Does the brand even matter?? | ASDA's Own vs. British Classics

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
  • Can I tell the difference between these UK products? Join me for a BLIND taste test: ASDA's Own vs UK favourites! Does the brand even matter? Let's find out.
    Please subscribe here! th-cam.com/users/Adventuresa...
    Want exclusive content? Join my YT membership community here:
    / @adventuresandnaps
    Want more? Check out:
    Reacting to England’s BEST football chants: • Reacting to England’s ...
    A (realistic) day in the life: • A (realistic) day in t...
    FOLLOW THE ADVENTURE
    Patreon: / adventuresandnaps
    Livestreams: / adventuresandnaps
    FB: / adventuresandnaps
    IG: / adventures.and.naps
    Newsletter: adventuresandnaps.substack.co...
    You can donate to my channel here: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
    Music by Epidemic Sound, get 60 days free: share.epidemicsound.com/pna7us
    Hey! I'm Alanna - a thirty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
    I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a TH-cam video every Tuesday plus an additional video every Saturday on Patreon + YT Memberships. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
    Alanna x

ความคิดเห็น • 375

  • @AdventuresAndNaps
    @AdventuresAndNaps  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Are you team Supermarket-Own or British Classic Brand! 🤔🛒

    • @Daytona2
      @Daytona2 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As I prefer saving ~£2500 per year, supermarket brands where possible.

    • @Drew-Dastardly
      @Drew-Dastardly 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Always prefer the much cheaper non branded stuff, even when my wallet is fat. It gets so little use it has cobwebs in it. 😆

    • @FormulaProg
      @FormulaProg 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The cost of living is really difficult now, so definitely home brands.

    • @daddykidsvlogs
      @daddykidsvlogs 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm team whatever is cheaper

    • @andyf4292
      @andyf4292 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      branston beans for the win

  • @Bradford_Longflap
    @Bradford_Longflap 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

    I love the idea that your fridge is full of food items, all with a single bite taken out of them

    • @michaeldillon3113
      @michaeldillon3113 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You should send that pic of you quaffing pot noodles - whilst blindfolded. to your old school .The message would be ........answers on a postcard please ✌️

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey3882 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    I recently read on BBC World, that cider consumption in England was down 5 percent in 2023 compared to 2022. Have you been away? 😂

  • @Salfordian
    @Salfordian 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +57

    I'll tell you a secret, the biscuits are both made by mcvities which is why they're identical

    • @Duncan23
      @Duncan23 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      It's the same with weetabix

    • @FayeSless-di3jg
      @FayeSless-di3jg 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Most supermarket own brands are actually produced by the major brand companies but generally to a slightly lower standard, e.g. Maryland cookies use the same basic recipe for the supermarket brands they produce but with fewer chocolate chips.

    • @markhunter8106
      @markhunter8106 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Same as Burton ginger nuts, same biscuits different box

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      This is the case for clothing too and other things. My first job was with a hosiery manufacturer and the exact same items were sold to Debenhams and to Primark but at different prices. If Debenhams visited we had to hide all references to Primark.
      Quality Assurance can also determine which batch goes to which company.

    • @davidioanhedges
      @davidioanhedges 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      A lot of own brand products are ... but some specifically say they don't do own brand Kellogg's and Heinz - and some o0f the own brand versions are made in the same factory but still have cheaper ingredients

  • @No_Rice_No_Power
    @No_Rice_No_Power 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Mr Kipling is a classic, much loved, brand with great marketing. They also sell below average baked goods.

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Well, they're above-average on presentation, which attracts people to them. But as with any long-life cakes, they taste mainly of sugar and preservatives.

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I've found that Mr Kipling can be rather good at times (their Apple and Blackberry pies are to DIE for!) but yeah, a lot of the stuff is aggresively mid, to be honest. The iced sponge fingers are no better than anybody elses, but at least they're still OK. I guess.

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@robertwilloughby8050 I also think Kipling's quality is generally good but they certainly aren't worth the price they charge these days, even when they're on sale.

    • @Mathemagical55
      @Mathemagical55 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I can almost feel my health deteriorating when I eat a Mr Kipling's cake.

    • @NataliePine
      @NataliePine 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Mr Kipling's mince pies are the only ones I've ever thrown away

  • @garrickdarts
    @garrickdarts 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Branston Baked Beans are better than Heinz Baked Beans now; the Heinz sauce has definitely gotten weaker over time.

    • @johnp8131
      @johnp8131 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Haven't had beans for years but I tried both again recently and I totally agree with you. Branston beans were a pleasant surprise.

    • @stanettiels7367
      @stanettiels7367 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Branson are absolutely the best, in my opinion.

  • @Rascallion-jb1gu
    @Rascallion-jb1gu 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I watched this channel quite a lot about four or five years ago and, happily, I've recently discovered it again. In fact, I've been pretty much binging it over the past couple of weeks.
    I've never posted a comment on TH-cam before, but today I thought I'd finally take the plunge. The reason is that I wanted to say how delightful and relaxing this channel is. It's the only one I regularly watch that leaves me with a smile on my face every single time.
    The lady is a natural at this stuff and also very funny.
    Roll on Tuesday! I'm now going to subscribe.

