Asda 2 bags for £2 sweets glitch

quoia

Madwelshmam wrote:

Twirls and crunchies will do me nicely, they are my favorites... any idea how many mini bars are in each pack please???

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I've just looked at the back of the packs and done some maths on the "Nutrition Facts"

The Twirls come in a 300g pack and are 530kcal per 100g - so that's 1590 per bag.
The "Per Finger" figure is 115 kcal

1590 / 115 = 13.826 fingers

So I presume there will be 14 Twirls in a pack, each finger weighing 21.5 grams (approx)
(could be 15 if you are lucky)

The Crunchies are 274g per bag with 470kcal per 100grams and 80 per bar

So that's 1287.8 kcal per bag

1287.8 / 80 = 16.0975 bars

So I presume there are only 16 Crunchies in a bag - each bar weighing 17.125 grams
(17 I think would be a bonus !)

Clasics

loopylucy wrote:

I saw another post about "cheap" matlows sweets.

Do you know that the "chewy bars", such as "drumsticks" and "refreshers" and the like are made from lumps of hydrogenated fat.

Essentially you are giving your children pure lumps of hydrogenated fat !!!!!!!!:eek:

Yes, much better to give them fruit and veg coated in cancer-inducing pesticides any day of the week....


http://www.cure-guide.com/Natural_Health_Newsletter/Pesticides_in_Fruit/pesticides_in_fruit.html

ukstuff_2

Madwelshmam wrote:

Sorry ukstuff, I didn't mean to offend you, it just always amazes me when you see a thread that gets 1000+ hits, but only a few thanks. I know that not everyone will be interested in the info but surely more than (eek - unlucky number) 13 will find this info useful at least.QUOTE]

Hi MadWelshMam

No offence, just wanted to explain 1 reason there might be for low Thanks hits

loopylucy_3

Clasics wrote:

Yes, much better to give them fruit and veg coated in cancer-inducing pesticides any day of the week....


http://www.cure-guide.com/Natural_Health_Newsletter/Pesticides_in_Fruit/pesticides_in_fruit.html

Even better, why not trying giving them fruit and veg not coated in pesticides :rotfl:

As well as bad for the heart, hydrogenated vegetable fats (inc hydrogenated palm oil) clog up the blood channels of the brain (reducing mental capacity) and they also assist and speed up the transport of "free radicals" (responsible for cancers ect) around the body

One has to make an informed choice.

sahra

Umm, sweets or fruit?:rotfl:

FloFlo

sahra wrote:

Umm, sweets or fruit?:rotfl:

Ask the trick or treaters when they knock your door. Wouldn't like to be the house that gives them a carrot and a bunch of grapes.

leepea

kittykate wrote:

this woman came to my till today and she bought 6 bags (supposed to be 9quid), it came up at £4 something and she made a saving of £5.88. mental!

Or, as it's 2 for £2, supposed to be £6

quoia

leepea wrote:

Or, as it's 2 for £2, supposed to be £6

I think the £9 comes from the fact that until very recently the multibuy offer was 2 for £3

Alan_Thompson

quoia wrote:

I've just looked at the back of the packs and done some maths on the "Nutrition Facts"

The Twirls come in a 300g pack and are 530kcal per 100g - so that's 1590 per bag.
The "Per Finger" figure is 115 kcal

1590 / 115 = 13.826 fingers

So I presume there will be 14 Twirls in a pack, each finger weighing 21.5 grams (approx)
(could be 15 if you are lucky)

The Crunchies are 274g per bag with 470kcal per 100grams and 80 per bar

So that's 1287.8 kcal per bag

1287.8 / 80 = 16.0975 bars

So I presume there are only 16 Crunchies in a bag - each bar weighing 17.125 grams
(17 I think would be a bonus !)

Is this like a new form of BOGOF ? Buy One Get Obese Fast ?

kittykate_2

leepea wrote:

Or, as it's 2 for £2, supposed to be £6

Yeah, but it's only just started being advertised at 2 for £2, since they noticed the glitch they decided to change the offer. :cool: