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I know, they are foul greasy snacks that are more crap than good, but they are tasty.
Anyway, having a look at the ingredients has left me a little confused, it says that it is 138% pork, which to my mind is impossible, as how can you have something with more than 100% as an ingredient. It also stated that 100 grammes of product contains 138 grammes of pork, again, how can this be possible.
Are there other things out there that just dont make sense when you read the ingerdients?
Anyway, having a look at the ingredients has left me a little confused, it says that it is 138% pork, which to my mind is impossible, as how can you have something with more than 100% as an ingredient. It also stated that 100 grammes of product contains 138 grammes of pork, again, how can this be possible.
Are there other things out there that just dont make sense when you read the ingerdients?
Plotloss said:
Its because the meat is dried.
The ingredients are giving a wet unprepared weight.
Indeed. A quick Google found this reply to someone who actually wrote to the manufacturer to query it:The ingredients are giving a wet unprepared weight.
Peperami said:
Hello from Peperami
Dear XXXX, Thank you for your recent query regarding the confusing labelling on Peperami. Under the labelling laws for processed meat products like sausages, we are required to state the amount of raw meat as a percentage of the finished product -including all the other ingredients like spices, salt etc. For raw sausages, the meat percentage will be less than 100% because other ingredients are added during manufacture. However, Peperami is a cured sausage and weight is lost through evaporation of water during manufacture. This means that the weight of the raw meat we put in before cooking and curing is higher than the weight of the finished Peperami that is sold. The meat content is therefore, more than 100%. As an example - a 25g Peperami is made with 27g of raw meat. I hope that this has helped and if you require any further information orassistance, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards, Chantal Barnard
Dear XXXX, Thank you for your recent query regarding the confusing labelling on Peperami. Under the labelling laws for processed meat products like sausages, we are required to state the amount of raw meat as a percentage of the finished product -including all the other ingredients like spices, salt etc. For raw sausages, the meat percentage will be less than 100% because other ingredients are added during manufacture. However, Peperami is a cured sausage and weight is lost through evaporation of water during manufacture. This means that the weight of the raw meat we put in before cooking and curing is higher than the weight of the finished Peperami that is sold. The meat content is therefore, more than 100%. As an example - a 25g Peperami is made with 27g of raw meat. I hope that this has helped and if you require any further information orassistance, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards, Chantal Barnard
"100% pork + 38% of things that we thought might be pork, or tasted and looked like pork when it arrived at our factory from the pork reject bin" (even their TV advert states this: its a 'bit' of an animal!)
Those hot ones sure are tasty though!!
Those hot ones sure are tasty though!!Edited by Steamer on Friday 5th June 11:10
Must start to only eat these every other day from now on 
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