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Heinz Spaghetti | Chewsday Review

Last week saw the humble baked beans featured on our Chewsday Review and they got top marks from me. This week I thought we'd do another pantry staple- tinned spaghetti. I've chosen the Heinz salt reduced variety. How does this stack up in the nutritional stakes? Let's see...

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From a nutritional point of view, tinned spaghetti doesn’t really compare well to tinned baked beans. Where baked beans on toast provides a pretty complete meal in itself (carbs, protein, veg, some fat), the spaghetti is really only one part of a meal. Just so I’m clear- there’s nothing particularly ‘undesirable’ about this product, nor is it the best choice out there.
I’d recommend Heinz no added salt baked beans over the tinned spaghetti. I’d also suggest that regular spaghetti with a vegetable or bolognaise style sauce would be a better option overall.