24.11.10 Sandwich

Level 1

Fancying a sandwich, I looked along the shelf at ASDA and decided upon a Breakfast Triple: Sausage, Egg & Bacon, Egg & Bacon, and Egg & Sausage.

Level 2

Closer inspection of the packaging revealed a slightly more in-depth description of the above sandwich, as follows. 

"Malted bread with egg mayonnaise, pork sausage, smoke flavour sweetcure bacon, brown sauce and tomato ketchup.  White bread with egg mayonnaise and smoke flavour sweetcure bacon.  Malted bread with egg mayonnaise, pork sausage, brown sauce and tomato ketchup"

Level 3

Ingredients: Egg Mayonnaise, Sausage and Bacon: Malted Bread [Wheat Flour, Water, Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Bran, Yeast, Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Emulsifiers (E472e, E471), Vegetable Fat, Spirit Vinegar, Malted Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Flour Treatment Agent (E300), Reduced Fat Egg Mayonnaise (28%) [Hard Boiled Egg, Reduced Fat Mayonnaise [Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Stabiliser (E440), Dijon Mustard [Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt] Concentrated Lemon Juice], Cream, Black Pepper, Salt], Pork Sausage (16%) [Pork (76%), Water, Rusk [Wheat Flour, Salt, Raising Agent (E503), Seasoning [Salt, Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Sage Extract, Nutmeg Extract, Pepper], Dextrose, Rubbed Parsley], Smoke Flavour Sweetcure Bacon (5.6%) [Pork (97%), Sugar, Salt, Emulsifier (E451). Potassium Chloride, Smoke Flavouring, Honey Preservative (E250)], Brown Sauce (4.2%) [Water, Distilled Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Tomato Puree, Apricot Puree, Cornflour, Worcester Sauce [Malt Vinegar (Barley), Water, Black Treacle, Onions, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Chilli Powder, Garlic Powder, Ground Cloves], Salt, Chilli Powder, Pimento, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Onion Powder], Tomato Ketchup (2.8%) [Water, Sugar, Tomato Puree, Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour, Salt, Pepper].

I have absolutely no intention of typing any more of this stuff - the above ingredients represent just one of the three sandwiches!

The further sections on ingredients for the two extra rounds are then followed by more blurb:

Contains gluten, milk, wheat, barley, egg and mustard.  May contain traces of nuts and/or sesame seeds.
NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS OR HYDROGENATED FAT.
!WARNING: Not suitable for a low potassium diet.  Extra care has been taken to remove shell, although some may remain.

I will not bother noting the dubious 'nutritional' information.

In summary, then . . . . . . . Un-fuckin-believable!  No wonder the country's in a mess, obesity and heart disease are on the rise, and arteries are fucked.  The shit that's in food is mind boggling.
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