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Mr Kipling have ruined their bramley apple pies (and probably other products)
Mickey_Nine
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Anyone bought Mr Kipling bramley apple pies recently? They've reduced the sugar from 13.8g per pie to 8.5g. Utterly tasteless now. Well, I say tasteless. They taste like they're filled with wallpaper paste. No sweetness at all. Will not buy again.
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The sugar tax is probably to blame, sugar is a cheap ingredient so it's unlikely that they'd reduce it otherwise.
I haven't had a sweet pie for a long time and always thought that the ones made in factories were awfully sweet.3 -
I might be wrong , but I think there are 2 packs now - only one has reduced/low sugar2
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I’ve never thought Mr Kiplings of any kind were any good.7
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"One of these pies has a future... the other does not".0
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The Mr Kipling website shows as 13.8g per pie https://www.mrkipling.co.uk/our-ranges/favourites/bramley-apple-pies
But there is also the delicously good range of "healthier" options at 2.5g of sugar per pie https://www.mrkipling.co.uk/our-ranges/deliciously-good/bramley-apple-pies1 -
The sugar tax only applies to soft drinks, not food. Although the government periodically threatens it...maisie_cat said:The sugar tax is probably to blame, sugar is a cheap ingredient so it's unlikely that they'd reduce it otherwise.
I haven't had a sweet pie for a long time and always thought that the ones made in factories were awfully sweet.1 -
And sugar is no longer cheap.
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It is still cheap compared to making things properly.greyteam1959 said:And sugar is no longer cheap.5 -
ellenvan said:I might be wrong , but I think there are 2 packs now - only one has reduced/low sugarAh, I did not spot. Thank you. I'll have to be more observant in the future.But seriously though, the low sugar ones are nasty.
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