I've had the Sainsburys one a few times in the past and not surprised they taste awful. Processed food always has done.
Simple fix - make your own curry. Easy as anything, tastes amazing and works out cheaper data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Same for pretty much all foods!
But never as easy as 20mins 160C. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
And 54g of fat. TBH, it it's going to kill you, it's only common decency to make it taste yummy.
I think the general point has been completely lost on some people.
I didn't buy the ready meal for it's culinary excellence, I'm not thick and do realise that ready meals are highly likely to contain less than 100% raised on fairy dust organic produce and a ton of salt. That's why as I already stated I make my own stuff from scratch 99% of the time.
My issue is with the "meat" when it's what can hardly be described as meat. It never used to be this way the last time I had a ready meal.
Are those large pieces of skinless chicken breast sold at Tesco's "processed food"? I'm quite fond of having those, oven-baked, wrapped in foil at nearly gas mark 5 for an hour, at least a couple of times a week. Tastes closest to the roast chicken and chips my parents used to make! data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Yeah, what is WITH that? I've had Tesco Chicken and Pasta Bake ready meals a few times, and the chicken hardly tastes like chicken at all, too "textured" and even "chewy".
Once I had a premium chicken curry ready meal and it was a bit closer to how it would taste naturally, at least in terms of take-away natural - cost a lot more, though.
There is an industry that produces machines to turn entire animals into 'meat'.
Anything to keep to the price point that people will pay.
Visit a decent farm shop or cook from ingredients a bit more are part of the answer.
Want a decent pizza? You can get a reasonable frozen one for £3, add some diced frozen peppers, diced frozen onions and put it in the oven.
I do this and get a decent meal for about £3.20 with little effort.
I think you're getting hung up on the definition of 'meat'.
Is minced beef meat?I think it is.Was the 'meat' in your curries of less texture than that?Did the packet say 'chunks' of chicken/lamb?Or did it just say 'Chicken/Lamb'?If the former, you have a case.If the latter, sadly not.There is no requirement for a curry to be chunky.
What about Ardennes Pate?Is that meat?Again, in my opinion, yes.
There's a reason why they take the skin off data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
It makes it easier to force extra fluids and chemicals into the meat to bulk it up without the injection holes showing data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
It's mostly offal and Pink slime