Beef stew rating. Canned meat - rating

13.11.2019

This time we decided to check the stew. Many of us remembered stew in accordance with the USSR GOST, assured young people that in those days stew was like stew, not like now. Running a little ahead, let's say that none of the tested cans of stew came even close in taste to the one from childhood.

DREAM Agrokombinat. Stewed beef, first grade, 139 rubles

Manufacturer: Belarus, village Snov
Composition: beef, onion, table salt, bay leaf, black pepper.
Meat: 290 grams
Fat: 72 grams
The meat is sinewy, not fibrous, spicy. For appearance, the group of experts set an average mark of 4, for taste 3.75.

Sterilized canned meat lump "Stewed beef", 89 rubles

Manufacturer: Kurgan meat-packing plant, Kurgan
Composition: beef, fat, onions, salt, bay leaves, black pepper
Meat: 300 grams
Fat: 56 grams
Tendons are found in pieces of meat. The meat is almost fiber-free, the pieces are difficult to separate from each other. The appearance was rated at 3.75, the taste at 2.25

GRODFOOD "Beef stew", 339 rubles

Manufacturer: JLLC "Queenfood" Grodno, Belarus
Composition: beef, dried onion, iodized salt, black pepper, bay leaf. The manufacturer promises a mass fraction of meat when laying 97.5%
Meat: 265 gram
Fat: No
The rest of the weight is liquid.
It looks like one meat, few spices, the smell does not at all resemble the classic smell of stew. Most likely, if absolutely necessary, this can be given even to children. The appearance was rated 4.75, the taste 4.75

ProSto Stewed beef Orlovskaya, 129 rubles

Manufacturer: Oryol region, Mtsensk
Composition: beef, beef trimmings, drinking water, beef fat, onions, salt, algae stabilizer, black pepper, allspice, bay leaf.
Meat: 213 gram
Fat and Jelly: 84 grams
In any case, they honestly indicated the trimmings in the composition. It is there and you can see it. Little fat, mostly jelly. In appearance, the group of experts set an average mark of 1.75, for taste 1.

Baryshsky "Top grade stewed beef", 82 rubles

Producer: Barysh meat-packing plant, Ulyanovsk region settlement. Forest dacha.
Ingredients: beef, fat, onion, salt, black pepper, bay leaf.
Meat: 288 grams
Fat: 51 grams
Fibrous meat, almost no veins. The only can that had to be opened with a knife. But the experts gave only 1.75 points for the appearance, and rated the taste at 2 points.

But at the same time, its quality and price have changed. A standard can of stew of 340 grams (I mean only GOST 5284-84, the highest grade) now costs from 50 to 200 rubles. The difference is significant. GOST has ceased to be a guarantor of quality these days. As a result, sales of canned meat per capita continue to decline. People, having tasted low-quality canned food once, do not want to burn again.
I offer a small overview of the types of beef stew that is sold in our region.
My initial knowledge about this product, at the initial level and when selecting canned food, I was guided by the following:
a. Shop markup.
- I take with a minimum margin in chain supermarkets or wholesale markets.
b. In addition to the store's mark-up, the price of a stew depends on the percentage of meat at the start. In Russia, according to GOST, meat is 57.5%, and in Belarusians, according to GOST, meat is 97.5%. Ingredients: beef, fat, onion, salt, black pepper, bay leaf.
- I try to match.
v. Necessarily an iron can, standard, about 340 grams. Only the highest grade.
- I try to match.
d. No product from Glavprodukt, no matter what is written on the can of this manufacturer.
- My personal opinion: I have never bought anything worthwhile from this manufacturer, including canned vegetables and fish.

So, I'll start in ascending order, i.e. from bad to very good.
1. TM "Potanino canned food". Manufacturer: LLC MPK Pashsky, Leningrad region. village Potanino.

Shelf life is 3 years.
Price: 47 rubles 90 kopecks. Discounter "Traffic Light".

Content fell out alone big chunk... Incomprehensible substance. There are no meat fibers at all. The smell is incomprehensible. I didn't eat.

No more experimenting with unknown manufacturers!

2. TM "Elinsky". Producer: LLC Elinsky Food Factory, Kaliningrad Region.
Stewed beef. Top grade. GOST 32125-2013.
Weight: 338g., mass fraction meat and fat not less than 58%.
Shelf life is 3 years.
Price: 89 rubles 90 kopecks. Chain of stores "Red and White".

