Albert Heijn Sparerib Salad for Bread Tastes Like… Fish?!
Spareribs with a deliciously sweet, sticky glaze and meat so tender it falls off the bone: they’re something to lick your fingers over. That’s why grilling the perfect spareribs is a highly skilled job. Albert Heijn has transformed spareribs into a proper spreadable salad for bread—and we gave it a taste test.
The well-known supermarket regularly stocks its shelves with new products. Our Snackspert previously gave his verdict on the vegan calamari and found these bread snacks so bad they made him cry. Is the Sparerib Salad for Bread any good?
Albert Heijn Sparerib Salad for Bread
‘Richly filled salad with tender spare rib meat and a delicious BBQ flavor,’ according to the supermarket itself. But is that really the case? We spread a thick layer on a cracker to give it a try. After the first bite, it was immediately clear: it isn’t unpleasant, but we’re not exactly cheering with enthusiasm either. The salad is mainly very sweet and greasy. The smoky flavor? It’s faintly present, but is overpowered by the sour taste and smell of the pickle pieces.
Colleague Jan: ‘fishy’
We also had our colleague Jan taste the spread without telling him what was on the cracker. Jan also found it mainly sweet, salty and—and here it comes—fishy. He really couldn’t detect that the spread was made from something with four legs that doesn’t swim. Tasting sparerib salad in the morning on an empty stomach does strange things to your taste buds (and your stomach).
Serve it at a drinks party?
Conclusion: we wouldn’t serve it at our birthday drinks party. This supermarket brie, on the other hand, we definitely would. One more thing about the price: it’s quite steep. For a 175-gram container (which yields 6 servings), you pay €2.89. And we think that’s rather a lot for a container of mayo with pickle pieces and a few shreds of meat.
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Image in article: Albert Heijn
