Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

yvonne13_2

Sorry if this has already been answered but does anyone know what shop own brands does dairy crest factory produce? I love clover butter but I need to try and see if I can save some pennies.

Middy

yvonne13 wrote: »

Sorry if this has already been answered but does anyone know what shop own brands does dairy crest factory produce? I love clover butter but I need to try and see if I can save some pennies.

I ask my Dad for this as his employer make the Clover pots and he visits the factory about twice a month.

yvonne13_2

Middy did you find out the answer yet?

SRH_2

I wish for the life of me I could remember (but I can't!) the TV show I saw a couple of years ago about value and premium ranges - think it was BBC or Channel 4.

They took two packs of supermarket own-brand chicken breasts and tracked down the farms they came from.

It turned out both types were from chickens on exactly the same farms - the value ones were cheaper only due to the size and shape of them. So any that were funny shapes or sizes went into the value range.

Unless you are throwing a dinner party (!) then I can see no reason to pay more for chicken breasts that happen to be a uniform shape.

Since then I've just got the Sainsburys Basics chicken and can tell no difference.

This has no doubt been mentioned on this forum before - apologies if it has - but I thought it was worth a mention.

DCFC79

SRH wrote: »

I wish for the life of me I could remember (but I can't!) the TV show I saw a couple of years ago about value and premium ranges - think it was BBC or Channel 4.

They took two packs of supermarket own-brand chicken breasts and tracked down the farms they came from.

It turned out both types were from chickens on exactly the same farms - the value ones were cheaper only due to the size and shape of them. So any that were funny shapes or sizes went into the value range.

Unless you are throwing a dinner party (!) then I can see no reason to pay more for chicken breasts that happen to be a uniform shape.

Since then I've just got the Sainsburys Basics chicken and can tell no difference.

This has no doubt been mentioned on this forum before - apologies if it has - but I thought it was worth a mention.

yes i think i know what your on about, wasnt a tv chef involved, wasnt it heston or another chef,

was iot also the show where the chef injected water into the breasts

sarymclary

SRH wrote: »

I wish for the life of me I could remember (but I can't!) the TV show I saw a couple of years ago about value and premium ranges - think it was BBC or Channel 4.

They took two packs of supermarket own-brand chicken breasts and tracked down the farms they came from.

It turned out both types were from chickens on exactly the same farms - the value ones were cheaper only due to the size and shape of them. So any that were funny shapes or sizes went into the value range.

Unless you are throwing a dinner party (!) then I can see no reason to pay more for chicken breasts that happen to be a uniform shape.

Since then I've just got the Sainsburys Basics chicken and can tell no difference.

This has no doubt been mentioned on this forum before - apologies if it has - but I thought it was worth a mention.

I totally agree, that the basics range of chicken breasts are just the same quality as the standard range. The same goes for the pork, lamb and beef cuts in their Basics ranges.

The only word of warning I'd make about value chicken breasts is if they are frozen. The bags from Farm Foods, for example, are pumped with salt water, to make them look bigger, and increase their weight. The amount of water that comes out of them when cooking is amazing, and as an aside, they also upset my OH's stomach. The packs of frozen breasts usually have some small print on them to say they have water in them.

I have to say the Sainsbury's Basics range in most lines across the store, is very good, and stands up well against branded and their own standard range. I can't say the same for either Tesco or Asda mind you, have thrown most of their value lines in the bin, after the family refused to eat them.

The_Miser

sarymclary wrote: »

The only word of warning I'd make about value chicken breasts is if they are frozen. The bags from Farm Foods, for example, are pumped with salt water, to make them look bigger, and increase their weight. The amount of water that comes out of them when cooking is amazing, and as an aside, they also upset my OH's stomach. The packs of frozen breasts usually have some small print on them to say they have water in them..

I'm not totally against added FRESH water (IMHO it is the salt which is the problem and it can be washed out); one of my favourite chicken breast recipes (from CoCo) actually calls for the chicken breast to be marinated in water for 20 minutes. Yum yum.

However I am very anti the rubbish which many raisers feed the birds with. My local Aldi sells yellow chicken breasts - yellow because they have been raised on corn / maise and they taste excellent.

As for using water to increase weight or for any other reason I once had to process a shipment of bacon (which is frequently aquified) - it had been rejected on health grounds by Germany so it came to England - the regional dumping ground of rubbish.

sarymclary

I've actually found that my local butcher is selling chicken breasts cheaper per kilo than supermarkets, and they are a full breast, so have the large, and smaller rear fillet intact. They are also locally sourced, so I feel happier buying those all round.

Beenie

sorry to have to go back a bit, but is it true that Bosch and Neff are the same company/components?

I need a new oven and hob and so will save a bundle if i get something other than the Neff stuff I've had my eye on.

chrisg1958

with regard to kelloggs not making ceraels for anyone else. Kelloggs crunchynut cornflakes and Sainsbury's crunchynut flakes, were both recalled because of contamination issues at the Kelloggs factory. I can remember that the press challenged Kelloggs about own brand supplying and they stated that it applied to cornflakes only. This was a few years ago and it may have changed.