On the can there is a tempting inscription: "EXTRA 100% MEAT. Made from selected premium meat". After I opened the can, it became clear that the manufacturer, in this case, meant that all the premium meat was taken away, and stew was cooked from the leftovers. There is a lot of so-called broth in the stew, and there is very little meat and fat too. Smell stew is present.

3. TM "OVA". Manufacturer: LLC "OVA", Kaliningrad region.
Stewed beef. Top grade. GOST 54033-2010.
Shelf life is not more than 3 years.
Price: 86 rubles 65 kopecks. Wholesale market "Samara".

The can of this manufacturer also contains an interesting inscription: does not contain GMOs. There was no meat at all in this jar. The fibers of the meat are present, but they seem to be all mixed with fat. The taste is pleasant. The smell of stew is there. The price matches the quality.

4. TM "Delicacy Ryad". Manufacturer: LLC "BRT", Kaliningrad region, Gvardeysk.
Stewed beef. Top grade. GOST 32125-2013.
Weight: 325g., Mass fraction of meat and fat not less than 58%.
Shelf life is 3 years.
Price: 92 rubles 90 kopecks (for a promotion). Supermarket "Almond", Togliatti.

There is a lot of meat, but somehow it is very small. The taste and smell of stew is present. The price matches the quality.

5. TM "Kamenka myasto". Producer: LLC Nikolaevskaya TNK Kamensky District Food Processing Plant, Penza Region, Kamenka.
Stewed beef. Top grade. GOST 32125-2013.
Weight: 325g., Mass fraction of meat and fat not less than 58%.
Shelf life is 5 years.
Price: 78 rubles 00 kopecks. Wholesale market "Samara".

Good stew. Full compliance of price and quality. 15 years ago it was one of the best. But time does not stand still and it has worthy competitors.

6. TM "BARS". Manufacturer: LLC Bars, Kaliningrad region.
Stewed beef. Top grade. GOST 32125.
Weight: 325g., Mass fraction of meat and fat not less than 97.5%.
Shelf life is 3 years.
Price: 114 rubles 90 kopecks (for a promotion). Supermarket "Almond", Togliatti.

Good stew. But, to be honest, I expected more from a product that contains 97.5% meat.

7. TM "Orsk". Producer: LLC "Orsk meat-packing plant", Orenburg region, Orsk.

Weight: 338g., Mass fraction of meat and fat not less than 56.5%.
Shelf life is 3 years.
Price: 98 rubles 35 kopecks. Wholesale market "Samara".

Consistent quality. Excellent taste, just like in childhood. The enterprise continues to work for Russian bins.

7. TM "Agrokombinat SNOV". Producer: SPK "Agrokombinat SNOV", Republic of Belarus, Minsk region.
Stewed beef. Top grade. GOST 5284-84.
Weight: 338g., Mass fraction of meat and fat not less than 97.5%.
Shelf life is 3 years.
Price: 179 rubles 00 kopecks (for a promotion). Supermarket "Pyaterochka".

Just meat and that's it. They do not have any discrepancies! If GOST is written the highest grade, then this is it! It contains only meat and spices. Leader in quality and price.
But for this money you can buy almost two cans of Orsk stew :)

When choosing a stew, it is worth remembering that high-quality canned food will not be cheaper than its ingredients. That is, a good stew cannot be too cheap.
When buying, you should also pay attention to the manufacturer. These should be large meat-packing plants (from among the former state-owned), as a rule, they are preferable to small companies such as LLC "Processed Cows". While their product does not always match what they want, they at least have a more stable can content and more often match what is written on the label.
The label also matters a lot. Printing on tin is a rather complex technology, available, as a rule, only in old state-owned meat processing plants. This to some extent guarantees against obvious forgery and forgery, which can be practiced by small fly-by-night firms. Well, if the label is paper, it should be rolled with glue along its entire length.
The place of manufacture is also an important factor. For factories located in peripheral regions of Russia with developed animal husbandry (Orenburg region, Buryatia), it is often cheaper to put real meat in jars than to arrange a petty scam with soybeans. The same applies to factories in some CIS countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan).

Attention! The rating is no longer updated. Everything that we think about such a product as stew can be calculated.

