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Coles Kitchen Classic BBQ Chicken & Rice review

4 Health Stars

CHOICE Expert Rating

65%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Price below average.
  • Low saturated fat per 100g.
  • Excellent source of fibre.
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Taste testers very unlikely to purchase.
  • Borderline satisfaction with the size of the meal.
  • Very poor satisfaction with the quantity of vegetables.
  • Poor satisfaction with the quantity of meat.
  • High sodium per serve.
  • Less than 50% Australian ingredients.

Type

Category
Chicken
Pack size (g)
350

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Test results

CHOICE score
65%
Taste test score
50%
Nutrition score
80%
Satisfaction with meal size
50%
Satisfaction with meat quantity
25%
Satisfaction with vegetable quantity
Average likelihood of purchasing
Very unlikely
Taste test comments
A lot of sauce, not much chicken, little veg; doesn't look bad but tastes gluggy and bland – what you'd expect from the microwave meals of the '80s; very sweet; the sauce is watery with noticeable corn and black beans, there is small disintegrated chicken throughout the sauce but only two bite-size pieces of chicken.

Cost

Price
$7.00
Price per 100g
$2.00

Nutrition

Health Star Rating
4
Low in fat
Low in saturated fat
Low in sodium
Good source of protein
Good source of fibre
Yes (excellent source)
Energy per serve (kJ)
1939
Calories per serve
464
Energy per 100g (kJ)
554
Protein per serve (g)
21.4
Protein per 100g (g)
6.1
Fat per serve (g)
11.9
Fat per 100g (g)
3.4
Saturated fat per serve (g)
<1
Saturated fat per 100g (g)
<1
Sugars per serve (g)
7.4
Sugars per 100g (g)
2.1
Carbohydrates per serve (g)
63.4
Carbohydrates per 100g (g)
18.1
Sodium per serve (mg)
770
Sodium per 100g (mg)
220
Fibre per serve (g)
7.35
Fibre per 100g (g)
2.1
Serves of vegetables per meal
0.7
Vegetables per serve (g)
50.8
Meat per serve (g)
11.4
Ingredients
BBQ Chicken Sauce (Soy) (57%4) Cooked Rice & Beans (43%), BBQ Chicken Sauce contains: Water, Cooked RSPCA Approved home-style Australian Chicken Breast (20%), Onion (7%), Tomato Paste (5%), Vegetable Oil, Crushed Garlic (3.0%), Thickener (Starch), Brown Sugar, Dijon Mustard, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Smoke Flavouring (0.5%), BBQ Seasoning (Soy) (0.5%) [contains Natural Colour (Paprika Oleoresins), Smoke Flavouring], Chicken Bouillon [contains Natural Flavouring,. Natural Colour (150d)], Natural Colours (150a, Paprika Oleoresins), Vegetable Stock Seasoning [contains Natural Flavouring] Salt, Sambal Oelek, Pepper, Modified Starch (1422, 1442). Cooked Rice & Beans contains: Cooked Jasmine Rice (73%), Black Beans (10%) Black Beans, Water, Salt, Firming Agent (509)], Corn (7%), Celery, Onion (3.0%), Vegetable Oil, Crushed Garlic (0.5%), Parsley, Salt, Thyme, Bay Leaf.
Number of ingredients
117
Percentage of Australian ingredients
44%
Allergens
Contains: soy. May be present: wheat, gluten, milk.

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