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Y'know I had a really good look at those Lunchable things advertised incessantly on MN and guess what????

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moondog · 29/04/2007 15:07

They look about a million times worse than I could have ever imagined in my wildest dreams.
I'm afraid I've changed my mind.You people that run the show here should be ashamed of yourselves.

They are absolute SHIT I tell you.

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suzywong · 29/04/2007 15:08

has this thing kicked off yet?

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mytwopenceworth · 29/04/2007 15:09

hey moondog, this is a safe place to express your feelings, dont you hold back now, be honest....

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moondog · 29/04/2007 15:09

The 'meat' looks like guano.

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mytwopenceworth · 29/04/2007 15:10

don't you put those '''' round the word meat. it is meat.

rat meat, fresh from the sewer. none finer.

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moondog · 29/04/2007 15:10

Joyless,joyless,joyless.

How anyone could consider them to be a 'treat' is beyond my realm of understanding.

Chips Yep
Hamburgers Yep
Ice cream Yep
Chocolate Yep

But 'Lunchables'????

Jesus Christ........

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Nbg · 29/04/2007 15:12

I was shocked that is has been advertised on here tbh.

It isnt proper meat at all and how they can say its "goodness" or whatever they describe it as is a blatent lie.

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Incodnito · 29/04/2007 15:14

The saddest thing about it, some people actually give them to their child for lunch and thats all they get, mmmmm healthy and appetising I'm sure!

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Troutpout · 29/04/2007 15:26

Where ? Where?

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Troutpout · 29/04/2007 15:26

oh Home page...i don't do home page

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Tamum · 29/04/2007 15:41

I'm fairly relaxed/hopeless about food depending on how you look at it, but boy, I would draw the line at blooming lunchables.

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deeskies · 29/04/2007 15:42

they are foul
and i am fairly relaxed about food

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NadineBaggott · 29/04/2007 15:43

for once moondog I fully agree.

it just doesn't look like real food and probably isn't!

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Saturn74 · 29/04/2007 15:44

Lunchables are foul.
I'm surprised MN decided to let them advertise here.

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NadineBaggott · 29/04/2007 15:45

btw I don't actually see the ads on my screen thank goodness but I've seen the tv ad - bleurgh!

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hatrick · 29/04/2007 15:47

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Saturn74 · 29/04/2007 15:48

Looks like plastic food.
Blurk!

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Nbg · 29/04/2007 15:49

But

the majority of parents that use this site know what crap they are so wont be rushing out to buy them because of an ad on here.

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SoupDragon · 29/04/2007 15:51

So, how about the claim "Nutritionally comparable to a homemade ham and cheese sandwich"?

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NadineBaggott · 29/04/2007 15:52

homemade ham?

unless you live on a pig farm would be pretty difficult

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SoupDragon · 29/04/2007 15:55

I suspect that's not quite what they mean...

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moondog · 29/04/2007 16:05

The dietician who is endorsing these should be struck of the Health Professionals Council.
Furthermore,who in God's name is stupid enough to pay through the nose for some bread,meat and cheese?

I get ready prepared hot meals in that there is preparation involved,but dear God,how much preparation is involving in putting a bit of bread and cheese in a roll?

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OrmIrian · 29/04/2007 16:07

Agree. No need for them whatsoever.

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Moomin · 29/04/2007 16:14

JUst been doing a bit of research about these horrible things and have found out the following:

A typical Lunchable meal thingy (I looked at the ham and cheese sandwich-type one) contains what the Govt. define as HIGH in salt. They recommend that a heathly munch for a 5-8 yo child should conatin NO MORE than 1.2g of salt; a child of 9-12 yo should have NO MORE than 1.65g salt. These Lunchables contain 1.8g salt in one pack.

The level of saturated fat in each one, again, is classed as HIGH by the Govt. Food Standards Agency

And the 'meat' in this particular type is actually "Cured ham slices formed from pork leg pieces with starch"

Which is pretty much what you'd expect from this type of crap EXCEPT it is being marketed as healthy, just because it has less crap than it used to have (so God only knows what the old ones were like). Last week when I first saw the ads for this on MN I was just but I thought that MN needs the revenue and we are all grown-ups able to make our own minds up. However, I think that these ads are misleading at the very least - it's taken me well over 20mins to research what the nutritional claims on the packet and the accompanying info actually mean. I think it would be fine to advertise on MN if they were saying 'this is cheap, processed crap but your kids might like the taste' but they're NOT.

I wouldn't have fed my kids this kind of thing anyway, but I think, at a glance, the fact that the ads are on MN might make other people think it was somehow 'ok' to give these to their kids, when in fact the levels of salt and saturated fats are FAR from ok.

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Moomin · 29/04/2007 16:17

FFS! the feckin ads are playing right next to my post saying 'they're full of good stuff'!!! How the fkg hell do they work that out?

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