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Manufacturer: The Pacific Meat Co., Inc.
Ortigas, Pasig City
Net Weight on Label: 155g
Actual Weight: 152g
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With Best Before Seal: Yes
With Nutritional Label: Yes
With Date Manufactured: None
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Bought at: Ministop
Ibarra-Blumentrit Branch
Price: P21.00
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| Picture 2: Actual Net Weight |
INGREDIENTS:
Luncheon Meat
Sausages
Water
Potatoes
Green Peas
Spices
Vegetable oil
Liver Spread
Sugar
Tomato Paste
Peanut Butter
Starches-not clearly specified but it is
used as thickener for the sauce.
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| Picture 3: Meat and vegetable contents |
Iodized Salt
MSG(Monosodium Glutamate)- a
flavor enhancer. It's not good to consume canned or processed food regularly because of this ingredient.
**The label says that the product has 580mg of sodium. That's too much for an average person to consume***
**Check my references below about
MSG**
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REVIEW
The aroma upon opening the can would tell you that the contents has liver spread even without reading the label. The taste of the liver spread dominates the overall flavor but I like this brand better because of the vegetable bits like potatoes and green peas. Strong and spicy at first taste but it has quite sweet and nutty flavor at the end. I guess the strong spiciness of the overall flavor also comes from the luncheon meat, sausages and liver spread. One thing that's peculiar about the vegetable bits that's included in the can is the tenderness. The potato bits and green peas easily melts in your mouth just by pressing it lightly against your hard palate.
According to the Nutritional Information, it says that it has 6g of Fat and 3g Protein. So, eating the contents of the can means you're consuming more fat than protein. Another factor why protein content is so less, it's because they substituted real meat with processed meat. When meat undergoes further preparation and cooking, the less nutrient it retains. I also noticed that there's a quite numb and funny feeling in my mouth and teeth after eating just two teaspoon of this sample. This always happen to me whenever I eat or taste some processed meat. I'm pretty sure it's not the texture but it has something to do with the ingredients like the MSG or other additives.
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REFERENCES:
http://www.msgtruth.org/whatisit.htmhttp://www.gicare.com/Diets/reduced-sodium-diet.aspx
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/msgstudy.html
http://www.fda.gov/food/foodingredientspackaging/ucm094211.htm#types
