Product Review: Dr. Praeger’s Potato Crusted Fishies

Posted on | June 16, 2012 | 3 Comments

This is another product geared toward my son who is a VERY picky eater. I am lucky if he eats anything other than peanut butter sandwiches. When I saw these gluten free “fishies”, a gluten free version of fish sticks, I thought why not give it a try. I found Dr. Praeger’s Potato Crusted Fishies at my local grocery store for $4.59.

The company is run by a cardiac surgeon who set out to create healthy foods that are kosher. He has other products, two of which are gluten free: fish sticks and fish fillets.This product is specially made with children in mind, hence the fish shape and small size.

To prepare, they direct to either cook in a 425 degree oven for seven minutes on each side, or fry in vegetable oil. I opted to bake them in the oven. I poured my desired amount on a cookie sheet and placed it in the oven. Once they were done, I noticed that they browned nicely on each side forming a crisp crust. After letting them cool I gave them a try. The crust had a nice flavor of light potato and a bit of salt and pepper. It did not overpower the filling at all. However, I felt disappointed with the filling. The texture of the filling reminded me of mashed potatoes. It was creamy, and not at all what I expected. I was hoping for a mini-fillet in the middle, not a fish mash. The fish taste was light, which I suppose works well for children.

These gluten free fishies were hit and miss with my son. At times he liked it, other times he threw it on the floor.

Rating: 3 stars

Pros: crisp potato crust, light fish taste, all natural ingredients

Cons: the filling is more a fish mash then real fish fillet

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Ingredients: minced pollock (wild) potato flakes, potatoes, potato starch, expeller pressed canola oil, eggs, salt, garlic, brown sugar, black pepper

Nutritional Snapshot (3 fishies): 80 calories, 4g fat, 7g carbohydrates, 4g protein

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Want to try Dr. Praeger’s gluten free fishies?

Check the frozen food section of your local grocer or visit glutenfreemall.com

Category: *Chicken Nuggets/ Battered Fish, *Frozen Foods, *Kid Friendly Foods, *Seafood, Dr. Praeger's
Tags: *Frozen Foods

Comments

3 Responses to “Product Review: Dr. Praeger’s Potato Crusted Fishies”

Kristin Maloney
June 17th, 2012 @ 8:01 am

If you haven’t already, you should have your son try the Starfish company’s gluten free fish. It is a filet inside and is excellent. http://www.star-fish.com/glutenfree_sf.htm
Karen
June 17th, 2012 @ 2:39 pm

Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll be sure to try it!
Elizabeth
June 23rd, 2012 @ 1:54 pm

I purchased Dr. Praeger’s sweet potato pancakes excitedly last week; we’d missed Dr. Praeger’s products after my daughter’s celiac diagnosis. Now I was finding “gluten free” printed prominently on Praeger’s products! I was therefore very disappointed to learn that at least the potato pancakes are NOT processed in a gluten-free facility. In fact, the package acknowledges that they are produced in a facility (maybe even on the same equipment) that also process wheat. PLEASE DR. PRAEGER’S, YOU’VE GONE THIS FAR TOWARD OFFERING EXCELLENT GLUTEN-FREE POTATO-BASED PRODUCTS, WHY NOT REALLY DO IT–ENSURE YOUR PRODUCTS ARE SAFE FOR PEOPLE WITH CELIAC DISEASE?!
We would be constant customers if Dr. Praeger’s had a gluten-free facility.
Thanks for listening,
Elizabeth