Stew - ideal component a civilian emergency suitcase or an emergency supply. And there are several reasons for this:

Stew good quality can be stored for a very long time. The average manufacturer indicates a shelf life of up to 3-4 years. Depending on the storage conditions, as well as the quality of the product, there is a possibility of a much longer shelf life. On the Internet, on the forum guns.ru participant Passer_007 described the case of eating stew of the early XX century:

... In the same way, in the army, I had the opportunity to crack stewed meat from the warehouses of a household, which by that time had 20 or more years of aging.
And I also read somewhere that on an island in the Laptev Sea or somewhere there was a Shparo expedition, or maybe not a Shparo, I don’t remember all these details.
But the bottom line is this: they found a "nychka" of someone from the researchers of the North at the beginning of the last century: stew, some canned borscht and other similar crap.
We dared to try it - everything turned out to be quite edible and even tasty.
True, one should not forget that all this was stored in practically ideal conditions permafrost. But nonetheless...
Stew is nutritious.
Stew in tin can practically insensitive to damage to the packaging.

Despite the obvious advantages, stewed meat as a battery in an alarming kit has one obvious significant disadvantage - weight. 5 cans of stew will seriously increase the weight of the alarm case. Therefore, whether it is worth having a stew in an alarming kit or not is up to you. Either way, a couple of cans never hurt.

Explanation of our findings: earlier we wrote about the need to have stocks of stewed meat or canned food in an alarming suitcase. Today we are forced to admit that, although theoretically, it is necessary to place these products in an alarming backpack, but in practice - not realistic - canned food. very much make the kit heavier, making it simply bulky and not suitable for quick evacuation and mobile movement.

GOST

GOST for stew is numbered 5284-84 and regulates the composition and recipe of canned food, in accordance with which the manufacturer must produce the final product. However, buying canned food with the coveted "GOST" numbers 5284-84, you can easily stumble upon a volume not specified in the GOST " beef category I"in 87%, and for a volume of 100% of very unsightly components like veins, fat or soy.

What kind of stew to buy? How to choose a stew?

We present monthly updated stew rating... Last update: June 2012 of the year.

User opinions on the Internet + opinions of site visitors (contact us)
Opinions of the site creators.

In general, the "suitability" of a stew can be determined quite simply: if you try to eat a stew room temperature the contents of the can does not cause disgust and does not interrupt the appetite, but on the contrary - it means that this is a good, suitable stew.

Very good- stew consisting of delicious appetizing meat. As it should be.
Good- stew consisting of meat, but having any deviations from the item "Very good".
Average- "not fish, not meat." You can eat.
Badly- stew, containing something similar to meat, with veins, skin, fat and other abominations.
Very bad- does not smell of meat, most likely soy. Rejected cheating of buyers, for which one should be imprisoned.

Stew rating:

Very good:

Belarus. OJSC Berezovsky Meat. Comb. 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Stew of production RB. The best type of stew in the territory of the Russian Federation, leaving far behind all competitors. Banks are almost always large tasty pieces meat. In fact, it is the undisputed leader in the canned meat market.

Very good:

Russia. Kaliningrad LLC KMPZ. "Baltprommyaso" "Favorite house"

Always tasty meat.

Very good:

Russia. Kaliningrad LLC KMPZ. (Baltprommyaso) (Russian ist)

The ham is delicious.
Unlike stew, where 10% fat is present in cans, the canned food of this manufacturer is literally packed to capacity with delicious pork.

Very good:

Russia. Kaliningrad LLC KMPZ. (Baltprommyaso) (Russian research) 325gr. Higher. GOST 5284

There is very little fat (practically absent). Cartilage and veins are present in a small number. Meat in whole pieces, rather dry.

Very good:

Braised venison, Buryatmyasprom

Very good:

Belarus. JSC "Slonim meat processing plant".

The meat is as it should be - in large pieces... There is a little more fat than necessary, and a little less meat. There are veins. In general, the stew is very tasty and not bad.

Very good:

Russia. Krasnodar Territory ZAO "Tikhoretskiy Meat Processing Plant"

The stew is strange. There is no fat as a class. Instead of jelly - Water. Meat - in large pieces. Many. There are practically no foreign inclusions, a little bit dry. If there was normal jelly and a little more fat, it would definitely become the winner among all samples. Very tasty.

