Review: Latina Fresh Kids Ravioli

What is in it?
Durum wheat semolina, water, vegetables (10%) (carrots, onion, celery, peas, red capsicum), beef (10%), breadcrumbs (wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt, wheat gluten), egg, canola oil, salt, yeast extract, sugar, parmesan cheese, black pepper.
Allergens
Contains: wheat, egg and milk ingredients.
May Contain: nil listed
Cost: $3.00 per 100g ($6.00 per 200g pack)
Compared to:
- La Tosca Fresh Filled Pasta Spinach and Ricotta Tortellini $0.83 per 100g
- Latina Fresh Ricotta & Spinach Agnolotti Pasta $1.76 per 100g
- Leggo's Veal Tortellini $1.27 per 100g
- Rana Pumpkin and Onion Ravioli Pasta $1.46 per 100g
What we like:
- Sugar and fat- low is sugar and saturated fat
- Quick and easy to cook! Important when looking for a convenience option
- Sodium- yes there is added salt and it isn't a "low sodium product" but it is "moderate" sodium and below 400mg per 100g.
What we like less:
- Beef content- although there are veggies in there to pad it out, it is 10% beef, which is better than your average premade kids pouch in the supermarket. For reference the Rafferty's Garden Lamb Vegetable and Cous cous Mini Meal Baby Food Pouch 12+ months has only 2.5% lamb in it and the Only Organics Wild Rice Risotto and Spring Lamb has 7g. However, 10% translated to 10g per 100g serve.... this is roughly 1.5mg of iron per 100g and I doubt most kids would eat that much. When so may toddlers are at risk of iron deficiency this is something to be mindful of. The recommended daily intake for iron ages 1-3 years is 9mg per day.
- Health Halo- It says "filling includes 5 vegetables" which is true- but 3 of those are onion, carrot and celery- and there isn't much in there at all. The veggies also make up 10% of the ingredients, which is only 10g per 100g serve of pasta - less than 5% of a toddlers recommended veggie intake per day. So if you are buying these to boost your little one's vegetable intake- don't bother! Instead grab a cheaper option and pop veggies on the side or into your own sauce. This label feels a little misleading and like they are trying to give the product a "health halo" to make you think it is better and worth paying more for.
- The cost- the pasta itself isn't hugely different from other convince fresh pasta options, and yet because it is aimed at kids it is 2-3 x the cost per 100g. The only difference is slightly lower sodium really.
The Take Home:
Overall, this pasta doesn't impress us much. We find it pretty disappointing that by slapping a "kids" label on it they can charge parents a lot more for pasta that really isn't much different to the other "adult" options sitting next to this product on the supermarket shelves. If you are looking for a convenience options when it comes to pasta purchase a "family size" pack and save yourself a few dollars.
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