Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

2maia

i used to work in ABP meat factory. Sure, we made all brands and levels, but the quality control was tight on the expensive and non-existent on the cheap, so the amount of fat or what have you was anybody's guess and the meat content down. "Made in the same place by the same people" does NOT mean "to the same quality". It's a factory job, not a personal one, where the person's personal work standards are what sets the quality, not a contract.

The cheapest human meat products are made to a lower standard than the most expensive pet foods.

Bloody fat is used instead of meat: because a lot of body fat has blood vessels in it, what counts as "meat" and "fat" is a bit arbitrary; one girl told me she only ate 'gluten-free' so she only got meat not crumbs in her sausages, but 'pink slime' or 'MRM' would escape that test.

redkoatz

I found out (from here) that weetabix make asdas weetabix, so it got me wondering if there's a list of own brand products that are actually made by brand name companies. ??
if anyone knows of a resource of that, would be most welcome.
I have always suspected tescos coffee is nescafe (tastes the same I think)? ???
also while sort of on the subject. I like onken yoghurt, and also it has live bacteria, which is good for digestion.
Someone told me that (ALL) natural yoghurt contains live bacteria, but Onken have the patent to state it as a fact. therfore I could save a lot of money by buying tescos own brand natural yoghurt ????
Or for that matter buy a yoghurt maker. I have seen you have to buy "live cultures" for the yoghurt maker. Is that really necessary? or will a spoonful of yoghurt added to milk work just as well?
If that's the case I could cheaply buy 4 pints of milk and make up a whole pile of natural yoghurt with live bacteria and save a few ££££, but will it taste the same? I am hearing you have to sieve to make it thicker, etc... and it becomes rather convoluted at this point, so I don't want to invest in a yoghurt maker unless I am sure. (since the whole point of coming here is to save moneylol)
BTW I also know you can make yoghurt without a maker, with just a saucepan and thermometer.

Any information on the own brand items and yoghurts would be appreciated.
thanks!!!

redfox

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patman99

Not sure how it fits-in here, but did you know that 80% of all the branded sunglasses are made by Luxotica?.

None of their glasses cost more than £25 to make, but they retail at up to £300.

Colin_Glover

A friend services fork lift trucks. Aldi bean's were on sale in Heinz Wigan's staff shop.
2.My Neewer TT680/685 flashgun is a rebadged Godox TT680 same manual.
3. Vestel make entry level TV for mist manufacturers except Sony or Sharp. See Wikipedia.
4. Vivitar had several rebadged Pentax cameras.
5. Asda Smart Price crumpets were the same as Asda own brand. Only difference was swapping the words salt and sodium in ingredients and different packages. :money:

Karen60

In reply to the post about corned beef I use the cheaper Asda brand it's a little more salty than other brands but it's fine and a fraction of the cost of the Princess brand.

Harriet2006

I have been shopping At aldi for some time now, with some items bought at morrisons. However, I have recently been thinking about buying as many products as possible that are made in the UK/britain, England, etc. however, aldi own products just state, produced for aldi, but no mention of where. If they are made in Germany I think I may have today more and stick with morrisons. Morrisons state made in the UK on a number of products. Any one hAve any knowledge of this?

Doc_N

Harriet2006 wrote: »

I have been shopping At aldi for some time now, with some items bought at morrisons. However, I have recently been thinking about buying as many products as possible that are made in the UK/britain, England, etc. however, aldi own products just state, produced for aldi, but no mention of where. If they are made in Germany I think I may have today more and stick with morrisons. Morrisons state made in the UK on a number of products. Any one hAve any knowledge of this?

For reasons of cost-effectiveness, most items sold by most UK supermarkets tend to come from the same suppliers. Most of the milk is British, likewise the cereals, breads, cakes, vegetables - indeed most of everything. It's simply cheaper that way.

Aldi Stilton is supplied by the same creamery that supplies M&S, for example, and the milk and butter also comes from the same sources.

A lot of the ham is British, but the continental meats obviously aren't - exactly as at all other supermarkets.

In short, Morrisons are unlikely to be sourcing much more in the UK than Aldi is - and you can be very sure that the quality in Aldi will be as good, if not better. I know where I'd far rather shop.

DCFC79

Harriet2006 wrote: »

I have been shopping At aldi for some time now, with some items bought at morrisons. However, I have recently been thinking about buying as many products as possible that are made in the UK/britain, England, etc. however, aldi own products just state, produced for aldi, but no mention of where. If they are made in Germany I think I may have today more and stick with morrisons. Morrisons state made in the UK on a number of products. Any one hAve any knowledge of this?

Dont mean to state the obvious but if it says its made in the UK or produced using British milk then its home made, as been pointed out the cereals are most likely made in the same factory ss 1 of the brands eg Im sure Aldi cornflakes was made at the Kelloggs factory.

Tesco and Sainsbury's get milk from the same supplier, Aldi most likely get the milk from the same supplier.

Harriet2006

Yes, obviously I realise that products stating made in the UK, or milk with a British logo on is from the UK. The information I am trying to get is for products such as washing liquid, other goods that only state that they are made for aldi. I fully realise that aldi British milk is formed and bottled in Britain.

So does anyone have any info regarding aldi products that only state
'Produced for aldi'. Anyone heard that they are made in Germany, for instance. Thanks for the replies.

Jackie