Very good:

Braised lamb, GOST R 54033-2010, 338 grams, label, 30 cans in a box

Cons - a lot of jelly, little meat.

CJSC "Agrocomplex"

Russia. LLC Baltkom Kalin. Region (Scoop) 325gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

There is practically no fat. There is a lot of meat. He lived a little. Bay leaves are abundant. Overall tasty and of good quality. The only thing that is alarming is that the stew of the same plant for the same amount but in a different package turned out to be rubbish. That is, there is a fear - they will promote the brand and begin to shove all kinds of nasty things under this brand.

Russia. LLC Baltkom Kalin. Region (Scoop) Pork ham.

There is practically no fat, all on the walls in a thin layer. There is a lot of meat in the jar.

Russia. Mikoyan CJSC. 325gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

A little fat and jelly. There is a lot of meat, slightly dry and harsh. Lived there, but overall not bad.

Stew from Novosibirsk. Meat, fat, spices. The meat is good, without skin and veins and other offal.

Stewed meat of the Elinsky meat-packing plant. Could fall into the good category, but the price for 50% of the contents of the jar in the form of jelly and fat overturns this stew in the "medium" category.

Russia. Skopinsky Meat LLC. Com. 325gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Smolensk beef stew. For a price in the region of 22 rubles - the quality of the content is very good!

Belarus. JSC (Orsha Meat. Com.) 525gr. First. GOST 5284-84

There is very little fat. The meat is large pieces but of poor quality, a lot of cartilage but not tough. Generally acceptable, but only how a budget option, similar to Yoshkar-Olinskaya.

Russia. Ryazan region OOO Skopinsky meat-processing plant "Premium" 325gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Little fat. Lots of jelly. Meat in one piece, has greenish tints in places, which is typical for disruption of the cooking process. The meat is stewed, separates into fibers and when consumed stratifies like jelly, strange.

LLC "DERA", Moscow region, Ramenskiy district, village Starkovo, st. Kolkhoznaya, p. 64

Russia. Leningrad region LLC "Meat processing plant" Salut "" Gold standard "338g. Highest. Gost 5284-84

Instead of jelly - 40% water. The fat is very strange. The meat is not tasty, sinewy and dry. It is possible that old frozen meat from strategic stocks was used for the production.

Russia. Moscow region FSUE PEPF ISTC "Plemptitsa" "McLaw" 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Jar with a ring. It smells like stew. Fat is not visually present. The meat is strange, not of a characteristic consistency. The addition of soy products is possible. Average taste.

Russia. LLC Baltkom Kalin. Region (SovProd) 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Not much fat. Lived and other nasty things more than 60%. Little meat, dry. Bay leaves are abundant. As mentioned earlier, rubbish, not stew.

Belarus. Agrokombinat Dreams. 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Russia. Cherkessk JSC RAPP "Glavprodukt" 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Definitely a Masterpiece !!! True to the gelatin industry! Not amenable to classification. 30% meat, the rest is strange jelly and fat. There is a distinct taste of bay leaf. The meat that is present is digestible.

Products of the Borodino Group of Companies. Russia, Kaluga region, Kondrovo, JSC "Sovprodprom", GOST 9936-76
Canned meat "Breakfast of the tourist" (beef).

By smell - cat food. The taste is mediocre. Suitable for addition to the main dish, but does not cause appetite.

Russia, Nizhny Novgorod region, Staraya Russa LLC "Fortuna" 525 First grade. GOST 5284-84

The overwhelming contents of the jar are fat, jelly, water. There is very little meat, it is actually crushed into porridge.

Russia. Moscow region LLC "Elinsky food factory" 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Strange fat. Again gelatin. Everything together resembles a brawn. There are large veins. You can eat, the taste is not bad, but this is not stew. For fun, you can take it, where else can you find canned brawn?

Very bad:

Not much fat. Meat mixed with cartilage and other unpleasant things. He lived a lot. It tastes awful. Do not buy.

Very bad:

Russia. Kaliningrad region LLC "Soveren" MYASSSR

Looking for meat is problematic. From 100% of the content, 10% is meat. The rest is fat, cartilage, broth.

Very bad:

Belarus. Dr. Krakowka Betpak. 338gr. Higher. GOST 5284-84

Contender for the title of "the best stew for the worst enemy."

