TNC Review: Wraps

you can find in supermarkets. Hi, I'm Czyburrel and Amlea Wood, and as two of ustrates leading dieticians, we bring you the Nutrition Couch Product Review, a weekly chat on new products and old favorites that you can find in supermarkets. So Leanne I do buy wraps, and the way that I use them is as a quick breakfast on the co So sometimes I find that I have to leave really early with my boys. They are not rap eat

it's actually they're much more into just normal bread. But if I know I've got an early start, I might grab a coffee and I pack like a mini rap and I just sort of stick some meat or cheese and a bit of salad on it, and I just find it's sort of an easy way to have almost a balanced breakfast that I can make the night before, and I find the rap for better or for worst,

do last quite a long time. So if I buy a packet, it might last me a couple of weeks if I store it correctly, and my clients love them. You know, I've got really big rap fans out there. In general, I think there's a perception that they're healthier because they're thinner, which, like anything, is not always the case, which is why we're going to take a closer look at them today. But are you routinely buying wraps on your grocery shop each week?

Mexican or something for dinner. But I'm not Deavid and I aren't big wrap people for lunch, like I'd love to do a meal prep. We we've got some rice or quinoi or potatoes like carb saws, or I'm just going to do a salad with a bit of like roasted potato or legumes or something in a much more of a hot meal or a salad type girl for lunch. I don't know, It's just sort of become my preference over the years. I think I just didn't really find

wraps that feeling where I'd find it. I'd have to eat too or three to really fill up on them, So I more prefer my volume dense meals in other options, I guess, And.

whole grain. It's sort of the typical white. I didn't get the mini the large one, so a serving size is about seventy one gram, so it is a larger wrap. If I look at the ingredient list, it is seventy two percent wheat flour, and it's got some B group vitamins added to that water, mineral salt, sidized salt, some vegetable oil, sugar, vegetable gums, and multifier acidity regulator preservatives. Now, the interesting thing about these that I'll come to in

a second, not insignificant calorie wise. So this wrap is seven hundred and fifty eight kilodels, which is just shy of two hundred calories per serve, which is quite concentrated in energy just for the bread kind of section of a rap that you were making. It's got six point one grams of protein perserve, two point one grams of fat, so it's a low fat food at three percent, very little saturated fat as you would expect from a plain

type bread. Thirty three point two grams of carbohydrate perserve, which is as a reference point, we usually would say two slices of bread is roughly thirty grams of carbohydrate. Now, the lower carb loaves like a bergen for example, that's got a very dense grain through it is about twenty four So for me, this is quite concentrated. It's sort of two slices of bread at least in that thin white wrap two point three grams of sugars And often it's beliefle and isn't it that people think sugar is

added to bread, which is generally not the case. But in the case of this wrap, there is some sugar added to it, not a huge amount of dietary fiber. This is not whole wheat flour. This is just plain white wheat flour at one point six grams, which is a bit low lean and I would like to generally say at least three grams of fiber at least inner wrap. But the standout thing for me that differentiates this brand and in this product, that's got six hundred and sixty

nine milligrams of sodium. Now, the upper daily recommended intake for sodium for an Australian adult is two thousand, so this is you know, a third of that in a single rap. So I would describe it as a high salt product in this category. So mission as I said, I've got a lot of different varieties. There's minis, there's whole wheat, and this is not one of the ones

I would be going. Even though it looks pretty healthy on the surface, when we take a deep dive in the nutritionals, it's pretty low in dietary fiber, it doesn't have a whole grain base, and it's really really high in sodium, which is probably why they taste great, particularly when you're having Mexican and things with them. And two hundred almost two hundred calories per serverly, and like if you start to add sort of meat and salad or cheese onto that, you're going to end up with a

four or five hundred calorie wrap in no time. So certainly wouldn't be on shopping list. And if I was going for this brand, I would seek out the Minis, And they do have a mini whole grain variety that I sometimes use if I don't have the other ones available, I mean serving.

too bad. But if you're going to, you know, put a whole whack of half an avocado in there with a bit of lamb left over from dinner the night before, and some olives and some extra cheese in there with a little bit of salad, you're probably looking at a high calorie meal. So I mean, I think it's okay.

I just don't think there's anything outstanding it. I think the sodium amount is far too much, as you said, and dietary fiber wise, i'd really like to see four to five grams in their per serving at a minimum for most sort of healthy adults. So this isn't something they would even register on my list when it comes to record many them for my client. And you know, about thirty three grams of cubs per one wrap, you're kind of getting the equivalent of two slices of bread.

