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Patties Party Pies | Chewsday Review

Party pies are an Australian party tradition, served with tomato sauce of course! But have you ever considered their nutritional value? Do you even need to? Let’s find out.

Ingredients

Water, Australian Wheat Flour, Australian Beef (22%), Margarine (Vegetable Oil and / or Animal Fat, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers (471, Soy Lecithin), Acidity Regulators (331, 330), Antioxidant (307b (Soy)), Colour (160a), Flavours), Thickeners (1412, 1422), Seasoning (Contains Wheat, Flavour Enhancer (621)), Pastry Premix (Contains Wheat, Mineral Salts (500, 341), Emulsifier (481), Thickener (412)), Colour (150c), Salt, Glaze (Contains Mineral Salts (500, 451), Thickener (415), Colour (160b)), Processing Aid (Contains Wheat)
While this product seems to contain a lot of numbers, they are all safe and play an important role in helping the party pies stay fresh while frozen, and have the expected textures and flavour when we eat them.
Water is the first ingredient listed and the beef component is only 22%, so there is more water in this product than beef!
Allergens: wheat (gluten) and soy

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Negatives

They’re reasonably priced at $9.50 for a box of 12 party pies (roughly 80c per pie), but more expensive than Coles homebrand ($6.00 for a box of 24) and Four’N Twenty ($12.00 for a box of 24).
As with most party pies these are high in saturated fat with 6.6g per 100g (we’re aiming for less than 3g per 100g). Readers from WA might be able to find Harvey Beef snack pies (in the fridge section of some major supermarkets), which are lower in saturated fat with 3.6g per 100g.
They’re high in salt with 503mg per 100g, but I actually thought this might be higher. Coles homebrand is a slightly lower salt option, with 399mg per 100g.
They only contain 22% beef, but it’s hard to find a party pie with more than this. Harvey Beef snack pies have slightly more with 27% beef mince, but the Patties brand compares well against Four’N Twenty party pies which are only 12% beef (and/or mutton).

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