Fat 45% tastes like pork, 50% is either part of the tail, or twisted vein or skin. There is practically no meat in the jar. It tastes disgusting and salty. Name this cooking masterpiece can not be stewed in principle. When poking around in this muck, an irrepressible desire arose to find the owner of the production and, under the threat of immediate physical harm, force him to devour IT.

Very bad:

The contents of the jar are awful. Most likely 100% soy.

Very bad:

Russia. JSC Yoshkar-Olinsky Meat. Com.

After heating the stew, a distinct smell of feces and rotten meat appeared in the pan.

July 14th, 2015

The holiday season has just begun, the weather is settling, and trips to the sea with tents are becoming more frequent. Therefore, I will continue tasting the stew sold in Vladivostok, which is probably the most necessary attribute of any short-day trip.

This time, 16 of the following products were subjected to taste-and-smell analysis:

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"Orelprodukt", Mtsensk:
Glavprodukt extra - 117 rubles, Lamb - 121.5, Family budget Top grade flat bank - 77.5 (74.1), Family budget First grade flat bank - 73 (69.8)

Here, as in the first review, the price without brackets is the price for a standard 340 grams, and in brackets is the price of a real can in a store.

Forgotten last time, but common and popular brands in our country:
"Orsk Meat Processing Plant" Stewed beef - 98.7 and "Buryatmyasprom", Ulan-Ude Stewed beef - 120 (150) rubles.

Once again I want to remind the fans of the Orsk stew -

"Caucasus-meat", Cherkessk:
Glavprodukt glass - 82.62 (121.5) rubles. and Glavprodukt paper label - 103.2 rubles.

Delatika, St. Petersburg:
First grade stewed beef - 85 rubles, Top grade stewed beef - 105 rubles. and Horse meat - 80.2 rubles.

Novelty taken at the fair -
:
Beef - 103.6 (99) rubles and "Yoshkar-Ola meat processing plant"
Horse meat - 103.6 (99) rubles.

And also our old friend, the winner of the previous rating Beef lid with a key - 117.2 rubles.
And her colleagues
"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard":
Flat can beef - 82.6 (86.4) rubles.

And "Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard"
Stewed beef - 64.9 rubles

This time I took my brother and my son to help, and we rolled up our sleeves and began to open the cans with interest.

"Orelprodukt", Mtsensk Glavprodukt extra - 117 rubles.
Some confusion - the bank is incomplete

However, meat and fat are present inside, everything is dense and although the appearance is not very good, it smells nice.

After the test, I want to take another piece. Pickle and jelly and fat are tasty. Probably you can dip the bread. It even gives the impression that flavor enhancers have been added.

"Orelproduct", Mtsensk Lamb - 121.5
Plenty of water

Really a lot

If the water is drained, then there is both meat and fat and a substance that is not very pleasant to look at, the smell is specific, as befits lamb.

Meat for an amateur, I would not advise buying on a trip to the company, there is little meat and is quite expensive. Again, a lamb lover, like me, will be upset by the abundance of spices.

Orelprodukt, Mtsensk Family budget Top grade flat bank - 77.5 (74.1)
A lot of fat, but some kind of liquid fat

Mostly incomprehensible type and shape of trimming. It's hard to find a normal piece of meat.

If you find it, it's delicious. The rest retains the taste, but the consistency leaves much to be desired.

Orelprodukt, Mtsensk Family budget First grade flat bank - 73 (69.8)
Look like a cheap stew and in a can

And on the plate.

In the first grade, a large piece of meat was crept in next to the skin, but it did not please with the taste. It is better to chew the remnants with which the patterns are circled.

"Orsk meat-packing plant"
Stewed beef - 98.7
An even layer of fat floats on top of the jar

The contents easily fall out into the plate (it should not be so), a little water remains in the jar

Content looks unpresentable at first

But if you knead it with a fork, the view is beautiful.

It is pleasantly chewed, meat fibers are felt, but there is almost no taste. On the other hand, there are no extraneous stimuli that distract from the pleasure of chewing completely meat fibers that resemble soaked toilet paper.

"Caucasus-meat", Cherkessk
Glavprodukt glass - 82.62 (121.5) rubles.
It seems to look presentable behind the glass

But if you dump it on a plate

And then knead

Presentability disappears. If you find meat, then the meat is very tasty, but there are two tablespoons of meat for half a kilogram.

