A few beers after work in London yesterday and a quick stop off at Leon London Bridge to onboard some fuel. Going with the current trend for all things vegan, I decided to sample the Jack Wings. A warts and all review follows;
Jack Wings - the idea is that this is a vegan replacement for chicken wings. In all honesty these are probably midway on the spectrum between chicken wings and bodyform wings. That is to say there is no way you could ever imagine you were eating a chicken wing, whilst tucking into this jack fruit delicacy.
Jackfruit is a "healthy" meat substitute and these things are actually quite pleasant to eat. The fruits stringy texture mimics meat and takes on the flavour of whatever it is cooked with. A breakdown of the Leon version is included below.
I have to say, I had no trouble eating these and I would probably favour them over chicken nuggets (which I never eat). They didn't really fill me up probably because they don't pack much in terms of protein.
So what is the point? If you want to avoid meat and need something on the go, these work.
If you don't follow this stuff more about jackfruit below;
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/what-is-jackfruit/
Lots of positives called out in this article, so for balance the negatives.
1 A UK diet based on tropical fruits is not going to save the planet.
2 The meat substitute uses unripe fruit. All the nutrition information, seems to focus on ripe fruit.
3 Take a look at the ingredients list below and consider making your own. As I mentioned these did not make a convincing substitute for chicken wings. I am going to source some tinned stuff and see how a pulled pork substitute fairs.
Jack Wings
gluten-free
vegan
Ingredients
Jackfruit, Rice Milk (Water, Rice, Sunflower Oil, Calcium Phosphate, Stabiliser (E418), Sea Salt], Water, Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Coconut Based alternative to Cheddar (Water, Coconut Oil, Modified Starch, Starch, Sea Salt, Flavourings, Preservative (...
Nutritional information
Energy (kcal) per portion 304
Protein (Grams) per portion 4
Carbohydrate 38
Carbs of which sugar (Grams) per portion 2
Fat (Grams) per portion 14
Saturated fat (Grams) per portion 3
Mono-unsaturated fat (Grams) per portion 5
Poly-unsaturated (Grams) per portion 6
Salt (Grams) per portion 1.6
Total portion weight (Grams) 155
Fibre (Grams) 4
Jack Wings - the idea is that this is a vegan replacement for chicken wings. In all honesty these are probably midway on the spectrum between chicken wings and bodyform wings. That is to say there is no way you could ever imagine you were eating a chicken wing, whilst tucking into this jack fruit delicacy.
Jackfruit is a "healthy" meat substitute and these things are actually quite pleasant to eat. The fruits stringy texture mimics meat and takes on the flavour of whatever it is cooked with. A breakdown of the Leon version is included below.
I have to say, I had no trouble eating these and I would probably favour them over chicken nuggets (which I never eat). They didn't really fill me up probably because they don't pack much in terms of protein.
So what is the point? If you want to avoid meat and need something on the go, these work.
If you don't follow this stuff more about jackfruit below;
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/what-is-jackfruit/
Lots of positives called out in this article, so for balance the negatives.
1 A UK diet based on tropical fruits is not going to save the planet.
2 The meat substitute uses unripe fruit. All the nutrition information, seems to focus on ripe fruit.
3 Take a look at the ingredients list below and consider making your own. As I mentioned these did not make a convincing substitute for chicken wings. I am going to source some tinned stuff and see how a pulled pork substitute fairs.
Jack Wings
gluten-free
vegan
Ingredients
Jackfruit, Rice Milk (Water, Rice, Sunflower Oil, Calcium Phosphate, Stabiliser (E418), Sea Salt], Water, Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Coconut Based alternative to Cheddar (Water, Coconut Oil, Modified Starch, Starch, Sea Salt, Flavourings, Preservative (...
Nutritional information
Energy (kcal) per portion 304
Protein (Grams) per portion 4
Carbohydrate 38
Carbs of which sugar (Grams) per portion 2
Fat (Grams) per portion 14
Saturated fat (Grams) per portion 3
Mono-unsaturated fat (Grams) per portion 5
Poly-unsaturated (Grams) per portion 6
Salt (Grams) per portion 1.6
Total portion weight (Grams) 155
Fibre (Grams) 4
