WHILE out walking in the north of England, reader John Pealfield stopped off
to buy himself a tasty chicken and ham sandwich with mustard mayonnaise,
produced by Coach Cuisine of Carlisle. Here’s what it had in it: “White bread
roll: flour, water, yeast, vegetable fat, salt, emulsifiers (mono- and
di-glycerides of fatty acids, mono- and di-acetyltartaric acid esters of mono-
and di-glycerides of fatty acids, sodium stearoyl-2 lactate), soya flour,
preservative (calcium propionate), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid). Cooked
chicken: chicken, water, modified starch, salt, milk protein, sodium
polyphosphates, lactose. Ham: pork, water, salt, dextrose, sodium
polyphosphates, antioxidant (sodium…
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