Ready meals are often criticized for their composition. A dietitian helps us identify four ready-made meals from Picard that have a healthy composition.
Four dishes recommended by our dietitian
Sarah José is a dietitian nutritionist in Cannes and Antibes. For Top Santé she looked at the composition of the ready meals sold at Picard, and four of them caught her attention for the quality of their ingredients.
« I really enjoyed the cod with virgin sauce and Camargue rice duo, the pork tomato and olive sauté, the cod parmentier brandade, and as a vegetarian dish the Indian vegetable curry. The composition of these dishes is well balanced, with healthy ingredients, no sugar or dextrose for example.. »
Cod with virgin sauce and Camargue rice duo
The first dish chosen by the dietician is composed of cod from French fishing in the North-East Atlantic, black and white Camargue rice, small vegetables (zucchini, carrots, yellow carrots), and a pepper sauce. , zucchini, tomatoes and herbs. The list of ingredients is short and clear, and opinions seem unanimous on the quality of the meal. This cooked meal for one person (350 grams) is sold at a price of 6.50 euros, and obtained an A grade on the Nutri-score.
Stir-fried pork tomatoes and olives
The stir-fry is composed of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) pork and a tomato and olive sauce. We also find in the list of ingredients the vegetable broth made from celery, tomato, carrot, mushroom and leek, but also white wine and fennel. This dish for two people (420 grams) is sold at a price of 6.90 euros, and obtained an A grade on the Nutri-score.
MSC cod parmentier brandade
This brandade is cooked with salted and boneless MSC cod (sustainable fishing label), and cooked in parmentier with potatoes, crème fraîche, milk, garlic, rapeseed oil and olive oil. This dish for three people (1 kilo) obtained a Nutri-score B, and is sold at the price of 7.50 euros.
Indian vegetable curry
Finally, the vegetarian dish selected by Sarah José is a curry of cauliflower, sweet potato and grilled zucchini, topped with a coconut milk and yellow curry sauce. This dish for one person (250 grams) is particularly low in calories, with only 70 kcal per 100 grams. It obtained a B grade in the Nutri-score, and is sold at a price of 2.50 euros.
How to choose the right dish?
If you want to eat a prepared meal with good composition, you must pay attention to the list of ingredients. Therefore, avoid additives such as glutamic acid, calcium ascorbate, or sodium acetate, but also the presence of sugar under one of its different names (glucose, sucrose, maltose, etc.), or still added salt, nitrites, sulphites, flavor enhancers, flavorings, texturizers and other colorings.
Source: www.topsante.com
