‘Perfectly textured – moist, fluffy’: the best supermarket falafel, tasted and rated | Food
It was surprisingly hard to find good, traditional falafels in the supermarkets for this test. While most of those on offer were delicious, many had long, complex ingredients lists, other than two standouts made with just chickpeas, herbs, spices and sodium bicarbonate. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Even some of the better falafels had unnecessarily long ingredients lists, despite being relatively minimally processed, but at their worst, some of these falafels were much more processed and included dehydrated potato flakes, pea protein, refined soya bean oil and stabilisers. The best, however, were delicious and contained lots of herbs, spices and even love. The best supermarket falafel Best overall:Ramona’s Original falafel £3.95 for 500g at Ocado (79p/100g) ★★★★☆ A large frozen bag of golden brown, oval pucks. These had that traditional, nutty texture, most likely due to their authentic recipe process. Moist, delicious, but very salty, with 2.19% salt (anything over 1% is salty). A clear winner thanks to their value, minimal …

