cheapest sultanas please- lots of them

moggymutt

My elderly pigs have now got used to a heated breakfast of baked beans and sultanas, in wich I can put lots of turmeric, which works wonders on their arthritis.
Problem is, I'm really struggling to find the cheapest sultanas that I can get. Lidl works out more expensive than own brands.
I live in a rural area so no markets etc.
Any ideas please.
ps cant use raisins because I wont have them in the house because they are poisonous to dogs.

They have about 200g a day between the 2 of them, with 2 tins of baked beans- tastes really nice cooked- until you add a heaped dessert spoon of turmeric- yeuch! (but they like it)

Ilona

Tes&co Value 500 grm are 84p, but I guess you would need more than a few bags. Perhaps a wholesale cash and carry would be best for buying in bulk.
Ilona

kitschkitty

Sultanas are poisonous to dogs too. :huh:

• Raisins are dried white grapes.
• Sultanas are dried white seedless grapes.
• Currants are dried black seedless grapes.

VfM4meplse

Ilona wrote: »

Tes&co Value 500 grm are 84p, but I guess you would need more than a few bags. Perhaps a wholesale cash and carry would be best for buying in bulk.
Ilona

Cheaper than Sainsbury's value and Lidl's sultanas (£1.06 for 500g). Only commenting because I was scouring around for these yesterday - decided to go w/o in the end.

Edwardia

www.itadka.com 800g Fudco golden sultanas 4.49
www.spicesofindia.co.uk 1kg TRS golden sultanas 6.45
www.steenbergs.co.uk 500g Country Products organic sultanas 2.86
www.theasiancookshop.co.uk 1kg golden sultanas 6.80
https://www.emasala.co.uk 250g TRS golden sultanas 1.29

moggymutt

kitschkitty wrote: »

Sultanas are poisonous to dogs too. :huh:

• Raisins are dried white grapes.
• Sultanas are dried white seedless grapes.
• Currants are dried black seedless grapes.

Oh My Giddy Aunt- just looked it up and you are right. I thought it was just the raisins +grapes that could kill dogs- I am now very glad I did my original post because after having banned raisins, I was quite blase about sultanas- THANKYOU

Thinking on, what else could sultanas be- doh!

moggymutt

Thanks for the replies- does anybody know how much the cheap ones are in Morrisons please?

kathie1101

moggymutt wrote: »

Thanks for the replies- does anybody know how much the cheap ones are in Morrisons please?

I'm not sure that they do a cheap one. I was looking for some yesterday and they didn't have any (no place for any) just raisins and mixed fruit in their own brand - of course it could just be my store that doesn't stock them. I ended up buying the Tesco value ones at 84p for 500g but they are not as juicy as the Aldi ones that I normally get - but as they are cheaper I thought I would try them. Think Aldi ones are 85p for 400g.

Lugh_Chronain

Tesco's value and ASDA's smartprice sultanas appear the cheapset at 16.8p/100g, unless Morrisons are cheaper that is.

The ones posted by Edwardia appear a little pricey though.

800g Fudco golden sultana’s £4.49 or 56.13p/100g
1kg TRS golden sultanas £6.45 or 64.5p/100g
500g Country Products organic sultanas £2.86 or 57.2p/100g
1kg golden sultanas £6.80 or 68p/100g
250g TRS golden sultanas £1.29 or 51.6p/100g

And does it matter if they are juicy or not? Will your pigs notice the difference? I guess it’s the sweetness of the sultanas they are after and not the fact that they are juicy. Mind you, I don't have pigs so who am I to argue?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin

Clowance

Surely you could soak them in water to plump them up - just a portion at a time - then even the cheapest would be juicy.

VfM4meplse

Clowance wrote: »

Surely you could soak them in water to plump them up

I soak them in Cointreau before I use in desserts, delicious .