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Samantha L

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2010

20 Feb 2016, 07:17

No Real Meat in this ****

Yesterday afternoon I purchased a family size (520 g) PnP brand - Creamy pepper steak pie - description on the box said \Crisp shortcrust pastry base filled with slow cooked beef steak....\" UM NO! There was no REAL Meat of any description in this pie. In fact I was totally disgusted after I had taken 2/3 bites of it once cooked. I am a meat eater and what was in that pie was not steak by any means. Reading the ingredients at the back of the box, it states Filling 53% beef and then 24% modified maize starch! Uggghhh. I have vegetarian friends that eat a product called Seitan which is a \"wheat gluten\" meat substitute - just the wheat gluten sounds terrible and NO I've never eaten it. I surmise this is what made up the \"meat\" in my pie. The texture was totally off - slimy and smooth no firm and grainy texture that beef cubes normally have. Needless to say I binned the pie and there goes my R52 down the drain as well as a very off putting eating experience. At the price I am by no means expecting huge chunks of beef fillet in my pie but this was just so wrong. In fact I think I may never buy a pie from Pnp again. As for my dinner - it was some pie crust and pepper sauce."

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Pick n Pay
Pick n Pay's reply22 Feb 2016, 10:37
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Hello SAL71,

Thank you for taking the time to contact Pick n Pay and for raising your concerns.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused, and for the poor quality of the product.

Your comments have been brought to the attention of senior management responsible.

Yours Sincerely

Marise Brown

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