Blue Tribe Foods Plant Based Nuggets

Blue Tribe Foods Plant Based Nuggets are frozen crumbed nuggets of water, maida breadcrumb, a vegetable-fibre and soy premix, refined sunflower and canola oil, a CMC batter, structured vegetable protein (isolated soy, wheat gluten, wheat starch), pea fibre and a flavoured seasoning. The pack is 250 g.

CleanPlate scores it [L]CC2. The C for nutrition is middling: 7.06 g protein and 6.8 g fibre per 100 g. The C for ingredients reflects a mix of whole and refined ingredients (led by breadcrumb, refined sunflower oil and refined canola oil), with additives that cost points: carboxymethyl cellulose, TBHQ, methylcellulose and silicon dioxide. The [L] marks a hollow label promise: the claim "HIGH PROTEIN" does not hold: protein 7.06 g per 100 g is under 11 g (5.5 for drinks) and 3.08 g per 100 kcal is under 5.5. The 2 for risk is low: sodium, free sugar and saturated fat are all modest (sodium 460 mg, free sugar 0.6 g, saturated fat 1.45 g per 100 g).

Water, breadcrumb (maida, dextrose, salt, yeast), premix (vegetable fibre, soy protein, spices, salt, stabiliser 461), refined sunflower oil with antioxidant (319), refined canola oil, batter (stabiliser 466), structured vegetable protein (isolated soy protein, wheat gluten, wheat starch), pea fibre and starch, and seasoning (anticaking agent 551, flavour enhancers 627, 631) with natural and nature-identical flavours.

Per 100 g: 229 kcal, 11.5 g fat of which 1.45 g saturated, 0.6 g sugar of which 0 g added, 6.8 g fibre, 7.06 g protein, 460 mg sodium. Dextrose is listed while the panel declares 0 g added sugar, so the 0.6 g of total sugar is counted as free sugar and the score is provisional. Trans fat and cholesterol print as less than 0.1 and are stored as 0.