Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)

Farway

Nelliegrace said:

I could not find any dark chocolate at Aldi which did not have soya lecithin emulsifiers. We are trying to avoid the toxic highly processed junk and are using WW2 ration quantities and recipes for frugal and healthy meals. We have 2 ounces of chocolate a week. 

We don’t by Lindt since they killed the Lidl Easter Bunnies.
Is there real dark chocolate anywhere at a reasonable price?

I think that is the problem, quality comes at a cost, but given you are limiting yourself, why not just buy the best you can afford and indulge?

Try the Waitrose ranges

pumpkin89

Nelliegrace said:

Is there real dark chocolate anywhere at a reasonable price?

Cheap is not reasonable!  If you want real food you have to pay real prices.

Brie

@Nelliegrace
The Lidl chocolate always seems to be nice - not sure about some of the additives so you'll need to double check.

YoungBlueEyes

What do you call “reasonable” @Nelliegrace? 

I love dark choc (I don’t go to your lengths re additives though tbf) but what I call reasonable might not be the same as you? 

harz99

wild666 said:

harz99 said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Nothing wrong with grade 2 f&v. It does the job without the extortionate prices of top grade.

Not if it's going rotten after a day like the carrots, or frost damaged like the potatoes full of black bits or going soft. There seems to be a lot of rubbish only fit for cattle food being fobbed off on us lately.

I buy carrots in Lidl but after a week they tend to get slimy either in the middle or on the ends, I just cut out the slimy bits and use as usual, no ill effects in doing so.

Well, yes you can do that, however that means you are then paying for goods, a proportion of which aren't fit for consumption - so you the customer are paying for Lidl/Aldi's food waste. And that's assuming they are in good condition when you buy them, i've had packs with carrots like that at opening on day of purchase.

harz99

Nelliegrace said:

I could not find any dark chocolate at Aldi which did not have soya lecithin emulsifiers. We are trying to avoid the toxic highly processed junk and are using WW2 ration quantities and recipes for frugal and healthy meals. We have 2 ounces of chocolate a week. 

We don’t by Lindt since they killed the Lidl Easter Bunnies.
Is there real dark chocolate anywhere at a reasonable price?

I would suggest your unlikely to get what you want in any major supermarket, let alone the discounters like A and L with their quite narrow range of products. Try a specialist chocolate retailer, If Thorntons are still around maybe them...or this one from Sainsbury 

Montezuma's Dark Chocolate Absolute Black 100% Cocoa 90g.

Doc_N

harz99 said:

Nelliegrace said:

I could not find any dark chocolate at Aldi which did not have soya lecithin emulsifiers. We are trying to avoid the toxic highly processed junk and are using WW2 ration quantities and recipes for frugal and healthy meals. We have 2 ounces of chocolate a week. 

We don’t by Lindt since they killed the Lidl Easter Bunnies.
Is there real dark chocolate anywhere at a reasonable price?

I would suggest your unlikely to get what you want in any major supermarket, let alone the discounters like A and L with their quite narrow range of products. Try a specialist chocolate retailer, If Thorntons are still around maybe them...or this one from Sainsbury 

Montezuma's Dark Chocolate Absolute Black 100% Cocoa 90g.

Funny you should mention that one. It’s my wife’s sole chocolate treat at the moment. Pricey at around £2.60 for 90g (ours came from Amazon) but one or two squares does the trick, she says. 

Ingredients:

“Dark chocolate contains Cocoa Solids 100%“

Sainsbury seems to have it at £2 with a Nectar card at the moment.

A very adult chocolate. Far too adult for me!

DigForVictory

harz99 said:

I would suggest your unlikely to get what you want in any major supermarket, let alone the discounters like A and L with their quite narrow range of products. Try a specialist chocolate retailer, If Thorntons are still around maybe them...or this one from Sainsbury 

Montezuma's Dark Chocolate Absolute Black 100% Cocoa 90g.

Oh yes... Falls off the MS wagon with a bump. Very Very grown up - the lads don't like it at all so I get to eat The Whole Thing. Slowly.
There are other single country of origin dark chocolate bars (or there were, I'm still nibbling the Montezuma) that might meet your ethical standards? (Rummaging the rubbish bin, skip the Coop. The Irresistible with cute sloth on the packaging does not meet your standards)

Nelliegrace

It is sad that chocolate manufacturers have adulterated traditional brands of chocolate to make more profit, and have ruined them.
We found Montezuma Absolute Black at 85p for 90g at the new Waitrose in Dobbies Garden Centre. Thank you for the recommendations. 

Rosa_Damascena

Nelliegrace said:

I could not find any dark chocolate at Aldi which did not have soya lecithin emulsifiers. We are trying to avoid the toxic highly processed junk and are using WW2 ration quantities and recipes for frugal and healthy meals. We have 2 ounces of chocolate a week. 

We don’t by Lindt since they killed the Lidl Easter Bunnies.
Is there real dark chocolate anywhere at a reasonable price?

Lindt killed bunnies?