Lasagne (Lasagna), beef, purchased frozen, baked

Commercially prepared pasta dish made from layers of minced beef, tomato filling, savoury white cheese sauce and pasta. Purchased frozen, then baked at home.

Majority of proximates and mineral values are averaged from 3 analyses. The first was a 1984 composite of 6 samples- 2x Campbells, 2x Findus and 2x Tandaco- purchased frozen in Sydney, then baked in the laboratory. The second was a 1988 composite of 6 samples purchased in Adelaide - 1x Findus, 1x Ladeliziosa and 1x Prima Pasta, all frozen, heated in the laboratory, and 3x from restaurants. The third sample was a composite of 8 purchases of frozen lasagne in Melbourne in December 2005 (2x Maggi, 2x Sara Lee, 2x McCain, 1x Homebrand, 1x Savings; all reheated according to label instructions). Fatty acids, carotenes, iodine, B12, folates were determined only in the 2005 samples. Cholesterol, B1, B2, B3 were determined only in the 1984 & 1988 samples.