Linda McCartney Foods- product research (merged)

buxtonrabbitgreen

Atomised wrote: »

I haven't eaten any of their products in years! Can never find them anymore. I used to love their pies and the odd sausage (not a huge fan of veggie sausages)

Sainsburys have them

harryharp

They're definitely not as widely available as they used to be. Also they have changed some of the recipes since Linda died- for the worse I think. Especially the pies.

carnivalwig

harryharp wrote: »

They're definitely not as widely available as they used to be. Also they have changed some of the recipes since Linda died- for the worse I think. Especially the pies.

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yes i belive they did change them, after their products were found to have animal products in them, they changed them

ThinkingOfLinking

It is hard to find most of the meals; America has even pizzas, but all I get here is lasagne, the odd cottage pie, burgers and country pies. I cannot even find the sausages although I don't like them anyway; I like Quorn for that. I miss the mediterranean vegetable lasagne etc.

just_thrifty

carnivalwig wrote: »

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yes i belive they did change them, after their products were found to have animal products in them, they changed them

My goodness, that's shocking- don't ever remember reading/hearing about this. When did it happen? Does anyone know any details about this- is it true?

indelacio

lol there were a few.. I spotted them looking at the ingredients in supermarkets a few years back and commented to someone I was with that I thought they were all supposed to be veggie lol! It wasnt all of the products just a few.

flipper_2010

What did they have in them?!? i used to eat them!!

harryharp

flipper_2010 wrote: »

What did they have in them?!? i used to eat them!!

I would also like to know the answer to this, our vegetarian family have been eating LM for years!

just_thrifty

Re, whether there were ever animal products in the food, I did a web search and couldn't find any info at all to back up what a couple of posters have said. The only "news" items I found were just about the company being bought over a few years ago and the products being revamped. You'd expect a story, or even a rumour, about a company as well known as this doing anything unacceptable to have been well covered by the media.

kpie

I thought it was something to do with some preservatives in the food which are really bad for you, didn't hear anything about meat products.