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Couscous - Tesco - 280g

Couscous - Tesco - 280g

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Barcode: 10099889

Common name: Couscou

Quantity: 280g

Packaging: Plastic pot, Pp-tub

Brands: Tesco

Categories: Meals, Microwave meals, Salads

Manufacturing or processing places: United Kingdom

Stores: Tesco

Countries where sold: United Kingdom

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Ingredients

30 ingredients

Rehydrated couscous (water, durum wheat semolina), chargrilled vegetables 28%(red onion, yellow pepper, red pepper, courgette, extra virgin olive oil), cooked giant couscous (water, semolina), basil & lemon dressing (rapeseed oil, water, garlic purée, basil, lemon juice, basil oil (sunflower oil, basil), salt, tomato paste, sugar, red chilli purée, spirit vinegar, mustard seed, black pepper, cornflour), parsley

Allergens: Gluten

Traces: Nuts

Food processing

Processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 3 - Processed foods group:

Category: Meals

Ingredient: Salt

Ingredient: Sugar

Ingredient: Vegetable oil
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Ingredients analysis

Palm oil content unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Chargrilled-vegetables, Cooked-giant-couscous, Basil-and-lemon-dressing, Basil-oil
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: couscous (water, durum wheat semolina), chargrilled vegetables 28% (red onion, yellow pepper, red pepper, courgette, extra virgin olive oil), cooked giant couscous (water, semolina), basil and lemon dressing (rapeseed oil, water, garlic purée, basil, lemon juice, basil oil (sunflower oil, basil), salt, tomato paste, sugar, red chilli purée, spirit vinegar, mustard seed, black pepper, cornflour), parsley
couscous -> en:couscous - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9683 - percent_min: 28 - percent_max: 72

water -> en:water - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 18066 - percent_min: 14 - percent_max: 72

durum wheat semolina -> en:durum-wheat-semolina - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9610 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 36

chargrilled vegetables -> en:chargrilled-vegetables - percent_min: 28 - percent: 28 - percent_max: 28

red onion -> en:red-onion - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 20034 - percent_min: 5.6 - percent_max: 28

yellow pepper -> en:yellow-bell-pepper - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 20168 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 14

red pepper -> en:red-bell-pepper - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 20087 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 9.33333333333333

courgette -> en:courgette - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 20020 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7

extra virgin olive oil -> en:extra-virgin-olive-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - ciqual_food_code: 17270 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.6

cooked giant couscous -> en:cooked-giant-couscous - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 28

water -> en:water - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 18066 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 28

semolina -> en:semolina - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 14

basil and lemon dressing -> en:basil-and-lemon-dressing - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 22

rapeseed oil -> en:rapeseed-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 22

water -> en:water - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 18066 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 11

garlic purée -> en:garlic-puree - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11000 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7.33333333333333

basil -> en:basil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11033 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.5

lemon juice -> en:lemon-juice - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 2028 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 4.4

basil oil -> en:basil-oil - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 3.66666666666667

sunflower oil -> en:sunflower-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - ciqual_food_code: 17440 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 3.66666666666667

basil -> en:basil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11033 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.83333333333333

salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

tomato paste -> en:tomato-concentrate - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 20068 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

red chilli purée -> en:red-chili-puree - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 20151 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

spirit vinegar -> en:spirit-vinegar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11018 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

mustard seed -> en:mustard-seed - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11013 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

black pepper -> en:black-pepper - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11015 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

cornflour -> en:corn-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9545 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.59944

parsley -> en:parsley - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 11014 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 14.6666666666667

Nutrition

Good nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 37
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

Positive points: 3

Proteins: 1 / 5 (value: 2.7, rounded value: 2.7)

Fiber: 2 / 5 (value: 2.5, rounded value: 2.5)

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 37.13623046875, rounded value: 37.1)

Negative points: 4

Energy: 1 / 10 (value: 670, rounded value: 670)

Sugars: 0 / 10 (value: 3.6, rounded value: 3.6)

Saturated fat: 1 / 10 (value: 1.3, rounded value: 1.3)

Sodium: 2 / 10 (value: 239.776, rounded value: 239.8)

The points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.

Nutritional score: (4 - 3)

Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
- Fat in moderate quantity (7.6%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Saturated fat in low quantity (1.3%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Sugars in low quantity (3.6%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks
  
  Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
  
  Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts
- Salt in moderate quantity (0.599%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
  
  Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
  
  Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
  
  Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
  
  Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
  
  Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (140g)	Compared to: Microwave meals
Energy	670 kj (160 kcal)	938 kj (224 kcal)	+18%
Fat	7.6 g	10.6 g	+41%
Saturated fat	1.3 g	1.82 g	-35%
Carbohydrates	19 g	26.6 g	+39%
Sugars	3.6 g	5.04 g	+91%
Fiber	2.5 g	3.5 g	+54%
Proteins	2.7 g	3.78 g	-59%
Salt	0.599 g	0.839 g	-22%
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	37.136 %	37.136 %

Serving size: 140g

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Packaging parts

Pot (PP 5 - Polypropylene)

Packaging materials

Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product
Plastic

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Product added on February 12, 2014, 2:10:08 PM CET by bcatelin
Last edit of product page on February 11, 2022, 11:36:10 AM CET by packbot.
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Couscous - Tesco - 280g