Porky Whites has launched an extension to its Porky Lights range, introducing a lower fat chuck steak burger, a skinless flat sausage and sausagemeat in a tray, which will join the lower fat sausage.
The decision follows public concern over the Porky Lights range, after Slimming World decided to re-evaluate the product’s ‘syn value’ due to tests that it claimed revealed that the sausages were higher in fat than the manufacturer had stated.
All of the new products will be categorised as lower in fat which, according to the company, means that the Porky Lights range “is actually up to 60% less fat than their regular Porky Whites counterparts and are gluten free across the board”.
Porky Whites added in a statement: “The decision to reclassify the existing Porky Lights sausage from low to lower fat has been made to ensure there is no consumer confusion about what the broader Porky Lights range represents in terms of fat content.
“All of the Porky Lights are consistently lower in fat.”
Earlier in the year, Porky Lights were tested by an independent UKAS-accredited laboratory and Trading Standards, which had advised, according to the manufacturer, that “the product was within the test tolerances expected of a natural product”.
Porky Whites added: “We are unable to fully understand how Slimming World calculate their ‘syn’ values but we estimate it to be about 2.5 syns per sausage meaning that dieters are still able to enjoy their favourite slimming sausage without too much impact on their daily allowance.”
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