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Rhubarb
Ginger with Muesli Crumble
“Top
Sealed Potted Dessert”
As
served on British Airways LAX to LHR March 2011
Manufacturer:
Brinkers Patisserie, Netherlands. www.brinkers.nl
It’s
hardly fair to take potshots at airline meals, but I can’t resist
telling you about this dessert served to us on a recent British Airways
transatlantic flight.
It came in a container like a yoghurt pot. Curious to
know the ingredients, the peel-off top referred me to the underside
No,
I couldn’t read it either. I had to wait until l got home to read the
label under a strong magnifying glass.
Ingredients
[Transcript]
Muesli
Mix
(42%): [Crumbs [margarine
(vegetable oil and fat (palm, palm kernel, rape), water, salt, sugar,
emulsifier (mono- and di- glycerides of fatty acids,
sucrose esters of fatty acids) acidity regulator (citric acid),
flavoring, colour (beta-carotene), cane sugar, sugar, wheat flour, cane
sugar, wheat flour, muesli mix, (7%) [oat flakes, rye flakes, barley
flakes and wheat flakes], vegetable oil (palm, rape), sugar, spices,
raisins, invert sugar syrup, salt],
Ginger Crème (37%): [Water, vegetable oil (coconut, palm kernel), sugar, egg,
skimmed milk powder, maltodextrin, ginger (1%), modified potato and corn
starch, whole milk powder, whey powder, stabilizer (carrageenan, sodium
phosphates, diphosphates, calcium sulphate), dextrose, salt, emulsifier,
(mono- and di- glycerides of fatty acids), flavouring, colour (annatto,
riboflavin), gelling agent (pectin), thickening agent (sodium alginate),
acid (calcium lactate)],
Rhubarb Filling (19%):
[rhubarb (46%), water, sugar, modified corn starch, ginger (3%), acid
(citric acid), lycopene],
Decoration (1%): [sugar,
cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, flavouring, emulsifier (soy
lecithin)]. |
So,
92%
of this British Airways dessert is a multitude of chemicals not
found outside a laboratory, plus starches and sugars in various
disguises. AVOID!
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