Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

dlusman

Arkers wrote: »

A refund to be sent to me, or at least the option. It was use by, not sell by so I didn't take the risk.

any food must have either "use by" or "best before".
If anything has an additional "sell by" date , then this is meaningless in consumer terms

Doc_N

Somewhat ironic, isn't it, that so many people have switched to the rather unpleasant and potentially hazardous chemical concoctions that try (but fail miserably) to imitate butter.

And yet now all the current advice is that they'd have been better off all along sticking with butter!

mcculloch29

I actually like Beautifully Butterly, but I lived in Germany for years where the spreads were vile, so perhaps my tastebuds adapted. Tesco's own version IS vile though. Plus it's 20p more, to add insult to injury.
I had Aldi's own Wheat Shreds version of Shredded Wheat this morning, it's impossible to tell the difference. Although I do eat mine rather unconventionally.
Many years ago, in more cash-strapped times, I found myself without bread for toast or milk for cereal, so I spread Shredded Wheat with butter and jam.
It was a bit messy to eat with shards of wheat flying everywhere, but unexpectedly enjoyable. I've eaten them like that ever since.

Doc_N

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Many years ago, in more cash-strapped times, I found myself without bread for toast or milk for cereal, so I spread Shredded Wheat with butter and jam.

It was a bit messy to eat with shards of wheat flying everywhere, but unexpectedly enjoyable. I've eaten them like that ever since.

Great idea!!!

Happygreen

Doc_N wrote: »

Somewhat ironic, isn't it, that so many people have switched to the rather unpleasant and potentially hazardous chemical concoctions that try (but fail miserably) to imitate butter.

And yet now all the current advice is that they'd have been better off all along sticking with butter!

Well, that's the power of marketing! Over years we were told that animal fats are bad for you, turned out than man-made ones are the real bad news for our health.....if you want to avoid them, look out for hydrogenated fat, transfats and also mono and diclycerides of fatty acids, which are used as emulsifiers.

Delighted to tell you that Lidl frozen garlic bread (2 pack) are made with real butter! Many chilled ones in any store I put back down after reading the label these days.

Happygreen

DD2 really likes Lidl's apple and pear tea bags.

Stompa

After some years of using Aldi's Solesta Olive Spread, I thought I'd give butter a try, so bought some Norpak Spreadable. TBH I can't tell the difference, though I guess that may be because Norpak is only 37% butter.

Feral_Moon

I buy the SS West Country creamy butter (black packet) @ £1.29 to spread on sandwiches, toast, crumpets, scones etc and use the Greenvale English butter (gold pack) @ 82p for cooking with. Both are excellent value for money

I wouldn't touch any spreads or margarines, nor anything describes as, or containing, vegetable oil with a barge pole and haven't for over 20 years now - butter, lard/dripping, goose/duck fat, olive oil, groundnut oil and coconut oil are the only fats I ever use, all natural of course

A._Badger

Happygreen wrote: »

Well, that's the power of marketing! Over years we were told that animal fats are bad for you, turned out than man-made ones are the real bad news for our health.....if you want to avoid them, look out for hydrogenated fat, transfats and also mono and diclycerides of fatty acids, which are used as emulsifiers.

Delighted to tell you that Lidl frozen garlic bread (2 pack) are made with real butter! Many chilled ones in any store I put back down after reading the label these days.

It's not so much the power of marketing as the decline in the quality of scientific research in recent years and the way that the media promotes scare stories with alacrity (the Daily Mail being the worst offender - though many women's magazines aren't far behind).

This is then compounded when pressure groups (sometimes with curiously vested interests) start campaigns which affect the medical profession and even governments.

We've seen this with eggs, milk, butter, cheese, beef, chicken - a whole list of basic foods which have been demonised then rehabilitated.

Deep scepticism about fads and fashions is the consuimer's only defence!

VfM4meplse

A._Badger wrote: »

We've seen this with eggs, milk, butter, cheese, beef, chicken - a whole list of basic foods which have been demonised then rehabilitated.

Deep scepticism about fads and fashions is the consuimer's only defence!

In excess, anything is bad for you, and animal fats are high on that list. A little bit of anything is not going to kill you though.