Simply Lunch’s Chicken & Bacon Pasta is a delicious pasta with great smoky bacon undertones with a peppery kick. I had received it from a WHSmith Too Good to Go surprise bag.
Biting into the pasta you experience a nice peppery sensation as its highly sprinkled with black pepper which gives it a kick. The bacon is shredded and dried well which gives a slightly crunchy texture to the pasta and a delectable smoky flavor which works well with the pepper.
Unfortunately, the chicken is quite bland and tasteless but this isn’t much of an issue as the bacon is the main strong flavor. There is sweetcorn in the pasta salad which gives it much needed filler though the mayonnaise is not that noticeable within the flavor profile but it gives enough moisture to make the food pleasant to enjoy.
I have listed the ingredients and nutritional information below the separator.
Ingredients: Caesar Pasta Mix (88%) (Penne Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Thickener (Modified Starch), Sugar, Salt, Pasteurized Egg Yolk, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Stabilizers (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate), Flavoring, Color (Beta Carotene)), Caesar Sauce (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Garlic, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Pasteurized Egg Yolk, Salt, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Acetic Acid), Thickener (Modified Starch), Black Pepper, Cheese Flavor (Milk), Color (Ammonia Caramel), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate), Stabilizer (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Flavoring, Color (Beta Carotene)), Sweetcorn (Sweetcorn, Water, Sugar, Salt), Crème Fraiche (Milk), Soured Cream (Milk), Fresh Parsley, Black Pepper), Chicken and Bacon Mix (12%) (Chicken Breast (Chicken Breast, Salt), Bacon Pieces (Pork (made with 165g Raw Pork per 100g Cured Bacon), Salt, White Sugar, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrate, Potassium Nitrate), Smoke Flavoring), Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Thickener (Modified Regulator (Acetic Acid), Stabilizers (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate), Flavoring, Color (Beta Carotene), Fresh Parsley)
Nutritional Information per 100g: 216 calories, 13.2g fat (of which saturates 2.2g), 17.4g carbohydrates (of which sugars 1.4g), 6.2g protein, 1.1g fibre, 0.6g salt