Topic: "Cull yaw" (culled ewe) biryani

[Peripatetic Phil]

I must admit, I was not particularly impressed when I tried Kallo, but to answer my own question in re Knorr stock pots :

Ingredients:

   Concentrated lamb stock (66%)(water, lamb),
   salt,
   palm fat,
   sugar,
   yeast extract,
   flavour mix [flavourings, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate)],
   potassium chloride,
   gelling agents (xanthan gum, locust bean gum),
   garlic,
   herbs (rosemary†, thyme†, parsley†),
   carrots†,
   sunflower oil,
   onion juice concentrate†,
   caramel syrup,
   maltodextrin,
   parsley roots†.

† Sustainably grown

Looks pretty good to me ...
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** Phil.

[Kashmiri Bob]

I got a box of the Shan Memoni Phil.  Ingredients look fairly similar to the Pilau Biryani. Dill in the Memoni though.  I like Dill.  Looking forward to giving it a go.  Good shout on the Shan spices.  Recall seeing an open box in one of the desi Pakistani places (kitchen) in Birmingham many years ago.  I bet they are all using it.

Rob

[Secret Santa]

Looks pretty good to me ...

If by "good" you mean it's loaded with ultra-processed junk then , yes, it's "good".

[Peripatetic Phil]

"Concentrated lamb stock (66%)(water, lamb)" is hardly "ultra-processed junk", dear boy ...  If you look at the ingredient list again, tell me honestly what fraction you identify as "ultra-processed junk".
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** Phil.

[Secret Santa]

  sugar, monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, caramel syrup, maltodextrin.

Now, you tell me where in a properly fresh-made stock you'd find any of that junk.

[Peripatetic Phil]

"What fraction" remains unanswered, Santa ...

[livo]

You'll probably never get that answer Phil, considering the only listed ingredient is at the top with 66%.  Meaning the remaining 34% is made up the other ingredients, supposedly in decreasing order of proportionality. 

Salt could be either side of 25%. 

Palm fat is palm oil, which is somewhat controversial, but I seriously doubt it will kill you very fast.  While there are some questions on health, the main issues with it appears to be ecological or related to human rights.

The scientific names of the other ingredients (flavour enhancers, etc.) can be off-putting, but many of these are naturally occurring anyway, or derived from natural sources.  Monosodium and disodium are self-explanatory. E621, E627 and E631 on the food additives list.

In reading that list of substances, I don't see anything I would be fearful of.  However, it wouldn't be too difficult to whip up a homemade lamb stock.

[Peripatetic Phil]

it wouldn't be too difficult to whip up a homemade lamb stock

Agreed, which I invariably do.  But it always includes a Knorr lamb stock pot, because they are so d@mned good !
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** Phil.

[livo]

I use Knorr Chicken Powder in everything, so I will not say that is a bad thing Phil.

[Peripatetic Phil]

The Oriental version (in a tin) or the cubes, Livo ?  I use the former but not the latter, preferring the chicken stock pots for western chicken dishes.
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** Phil.