Aldi's 'Beluga Caviar'

tickw

Hi guys,

Did anyone see the article about the Beluga caviar sold at Aldi over the weekend?

They had to rename their £9.99 Beluga caviar because it was found to come from a hybrid of the species... The real stuff costs £215 at Fortnum and Masons!

Do you think there's any other ways that they might have tricked us or are tricking us with falsely labelled products?

dlusman

tickw wrote: »

Hi guys,

Did anyone see the article about the Beluga caviar sold at Aldi over the weekend?

They had to rename their £9.99 Beluga caviar because it was found to come from a hybrid of the species... The real stuff costs £215 at Fortnum and Masons!

Do you think there's any other ways that they might have tricked us or are tricking us with falsely labelled products?

Whilst I agree with your basic point that Aldi must have realised they where stretching /overstepping the food labelling laws - The price comparison you have quoted is misleading
£9.99 for 20g at Aldi
£215 for 100g ( so £43 for 20g ) at F&M

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11191901/Aldi-renames-10-Beluga-caviar-after-outcry.html

meer53

tickw wrote: »

Hi guys,

Did anyone see the article about the Beluga caviar sold at Aldi over the weekend?

They had to rename their £9.99 Beluga caviar because it was found to come from a hybrid of the species... The real stuff costs £215 at Fortnum and Masons!

Do you think there's any other ways that they might have tricked us or are tricking us with falsely labelled products?

Possibly. What products are you thinking about ?

arfortune

I don't think they would have deliberately 'tricked' people as mislabeling things is fairly serious offence. People and companies do make mistakes though; that's life.
Am surprised Aldi is selling caviar though - it's a fairly unique taste that v few people I know actually like; and certainly wouldn't have thought there's much market for it.