Great 'What's Hot and What's not at Aldi, Lidl & Netto' Hunt revisted

stamford

jo132000 wrote: »

Aldi's tortilla chips are yummy...esp the Nacho Cheese flavour, anyone bought there bottles of shandy are they nice?

They are OK standard St Omer Brewery stuff

Mary_Hartnell

Adrift wrote: »

Baked beans in the UK are always made from Haricot beans so I'm assuming Navy beans is just another name. Lidl changed the recipe of their beans quite some time ago as they used to contain cassia which tastes a bit like cinnamon and they've removed it. Their cheap Campolargo brand baked beans now taste much like any other, except they have a thicker sauce and more beans than other basic label type brands I've tried. If you tried the beans quite some time ago I recommend trying them again as you might like the new recipe.

It looks like it is an origin/terminology/recipe thing.

I'll do a blind tasting and report back:D

From Wikipedia:
White beans


Cannellini beans


The small, white navy bean, also called pea bean or haricot, is particularly popular in Britain and the US, featured in such dishes as baked beans and even pies, as well as in various soups such as the famous Senate Bean Soup.[8]
Navy bean varieties include:

• Rainy River
• Robust
• Michelite
• Sanilac

Other white beans are Cannellini (a quite popular variety in Central and Southern Italy) and Great Northern.

Reading between the lines, it would seem that the American Indians knew their beans, having an agricultural economy running on Potatoes, "Corn" (Maize) and Beans rather than Wheat , Barley and Oats, the staple food of N.W.Europe.

Any

hansi wrote: »

.........and their sauerkraut is delicious (when you can get it!)

...and Netto's ghurkins... Really nice and crunchy. And for 55p you cannot beat it!

Mary_Hartnell

Adrift wrote: »

Baked beans in the UK are always made from Haricot beans so I'm assuming Navy beans is just another name. Lidl changed the recipe of their beans quite some time ago as they used to contain cassia which tastes a bit like cinnamon and they've removed it. Their cheap Campolargo brand baked beans now taste much like any other, except they have a thicker sauce and more beans than other basic label type brands I've tried. If you tried the beans quite some time ago I recommend trying them again as you might like the new recipe.

Heinz

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Asda

51% Beans
33% Tomatoes
Water
Sugar
Modified Cornflour
Spirit Vinegar
Spice extracts
Herb extract


4.9% protein
12.9% carbohydrate
(5.0% sugars)
3.8% fibre
0.8% salt

0.415 Kg net Can weight

1.20 GBP per kilo (multi pack)

Slightly “tart” (probably the vinegar)



Campolargo

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Lidl

49% Beans
27% Tomatoes
Water
Sugar
Modified Maize Starch (ie same thing)
Salt
Onion Powder
Paprika
Flavouring.

4.7% protein
10.0% carbohydrate
(5.6% sugars)
3.5% fibre
1.0% salt

0.420 Kg net Can weight

0.70 GBP per kilo

Slightly sweet and redder (extra sugar and paprika)

Don’t think I could tell the difference if served as beans on toast at different meals.

In fairness to Asda, their smart price beans are 6x pence per kilo, however last time I bought any I found them watery in comparison with the above..

01july update. Lidl special offer:

Branston

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Lidl

52% Beans
36% Tomatoes
Water
Sugar
Modified Maize Starch (ie same thing)
Salt
Paprika
White Pepper
Flavouring.
Spices

4.8% protein
16.1% carbohydrate
(5.9% sugars)
5.5% fibre
0.8% salt

0.420 Kg net Can weight

0.70 GBP per kilo

On the face of it more “food” in the tin and so best value of the three.
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Schamansky

richardw wrote: »

Lidl - has anybody had their mini magnum style choc lollies?

Niiiiiiiiiice!!!

On a par with the brand.

adrienneadrienne

One to avoid from Aldi -
'I Dolci del Granaio Orange Cake' by Kuchenfreund (also comes in lemon flavour).

Hot from Lidl
Belbake Caramel Wafers Pack of 10
Maribel jams and marmalade

richardw

I went and got a box of the mini-magnum style lollies at Lidl, and yes they are great and good value for money, 10ml smaller at 50ml than the mini magnums.

richardw

Fresh cherry plum toms 250g at Lidl for 99p are excellent.

Raksha

Aldi special offer dog gaurd. £9.99 - has hooks to secure gaurd to the back seats as well as using pressure pads to keep it vertical.

marleyboy

NEVER buy fresh chicken's from Netto, we bought one and on opening it, found it to be completely rotten (with a sell by date of 3 days)