  • @user-se7es6uc8v
    @user-se7es6uc8v 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I used to work in packhouses in Lincolnshire years ago between building jobs, packing fresh vegetables for the supermarkets. The first time I did it I was surprised to see the line stop while the packaging or labels were changed to a different supermarket or brand, then the same produce carried on moving. It's why the pack weights are the same in say Tesco, Lidl, Asda, Sainsbury's etc. I don't know if this applies to processed foods but it would make economic sense. The two shops which were different back then were Morrisons which used different suppliers (but the same product) and M&S which had very strict appearance criteria and extraordinarily strict rules for staff regarding hygiene; touch your face while handling the produce and the eagle eyed supervisor would make you wash your hands immediately. You walked through a footbath in your white wellies every time you approached the line. Interestingly, M&S were the only shop who ever sent their staff to the packhouses to check on compliance. I never had any dealings with Waitrose products and I have no idea what they do.

    • @ElizabethWoodville-Grey
      @ElizabethWoodville-Grey 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I used to work in a cake factory and as you say, all supermarket cakes came off the same line but M&S had a separate building where the workers had much stricter hygiene regulations, the ingredients were different and much more attention was paid to the quality of the product. It was a blessing and a curse to be able to buy so many rejects. (Often rejected for superficial things like the cherry was central). My waist line never recovered!

  • @tommullinerart
    @tommullinerart 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    The bakewell tarts from where I work; M&S, I've found to be the best of all bakewells. You could do a video of specific food and drink items to find the best of the bunch. Best Bakewell tarts, best mince pies, best fresh croissants etc x

  • @Shaun_Garratt
    @Shaun_Garratt 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    That was a lot of fun, thanks! Your reactions are always hilarious. I nearly always buy the supermarket brands when available. No point paying 2 or 3 x for basically the same product.

  • @howardkey1639
    @howardkey1639 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    I don't usually shop at Asda but I give this weeks video 9/10 tasty taste tests for content and 6/7 Asda Bakewell tarts for fun. 😊

    • @AdventuresAndNaps
      @AdventuresAndNaps  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thanks for watching!

    • @barriehull7076
      @barriehull7076 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      10/10 for comment, I think that's fair.

  • @36814
    @36814 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I worked for a couple of years delivering beer from a large brewery to supermarkets all around Yorkshire . While waiting at various delivery bays to unload our beer , wine , cider and spirits I became aware that trucks from the major manufacturers were also unloading but including the particular supermarkets own brand products - confectionery , tinned foods , bread , toiletry products etc and realised that these items are manufactured in the same facilities but labelled differently and no doubt with subtle tweaks to recipes and flavours . Since then I have largely stuck to own brand items unless there is an unusually big difference in taste or function.
    NOTE - I wrote this comment before watching the video but it seems you are largely in agreement that the own brand in most cases are very comparable to the originals and confirms that these items are generally made in the same factory .

  • @PeleRana-pp6zc
    @PeleRana-pp6zc 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Before you even mentioned it, I was thinking Mr Kipling is quite average. I always prefer own brands to mr Kipling which has far too much sugar in it. I strongly suspected you would prefer the Asda Bakewell tarts.

  • @Andrew8468
    @Andrew8468 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    "I'm an Oreo braille reader" 😂

  • @jamesbeeching6138
    @jamesbeeching6138 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    A lot of food is exactly the same...Just with a different label. I worked in a Hovis bakery and we baked bread for most of the big chain supermarkets..With just different wrapping!!😊😊😊😊😊

    • @yardgrid
      @yardgrid 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That was a silly move by the supermarkets. Hovis tastes like ass

  • @GenialHarryGrout
    @GenialHarryGrout 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Your results don't surprise me. Branded products have cut back on quality over the years but have maintained the large price difference. In most cases, as you have found, there isn't much to choose between them, taste wise

  • @awall1701
    @awall1701 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    'Yay! Oh WOW I've made a mess' had me in stitches, I must remember not to eat or drink anything whilst watching your videos as it is not the first time I have spat out food through laughing unexpectedly.

  • @davidioanhedges
    @davidioanhedges 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Salt and Vinegar Crisps : Asda Higher in Calories, Fat, Sat Fat, and Sugar, but oddly lower in salt
    Milk Chocolate Digestives : Asda is lower in everything
    Baked Beans - Asda is higher in fat, higher in sat fat, higher in salt
    Cheese - can't directly compare
    Oreo-a-like - Asda has 10x the fat, less sugar, and less salt
    Pot Noodle - Asda has slightly less of everything so it's actually healthier
    Bakewells - Asda again has slightly less of everything

    • @HootMaRoot
      @HootMaRoot 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The added fat in the cheaper items is because it's cheaper to add moreishness with fat compared to sugar. And no matter what the government agencies say some fats are a lot better for you than processed sugar

    • @TheInnerSession
      @TheInnerSession 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@HootMaRoot all fat is better for you than processed sugar.

