Porky White's (Surrey) -
Porky Lights
Now here's a thing, I saw
these in our local store
boldly tagged in the display
as 78 calories, 3% fat and
just 0.5 "syn points" -
whatever that means?
We've tried Porky White's
before and found them an OK
sausage. Well seeing
these in "reduced calorie
mode" we were intrigued. 75%
British pork in natural
skins, gluten free and
low fat eh?
The packaging says leanest
cuts of pork shoulder and
belly, delicately seasoned
and a lighter alternative to
their big brother the Porky
White's...and free from all
that GM (genetically
modified) stuff too so it
appears! In the raw
they looked pretty good
weighing around 65g a go and
in a fairly standard size at
100mm x 30mm uncooked as it
happens.
Using the recommended
guidelines on the packet we
pan fried (as we do all our
sampling) and they cooked up
really well with no obvious
additional fat left in the
pan. The skins browned
nicely with no splits
or bursts, but these Porky
Lights did change shape
somewhat. Noticeable length
shrinkage along with some
fattening up did occur.
Not that this fact is a show
stopper of course but the
fattening up wasn't consistent.
Some samples fattened more
so at one end rather than
the other. Odd?
The sausages did cut easily (we
don't like tough skins) and
the texture we found was
just on the smooth side of
medium. Very succulent
through out with nice spice
and yes a lighter sausage to
chew. In a sandwich
these a very good, but if
you do, go
easy on the sauce and let
the sausage taste really
work on it's own...
White's are on a winner here
you know but what all this
"syn points" business?
Well in a recent Guardian
newspaper article they
reported that Porky Lights
evidently were not an
immediate success, selling
just 2,000 units a week as
it happens. Then when
Slimming World awarded the
Porky Lights just half a
“syn” on their points table
for their dieters (regular
bangers are some five syns),
Surrey-based manufacturer G
White’s reckon now they're
shifting 170,000 units a
week.
So looks like we'll be
buying some more Porky Lights
ourselves...I wonder what
they'll be like on the BBQ?
As I write this review it's
started snowing so as soon
as it stops, we'll find out!
Porky White's (Surrey) -
Porky Lights
(Feb
2017)
Here's the
sample details:
100x30mm before cooking, 90x30mm
after.
65g before cooking, 57g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 10% & weight
loss of approx 12%.
6 sausages in a 400g pack £3.19
(£7.98/kg approx).
www.porkywhites.com