belly, salt, sugar, corn dextrose, flavourings, stabilisers (E451, E407), flavour enhancer (E621), antioxidant (E316, E331), preservative (E250), coating agent (edible gelatin, E200), frying oil (sunflower), and antioxidants (E320, E321) *** Onion (7%): Onion, vegetable oil (palm), wheat flour, salt. Toasted wheat bread cubes: wheat flour (86%), vegetable oil (sunflower), dextrose, wheat gluten, yeast, salt, buttermilk, barley malt extract, and antioxidant (ascorbic acid) | |||
| Beans | Beans, water, chorizo *, black pudding **, smoked bacon ***, pig lard, salt | Tin can | Beans served on a traditional casserole-like dish |
| * Chorizo: Lean meat, chin and smoked pork belly, salt, paprika, and garlic ** Black pudding: Pig lard, pig chin and smoked bacon, blood and lean pork meat, onion, paprika, salt, and oregano *** Smoked bacon: Pork belly, salt, and natural smoke | |||
| Sandwich | Bread *, tomato, lettuce, mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, soybean oil, water, EGG yolk, vinegar, sugar, salt, starch, flavour, concentrated lemon juice, antioxidant E-385, colourants (paprika extract, E-160a) | Transparent plastic film and black plastic triangle | No images presented, but the sandwich and filling can be seen through the package |
| * Bread ingredients: wheat flour, water, yeast, sunflower oil, sugar, salt, WHEAT gluten, preservatives (E-282, E-200, E-202), starch, and soya flour | |||