And the funny thing is that I'm just looking at the marketing on the front of the label. So it's the would you call that a green greenish kind of color? It's like a green yellow kind of color. Mission wrap light light light what light like? Light? Low fat light,

low calorie like, what does light even mean? The marketing on some of these labels just makes me pull my hair out, SUSI, because I just think people look at that and they pick it up and they go light lit eat, great for fat loss, probably the opposite of what most small women or non active people want, and the equivalent to one rap. You're getting about two slices of bread in there. If it were me, I think I'd rather a good quality, grainy bread and build a

proper sandwich out of it versus a rap. Because I think, like you said, people think they're having a light lunch option, and this is where that marketing halo kind of comes in there, a light lunch option, So then they do say yes to the chocolates or the biscuits or the afternoon tea, you know, coffee and cake because they think they're having a light, healthy lunch. I think that's where we sort of run into a little bit of problems. So just looking at that carbohydrate spread and there's nothing

ideal in there either it's basically a white wrap. I mean there's a tiny, tiny, tidy bit of dietary fiber in there, but nothing significant or nothing what we want to actually support and narish our gut heuse. So this is a thumbs down for me. I don't really see any particular benefit even budget wise, Like if you're going to buy a rap if you're looking at a budget, I'd be getting the home brand calls or Woolli is one which is perhaps even a little bit better nutritionally

than this one. So this one doesn't really tick any boxes for me. I would wouldn't really recommend it.

white wrap. Now, if anyone shops at Coals, you would have noticed they've got this sort of range coming through of low car but white products, because generally speaking, when we're having low carb breads, you tend to see a

very dense grain or wholemeal base. But I actually inquired with the Coals Nutritionness about this product because I said to her, is this a formulated flower that's been made for Coals that's got this profile, because it's really hard to get a white flower that's got that much fiber in it. And yes, indeed, the truth is it has been. It's a proprietary blend that's made, and hence they can do these breads and obviously wraps that are white that

have this huge fiber loon. So it's forty two grams, so it's sort of just over half the actual size. So this looks like kind of the minis that you see in supermarkets. Per serve just over one hundred calories or just about one hundred calories I should say, four hundred and eleven kilodols seven point seven grams of protein, which is huge for this small product. Three point three grams of fat, so it is not a low fat food, which suggests it's got a fairly good whack of grain

in it, or I think possibly soy. It's coming from wheat fiber. It's got just five point eight grams of carbohydrate, so very low, less than a slice, less than half a slice of bread of carbohydrate. You could possibly use it on a kto possibly possibly too high in protein for that dietary fiber six point eight gram seven gram so really quite high. Sodium is very low at one sixty milligrams. So the ingredients of water, wheat flour again fortified soy protein is where that protein level is coming

from as well as this special modified wheat starch. So this is what they're using to make a high fiber product that's still white. They're then adding the wheat starch back in, and I know, I've got some thoughts on that land about the difference between naturally occurring fiber and then companies adding it back in wheat gluten, which is bumping again up the protein. Vegetable shortening which is palm oil. I don't like to see that on a nutrition label.

heavily processed food. When you look at this ingredient list compared to a dense whole grain bread, which would have more carbohydrate probably less fiber, you would absolutely argue that the whole grain bread is a million times better because it's less processed. And I have to agree, particularly when you're looking at something that's got ingredients like modified wheat starch to bump up the fiber, and things like vegetables shortening from palm oil to give it some taste and texture,

and obviously throw in some saturated fat to boot. So I indeed have clients that use this kind of lower carb rap, but I don't generally go for this one.

quite bad constipation. But then I'm also adding things like black beans and tight of salad into there as well to get also that you know, proper dietary fiber that we want. It's almost what I call this is terrible wording, but like fake fiber, do you know what I mean? Like when it's a white based wrap and you're just modifying it for to appear super high fiber, but it's not the type of good quality dietary fiber that we

want to feed and nourish our gut health. Really, so on paper, the nutritional label the Macro spread absolutely stacks up as one of the best that we see in the supermarket. But you're right, it is a heavily, heavily modified product. There is some palm oil in there, which you know, we do know, we don't love. And yeah, perhaps there are better ones out there ingredient and health wise, but I definitely have used this before for my clients, I will be honest, and I think for the right

person it can work. But I think when you're out of that fat lous phase and you're really aiming for good quality, healthy food products. It's not something that I'd be using or recommending every day, and they're definitely better health ones on the market.