"Caucasus-meat", Cherkessk
Glavproduct paper label - 103.2 rubles
Again an incomplete bank

Looks bad, no meat is visible.

The taste is very unpleasant. Of course, meat is present, but it must be veined. Blotches of foreign objects are felt.

"Delatika", St. Petersburg
Stewed beef, first grade - 85 rubles
Fat floats in water

There is a lot of water

The content looks like little meat

The child said that it was a cat food, but in fact, in consistency and taste it resembles pates, which are now sold in huge quantities, but they are cheaper.

"Delatika", St. Petersburg
Top grade stewed beef - 105 rubles
Lots of water again

So many

The meat is beautiful, fibrous,

When you eat it melts in your mouth ... but the feeling that you are eating toilet paper tastes zero.

"Delatika", St. Petersburg
Horse meat - 80.2 rubles.
And again, like all Delatika WATER.

"Meat" by volume is less than half of the can

It looks like fine sand.

It tastes the same sand and salt. No other taste sensations are observed.

"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard"
Beef lid with a key - 117.2 rubles
The meat is covered in fat

It does not fall out of the can, you have to pick it out with a spoon.

Just like last time, it's delicious. But no longer a leader. The can from the past test with the amount of meat was more fortunate.

"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard"
Flat can of beef - 90.3 (86.4) rubles.
Almost no water

Smooth substance, meat comes in the form of separate fibers.

It tastes greasy and salty. Probably good for making a second, but not for a snack with bread.

"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard"
Stewed beef - 64.9 rubles
There is already more water here.

Meat fibers are small and whitish

It seems to feel like meat, but the taste is not very good, although it is there and for such a price, I consider it quite a lot. I bet 10 points out of 10 if you go on a hike, you need a stew for making a budget second.

"Yoshkar-Ola Meat Processing Plant" Beef - 103.6 (99) rubles.
Low fat

and it is strongly dissolved in liquid

If the liquid is drained, clean meat with a slight presence of fat remains,

the taste is very different from everything else, there is an unexpected aftertaste during the meal, leaving a pleasant aftertaste. However, the child rejected the stew, because of the taste he said - the most disgusting. I am at a crossroads.

"Yoshkar-Ola Meat Processing Plant" Horse meat - 103.6 (99) rubles.
No water, no fat

Meat and some jelly

The unconditional leader. Although the taste is specific, but very slightly. Even the child appreciated.

You can eat just like that with bread, you should be careful about cooking, as there is little fat.

For comparison, two horses from our review

"Buryatmyasprom" Ulan-Ude Beef stew - 120 (150) rubles.
Bought in a small shop for 150 rubles. Visually, the prices for other products were 20-25% higher than in Three Kotakh, where the rest of the stew was taken, so I set the comparative price 20% lower, 120 rubles. There is a lot of meat, little fat.

Just like in Orskaya, there is a liquid brine, but the taste is better, there are no foreign tastes.

Conclusions:
The worst results were shown by the products of the company "Delatika", St. Petersburg
Horse meat - 80.2 rubles. and Stewed beef, first grade - 85 rubles.

Followed by
"Kavkaz-meat" Cherkessk Glavprodukt paper label - 103.2 rubles.
For such a price, you need to do something better

Orelproduct, Mtsensk Family budget 1C flat bank - 73 (69.8)

Orelproduct, Mtsensk VS family budget flat bank - 77.5 (74.1)

"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard" Flat beef can - 82.6 (86.4) rubles.

A bit better:
"Delatika", St. Petersburg Stewed beef of the highest grade - 105 rubles. Expensive and tasteless

"Kavkaz-meat", Cherkessk Glavprodukt glass - 82.62 (121.5) rubles. My brother and I would have put it lower, but the child found a piece of meat among the scraps and called this product the most delicious.

"Orelprodukt", Mtsensk Lamb - 121.5 Although the product is exclusively for an amateur.

What, in principle, you can advise to buy:
"Orsk Myasokombinat" Stewed beef - 98.7 Everything would be good, but tasteless.

"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard" Stewed beef - 64.9 rubles.
They are taken as leaders no longer because of taste, but because of an affordable price. The best price / quality ratio.

