mecanix

Something to watch out for,

I bought store ready made puff pastry, cheap old stuff.

Didn't bother to check the ingredients list until i got home, i try to avoid palm oil so was disappointed to see that and then i noticed ethanol ..

ethanol in puff pasty ! i opened the pack and had a sniff , euggh i could smell those fumes .. bleugh why ruin my trashy food purchase with that rubbish ..

Alcohol has stolen another £1.50 from me and messed up my plans for dinner ( no surprise eh ? ) , into the bin with it and home made short crust pastry from now on.

Always read the ingredients ,

m

saoutchik

I did not that alcohol was put into puff pastry Mecanix. I did a quick check online and found this from one producers customer services dept.

GMWA Foodguide

I think a small amount, <1% is used as a preservative. That said I suppose once you know it's there then you are aware of it.

It appears to be considered Halal -acceptable to the Muslim community which I notice most of the enquiries came from.

Soberwolf

I've never heard of this before but I checked a store bought brand from Sainsbury's here is the ingredients no where did I see alcohol ?

Ingredients

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Fat, Vegetable Oils (Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Wheat Gluten, Salt, Emulsifier: Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid. Packed in a protective atmosphere

And the nutritional content

Table of Nutritional Information

Typical Values (oven cooked) Per 100g Per serving % based on RI for Average Adult
Energy 1829kJ 1143kJ -
438kcal 274kcal 14%
Fat 25.5g 15.9g 23%
Saturates 11.1g 6.9g 35%
Mono unsaturates 10.0g 6.3g -
Polyunsaturates 3.3g 2.1g -
Carbohydrate 42.3g 26.4g 10%
Total Sugars 1.4g 0.9g 1%
Starch 40.9g 25.6g -
Fibre 3.6g 2.3g -
Protein 8.1g 5.1g 10%
Salt

I can't have this anyway because of a Ketogenic diet

mecanix

bizarre isn't it 4th one along .. ethanol , mine is from a budget place SW , i'm not as swankey as you

Soberwolf

Wow that's the first time I've seen it - this thread is a good reminder to remember what's in our food Mecanix

biminiblue

I still use vanilla extract and when I take the lid off it's pretty potent. I mean it's basically vodka with vanilla beans.

I don't think I'll drink over it. I'm sure some would not use it.