seen before, but it certainly was online in Coals. Again, I was looking at Coals Online, and I'll be fully transparent. The reason I often go Coals Online when I'm looking is because I can cut and paste the content easy into our script because in Willies it does it always go, So that's the only reason I do it from their website. So this is the Simpsons Pantry, low carb grains and

seven seeds plus fiber. It's got five hell star ratings, It's in the Pink packet, and of course we will put a picture up on our infographics that we always put on Instagram every week to make it a bit

easier for listeners to track these products down. Pers at seventy grams, so the typical larger rap size just shy of two hundred calories per serve at seven hundred and thirty one killer jewels, thirteen point four grams of protein, which is really significant, you know, like I'm sort of aiming for twenty roughly grams of protein, so you're getting a lot a plant based source of protein coming through

this wrap. The fat is not low, which doesn't surprise me because if we're looking at a lot of seeds and grains, they do have a high fat content and that's certainly the case in this product. So it's got nine point four grams of fat per hundred, so you'd look and think, oh, it's high in fat, But when we sort of take a deep dive, it does have some saturated fat more than three grams per hundred three point one per serve, so it's not low in fat.

But again we'll take a look win in a second nine point three grams of carbohydrate per serve, which is about half just over half a slice of bread, So it's kind of just shy of a slice of bread worth of carb in that seventy gram serve. It does have some sugars in it, will take a look in a second if they're added or naturally occurring. Thirteen grams of dietary fiber per serve, which is huge load massive two hundred and fifty three milligrams of sodium, so reasonable

for a large wrap. That's not I wouldn't be concerned if it was less than three hundred. We sort of look for less than three hundred milligrams per hundred grams, so it's not low, but it's not any concern to be high here. So ingredients water, homeal wheat flour, yare so straight away, I'm really happy with that. Now it doesn't have the percentage of homeal wheat flour through it, but I always would like to see whole wheat or

whole grain as their first ingredient. Soy protein, which is again where that protein load is slightly coming from, or say slightly because it will be coming from some of these other ingredients wheat, starch, vegetable shortening. So there's our friend, palme oiligan I'd suspect slipping in wheat gluten then there's a four percent gray and grain and seed blend. And here they're using flax seed flour, chia seed flour, brown linen seeds, kibbled purple wheat, molted wheat flakes, kibbled chika

Leare you say that? How do you say that?

coals mixed. So that's obviously the formula that the bakery whether they're making also the coals proprietary in their factory is possible because obviously the companies will use different factories and on that mix. To me, says it's the proprietary blend for a rap and then they just add different things to it.

few of those like little seeds blended. But not to take anything away it's only four percent seeds, so there's a hell of a lot of good quality ingredients. When you look at the flax seed flower and the cheer seed flour, and the you know, the Quinois seeds and the brown limb seeds, that's all great, but it's only four percent, so it doesn't actually make up a large bix of it. It is still quite processed, but I would say it is probably a better option than the

coals one. However, it is a little bit more energy dense, but you are getting more protein and fire. But in there four you know, for your money basically, so it's a larger size rap better for I would say more active people, but I quite like it. You're right, like I think it's it's hard to find a wrap that ticks every single box, like I think food companies have.

You know, people want different things. The sodium is a lot lower compared to other products, so if you've you know, got issues with the a cardiac calthus's probably all blood pressure, there's probably a good way to go. The fiber is quite high, so if you're somebody with a sensitive tummil ibs, this might be a little bit too much for you. But most of that's not actually coming from our whole food sources. I mean some of it is from the whole meal wheat flour and the grain seed blend, which

is only four percent. But just like the other wrap we talked about, the Calls one, there is that sort of modified fiber blend going in there. They're re adding things back into it to get that higher fiber load. So it's a great it's a great boost of fiber, but it may be too high for some people. So this is probably the favorite one that we've talked about today. There are definitely some benefits here, So for me, i'd probably give it. I'd say eight out of ten.

my hungry women in the afternoon. So I find women who really about three four o'clock are starving and or going to the gym and they want sort of something more filling than just snacks. I will often use a rap and have that as a lower carb, higher protein snack to fill them up through the afternoon, or maybe even use it with peanut butter and banana to get a nice breakfast balance on someone who doesn't like eggs

and things in the morning. So I think they're viable products, and yeah, you can certainly use them, and this would be a pretty good choice in the supermarket. Oh rash. Well, that brings us to the end of the Nutrition Couch product review for another week. If you haven't done so already, don't forget to subscribe to have us delivered to your

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