"Kurgan meat-packing plant Standard" Beef lid with a key - 117.2 rubles. There is no waste at all, and the taste seems to be good, but there is not enough meat for such a price.

"Yoshkar-Ola meat processing plant"
Beef - 103.6 (99) rubles I would put it first in terms of meat quality, but there is a controversial aftertaste.

"Orelprodukt", Mtsensk
Glavprodukt extra - 117 rubles Really tasty, but too much water for a leader.

"Yoshkar-Ola meat processing plant"
Horse meat - 103.6 (99) rubles.
Indeed, the leader, although not indisputable, since there is little fat, which is not always convenient when preparing dishes, but as an appetizer with bread straight from the can is unmatched. And the price for such a quantity of meat is very pleasant.

Today I met a new stew made by the Elinsky Combine Kaliningrad. She and two cans of stew from Belarus in the next review.

How to choose a real stew in accordance with GOST? You will find the answer to this and other questions in this article.

In an era of various crises and not only, people are in a hurry to stock up on food. And what could be more satisfying and tastier than a good stew? The stew made in accordance with all the requirements of GOST is stored for five years in a tin can and up to three years in a glass can. However, a quite reasonable question arises: "Is it possible to find canned meat made in accordance with GOST on the shelves of modern supermarkets?" Yes, it’s quite possible. Oddly enough, but conscientious stew producers have remained to this day. This article will tell you how to choose a stew in accordance with GOST.

So, what should you pay attention to when buying:

The first is the name of the product

If the stew is made according to GOST, it is called "stewed pork" or "stewed beef". The rest of the names are just attempts to pass it off as a stew it is not clear what. By the way, it is worth noting that even the word "stew" on the packaging of the product also gives rise to doubts about its quality.

Second - who produces and where it produces

Pork stew from a Russian manufacturer

The larger the meat-packing plant producing stew, the less profitable it is to sacrifice its reputation. Little-known manufacturers are another matter. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. Also, if a meat processing plant is located in an area where animal husbandry is traditionally developed, then it is simply not profitable for it to replace cheap meat with surrogates at the same price. Moreover, sometimes stew made from meat turns out to be more profitable.

The regions with developed animal husbandry include: the Republic of Buryatia, the Orenburg region and some other regions.

The third is the label

The label on the stew can tell a lot. On a normal product, it is glued along its entire length. But dubious manufacturers prefer to save on everything, including glue, adding a couple of drops of it around the edges of the label. In some cases, sheet metal printing is used instead of a paper label. This is a rather complex technology that has remained only in large enterprises, so such a stew can be trusted (of course, subject to other conditions).

If the stew is made according to GOST, it is called "stewed pork" or "stewed beef". The rest of the names are attempts to pass it off as a stew it is not clear what.

Fourth - according to GOST or TU

In general, in theory, products made according to TU can be no worse than GOST. Unfortunately, in practice, this is practically not observed. In addition, the GOST requirements are available to any consumer on the Internet, but the TU conditions are a secret sealed with seven seals, sometimes a very terrible secret.

Fifth - packaging of stew

It is better to give preference to products in a tin can, and not in a glass one. At least for safety reasons during storage and transportation. In this case, the jar should not be crumpled, much less bloated or have traces of rust. All this indicates non-compliance with storage conditions. And if a dent is still nothing, then rust has every chance to penetrate the meat.

By the way, the presence of bloated cans on store shelves is a reason to contact Rospotrebnadzor. After all, such a product is clearly flawed, which means that it should not be on sale.

Real stew: what is it?

Real "Top Grade Beef Stew" and "First Grade Beef Stew" contain pieces of meat, about 30 grams each, and all this is in the broth. If you touch the pieces with a fork, they are easily separated from each other. If there is something monolithic in the jar, then the manufacturing technology is clearly violated, according to which all the ingredients are added to the jar separately, and not by the total mass. This may not affect the taste of the product.

Many are sure that the real stew is Belarusian stew!

When heating the stew, the color of the broth should be from slightly yellowish to light brown. The presence of suspended protein substances in the form of flakes is allowed, as well as a slight turbidity of the broth. But the most important thing is that when cooled, the stewed broth should not turn into jelly. If this happens, then the conclusion is simple - an unscrupulous manufacturer added thickeners, and this is no longer in accordance with GOST.