SUPERMARKET VALUE PRODUCTS.......BEST BUYS???

Sweetcheeks_3

They both take just over an hour - which is i spose quite an intensive wash, but i use no heat. Saying that, do you have an economy button or a half wash button that cuts down the amount of water you use? I just use a flat programme with no mod cons and of course, no heat. I also use about three quarters of a scoop if thats any help. I dont like to use too much. I also add the powder to the drum before I add my clothes. All these things may help.

londonman81

I read somewhere that Sainsbury's own label tomato sauce is the best both for taste and for it's anti cancer properties.

Lol - that's a bit like saying that breathing fumes from an unleaded car has better anti-cancer properties than fumes from a leaded car...

The fact is that anything that comes out of a box, tin or jar has been processed and had tonnes of chemicals, salt and other preservatives added. The health benefits of the so called 'tomato' (which is usually watered down puree) in the sauce is about as worthwhile chasing as a needle in a haystack on mars...

If you want anti-cancer properties then eat FRESH ORGANIC fruit and vegetables and don't overcook them - but whatever you do please do not fall gullible to the stupid claims made on packaging trying to paint the product as being healthy and good for you.

Breakfast cereals are the biggest culprits that I can think of in this respect - they contain more salt than a bowl of seawater and still fool peopel with their warm, fluffy packaging focusing on the merits of the 0.0001% of fibre.

Later alligator,

Mrsbojangles_2

Ok this week we have tried Smart Price Jaffa Cakes 25p a packet and they are lovely, not as orangie as Mcvities, but still very nice, defoo worth buying !

Smart Price Cheese, hmmmm ok for cheese on toast, but if your like me and like your cheese to taste like cheese then I wouldn't bother with it.

pickle

The vanilla icecream from LIDL in the blue tub (about £2) is great - it has real vanilla pod and is very rich. Most of the products i find are fine with the exception of the vegetables which rot very quickly (you need to use them within a couple of days).

LearningToSave.

bumping to see if anyone else has anything to offer

Lyndsay_21

:drool:yummmmm lidls vanilla ice cream best i've ever tasted:drool:

Savvy_Sue

Aldi chocolate nougat spread - heavenly! Much less 'oily' than the chocolate and hazelnut offerings from any supermarket!

Melissa22_Mum

ALDI, LIDL and TESCO three best places, used to work at lidl that seems to be the cheapest place the fruit and veg doesnt last very long though!!!

Gingham_Ribbon

londonman81 wrote:

Lol - that's a bit like saying that breathing fumes from an unleaded car has better anti-cancer properties than fumes from a leaded car...

The fact is that anything that comes out of a box, tin or jar has been processed and had tonnes of chemicals, salt and other preservatives added.

Not strictly true. Whereas it is healthier to eat fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables, there are lots of jars, boxes and tins that do not have heavily processed food inside. Eg some tinned tomatoes have only tomatoes on the ingredients list, fruit in fruit juice retains much of the original nutritional value, if not all and has nothing added. I bought some passata today in a jar that was organic and salt free.

Much of these things are much better for you than the bread we buy which has salt, preservatives and hydrogenated veg oil in it, among other things.

It is useful to consider the obscene amounts of rubbish that go into much tinned food (particularly the ones aimed at kids that are full of salt, sugar, colourings etc - have you seen the list of ingredients in some of the so called 'yoghurt'?!) But some tins have advantages to them.

Eg, I buy a small tin of pineapple in fruit juice occasionally because I can cut up apple or pear for my son and add a little pineapple with its juice and it stops the rest of the fruit from going brown. Lemon juice does the same thing but does not taste so good and we would not manage to eat a whole pineappe before it goes off. Tinned unsalted tomatoes mean I can make a quick meal from scratch without using 'processed' ingredients. I do not consider canning produce to be a processing them.

arkonite_babe

I buy all my groceries from Lidl (with the exception of meat and veg. Butchers and Organic box respectively ) Anything I can'y get in there I buy as a value brand from Tesco, though I have to admit, I like Sainsbury's basics kitchen roll compared to Tescos value one.