Why did the Swiss roll? (Asda Smartprice Chocolate Swiss Roll)

Member Name: Fiver29

Product:	Asda Smartprice Chocolate Swiss Roll
Date:	07/09/09 (8 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Tasty and cheap

Disadvantages: None

I don't eat a lot of cakes myself, but I'm always looking for something different to give the kids for a snack, and something that doesn't cost the earth either. And at 13p you can definitely say that the Smart Price Chocolate Swiss Roll fits the second criteria perfectly, but how does it taste?

Nutritional Information
Typical values Per 100g
Energy 406kcal
Protein 4.7g
Carbohydrate 60.9g
of which sugars 30.4g
Fat 16.0g
of which saturates 6.5g
Fibre 1.7g
Sodium 0.11g

For people with allergies it contains gluten, wheat, eggs, milk and soya.

They reckon a serving is a quarter of the cake, which works out at 81 calories, so pretty good for a cakey snack. However, I think a quarter of the cake is far too much and the roll will normally be cut into 6 or 8 slices depending on how it's being eaten.

By that I mean; if the kids are having it on it's own just as an after school or mid morning snack, then they'll have about an eighth at anyone time. If we're having it with custard as a pudding then I'll cut the slices slightly bigger and use half the cake in one go, cutting it into 3 pieces.

Considering the price of the cake you'd expect it to be dry and not very nice tasting. This just isn't the case, it's moist (perhaps not as moist as some cakes) and it tastes great, nice and chocolate, and that's about all you can ask from a chocolate swiss roll. It has a vanilla filling, which is also nice tasting.

Surprisingly for something so cheap is contains no artificial colours or flavours, which is good.

Summary: Well recommended