Bad rap for Four’N and Twenty brekky wrap

Nathan Mawby
August 20, 2012
Herald Sun

ONE of Australia’s best-loved pie-makers is biting into a new market – breakfast. And dietitians are already worried.

Four’N Twenty may be known for meat pies, but from today the company will serve up breakfast burrito-style Brekky Wraps.

The traditional meat filling has now been replaced by scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, tomato and cheese, and the pie crust swapped for a tortilla.

But dietitian Dr Rosemary Stanton has warned that, with up to 1035mg of salt and 6.7g of saturated fat, the 160g wraps are bad news for breakfast.

“The four major risk factors are too much salt, too much saturated fat, sugar and too little dietary fibre – and these breakfasts have three of these problems,” Dr Stanton said.

“Saturated fat shouldn’t be more than a third of the total fat for a healthy product, and these are well over that.”

Dr Stanton was also worried about the lack of daily fibre in the wraps, and what effect that would would have.

The wraps come in two flavours: ham, tomato and cheese or sausage, egg, bacon and barbecue sauce – and after sampling both, apprentice carpenter Zach Huggins won’t be worrying about how healthy either of them are.

“You always have something bad – it’s the tradie thing to get an iced coffee and a pie,” he said.

“There’s not much like that that’s ready-made … this wrap was heaps easier to eat than a pie.”

Four’N Twenty brand manager Mark Malak said the company believed breakfast options were lacking in Australian convenience stores, and the Brekky Wraps would fill a hole for hungry consumers.

“Brekky Wraps are a totally new offering designed to give on-the-go consumers an attractive breakfast alternative,” he said.