Low Calorie Cannelloni – Tried and Tasted

A famous Italian dish, cannelloni is renowned for filled, rolled lasagne sheets with tomato sauce and topped with bechamel sauce and cheese topping. Sounds dangerous? Think again, there are lower fat / calorie dishes available that still have the great taste... or do they?  

Product	Cannelloni filled with Spinach and Mushroom, Kitchen Garden, Linda McCartney*	Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni, Eat Smart, Safeway*	Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni, Good for You, Asda*
Ranking	1	2	3
Taste/ Texture	OUTSTANDING! The panel were very impressed with this dish: nice sized portion; appetizing appearance; full of flavour. It had everything expected - a good filling (in which you could see the lashings of spinach), a tasty tomato sauce, and a cheesy topping... In fact, the panel were so impressed, they would be pleased to have it served in a restaurant!	An appealing cannelloni, which oozed a homemade quality. It had a lovely tomato sauce which added flavour rather than being overpowering. Good on taste. Good sized portion. Recommended!	Although it had a good (lasagne-like) appearance, this dish was disappointing. Bland, tasteless. Not recommended.
Serving Size	1 Pack (340g)	1 Pack (350g)	1 Pack (400g)
Calories (kcal) per slice	382	325	427
Fat (g) per slice	13.7	7.7	11.0

Product	Ricotta & Spinach Cannelloni, Count On Us, M&S*	Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni, Healthy Living, Tesco*
Ranking	4	5
Taste/ Texture	The panel weren't impressed with the appearance of the dish. Absolutely smothered in chopped (tinned-like) tomatoes, and lacking any bechamel sauce. A bland dish, not surprisingly overpowered by a tomato taste.	A nice looking dish, but lacked flavour. A cheese-less sauce, a bland filling and no variety in tastes nor texture. Disappointing.
Serving Size	1 Pack (360g)	1 Pack (340g)
Calories (kcal) per slice	290	316
Fat (g) per slice	6.8	9.5

Linda McCartney's Cannelloni was indisputably the best. Although, all the others boasted containing less than 3% fat (Linda McCartney's has 4%) most had very little taste or flavour - and the panel felt the taste justified the extra. However, if you're concerned by the 13.7g of fat per pack, opt for the Eat Smart version - which has almost half the fat and is still full of taste.

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