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FESTIVE sarnies are almost as much of the Christmas season as mince pies, the John Lewis advert and advent calendars - but the amount of meat you get varies vastly.

We've found Greggs' Christmas sandwich is made up of just 18 per cent meat, making it the stingiest festive sarnie on the high street.

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Greggs Christmas Lunch sandwich came last in our investigation and contained just 18 per cent meat Credit: The Sun

A Sun Money investigation looked at turkey Christmas sandwiches from leading supermarkets and retailers after a Tesco shopper discovered just two tiny bits of turkey in her festive wrap.

There aren't any specific rules that determine exactly how much meat should be in your sandwich - but more meat means better value for money.

In our snapshot check, we weighed the sausage, turkey and bacon that's in festive sandwiches sold on the high street from Aldi, Asda, Boots, Co-op, Greggs, Lidl, M&S, Morrisons, Pret, Sainsbury's and Tesco.

Then, we compared it to the overall weight of the sarnie to come up with a percentage that showed how much of it is made up of meat.

Lidl's Festive Turkey with sausage and bacon sarnie came out on top, with a huge 41 per cent of meat, and at £1.69 and it was the cheapest by far.

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Lidl's Festive Turkey is made from 41 per cent meat and came out on top in our investigation Credit: The Sun

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We weigh all the meaty ingredients in Christmas sandwiches from high street retailers Credit: The Sun

The lunchtime snack was the heaviest one we looked at in our investigation and weighed 258g in total - and contained 106g of meat.

It's more than twice as much than Gregg's Christmas Lunch Sandwich, which contained the least amount of meat at just 18 per cent.

Overall, the sandwich weighed 190g and contained only 34g of meat - the rest of the ingredients were made up of spinach, lettuce and bread.

Of course, it's worth noting that this festive number is only made with turkey, compared to Lidl's which has three meats.

Greggs' sarnie came top of our Christmas sandwich leader board on taste and value for money, but if meat is what you're looking for at lunchtime then Lidl's option is the best for you.

Asda's Turkey & Trimmings contains the second most amount of meat at 39 per cent.

Overall, the sandwich contains 95g of meat, made up of bacon, sausages and turkey.

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Pret's Christmas Lunch sandwich was the most expensive sandwich we testes at £3.95 but was second to bottom on meat content.

At just 23 per cent meat, it was only 4 per cent more than Greggs.

Pret did not wish to add comment. Co-op and Greggs did not respond for comment.

Here's what they looked like:

Asda - 41 per cent meat

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Asda's Turkey & Trimmings sandwich had 95g worth of meat in it Credit: The Sun

Sainsbury's - 39 per cent meat

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The Turkey Feast is made with turkey and bacon which weighed 76g Credit: The Sun

Boots - 34 per cent meat

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The Turkey Feast weighed 217g overall and contains 76g of meat Credit: The Sun

M&S - 34 per cent meat

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Marks and Spencer's Turkey Feast was the second biggest sandwich we looked at Credit: The Sun

Aldi - 31 per cent meat

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Aldi's Christmas Turkey and Pigs Under Blankets sarnie had 31 per cent meat Credit: The Sun

Tesco - 31 per cent meat

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Tesco's turkey & Trimmings sandwich also had 31 per cent meat Credit: The Sun

Morrisons - 30 per cent meat

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The Turkey Lunch and Stuffing option weighed 205g overall and had 62g of meat Credit: The Sun

Co-op - 27 per cent meat

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Co-oop#s Turkey Feast is made up of just 27 per cent of meat Credit: The Sun

Pret - 23 per cent

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Pret's Christmas Lunch sarnie was the most expensive but contained the least meat Credit: The Sun

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Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/10348106/meat-high-street-christmas-turkey-sandwich/

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