  • @garypltn69
    @garypltn69 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    love the food taste test videos always so much fun

  • @hannahk1306
    @hannahk1306 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This video reminds me of the ones you used to film sat on your old lounge floor with a carrier bag of random items from your local shop 😆

  • @deathbysnusnu515
    @deathbysnusnu515 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I take umbrage with your dismissal of Mr Kipling. Yes, umbrage!

  • @Olichi60
    @Olichi60 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I love the Red Fox cheese and am happy to pay twice as much for it, it is more than twice as good as the generic Red Leicester IMHO. I think that this was the least comparable example in your test though.

  • @geoffpriestley7310
    @geoffpriestley7310 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Baked beans must be eaten cold from the fridge. Beans warm some up for breakfast with the usual bacon sausage etc. Put the can in the fridge with the spoon, ever time you walk pass the fridge get a spoon full or 2 of beans straight the can ❤

  • @wallywombat164
    @wallywombat164 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    G'day mate. I enjoy your reactions very much. Keep em coming please.

  • @robrodgers8974
    @robrodgers8974 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey, i liked that vid, watched it all the way through. Very informative, thanks.

  • @robertbroadbent3038
    @robertbroadbent3038 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Cannot abide Heinz beans, I always buy the cheap brands.

    • @charlieyerrell9146
      @charlieyerrell9146 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes I find heinze beans to hard .Branston beans or other store brands are cooked better.

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@charlieyerrell9146 In Canada, Libbys used to be the goto brand. But Heinz bought them out and shut them down. Now we buy Bush beans when we can.

  • @stinajones9847
    @stinajones9847 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I love an A&N taste test!! 🙌🏽

  • @bazyt1
    @bazyt1 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Taste tests are my favourite :) Yeah, UK own-brands are the ultimate in secret info / insider knowledge / risking it / regretting it. They're much better than they used to be, but you can still get a realllly bad one...

  • @steveberwick4417
    @steveberwick4417 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The best bakewell tarts are,not surprisingly, from Bakewell in Derbyshire where there is a constant battle between a Bakewell Tart and a Bakewell Pudding.
    Maybe try foods from their original source?
    Bakewell,Bury black pudding,a pasty from Cornwall,Cheddar from Cheddar etc etc

    • @hannahk1306
      @hannahk1306 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Ooh the proper cave-aged Cheddar Gorge cheddar is *amazing* (if quite expensive)!

  • @gordonwallin2368
    @gordonwallin2368 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your taste tests are the best! Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

  • @davidpierce3217
    @davidpierce3217 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Interesting re the Bakewell tarts. Loved your reactions!

    • @AdventuresAndNaps
      @AdventuresAndNaps  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks so much for watching! 🙏🏻

  • @keironlaer
    @keironlaer 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Sorry, what??? My next trip to Asda's is literally gonna be me finding as many replacements as possible, cheers 😅This video couldn't have popped up at a better time lol, in this economy, I'm willing to swap the Digestives and Salt and Vinegar Walker's with Asda's ones.

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Some brands are SO expensive, I started buying the own-label versions years ago. I usually only buy branded when on special offer.

  • @dprid
    @dprid 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I grew up overlooking Belton Farm where that cheese comes from (Shropshire). Of course they have a big factory out the back now producing all sorts of cheese, and they have their own tanker fleet delivering milk to it.

  • @pittodrie19831
    @pittodrie19831 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You are absolutely glowing these days.

  • @readmylisp
    @readmylisp 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    You are a real treat .

  • @suesue1486
    @suesue1486 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love your taste test vids. x

  • @user-ze5tu4ck1t
    @user-ze5tu4ck1t 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I worked at a Firm that produce d ,Cardboard boxes and did the Printing everytime we a John Smiths order we got an Asda own Bitter order as well. Didn't take much working out Asda Bitter was John Smiths.

  • @alanmon2690
    @alanmon2690 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My mother used to work for Kiplings on the bakery line making cakes for any one . Sometimes M&S would send the cakes back and they would be re-packaged and sent to another supermarket. I nearly always buy the own brands.

    • @bobblebardsley
      @bobblebardsley 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      One Christmas my parents bought a bag of frozen prawns from Tesco and when we opened it, inside it was a complete bag of frozen prawns from Morrisons, still in the sealed Morrisons packaging. One bag said they were caught in the North Atlantic, the other said the South Atlantic 😅

  • @charlestaylor9424
    @charlestaylor9424 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My sister worked for a clothing manufacturer and any jackets that M&S rejected had the labels changed to Country Casuals.

  • @NicholasJH96
    @NicholasJH96 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I tried a Tesco GF Bakewell tart & back then I used to have mr Kipling baked well tarts weekly. I literally couldn’t tell the difference.

  • @bobblebardsley
    @bobblebardsley 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Completely agree on Mr Kipling, they're fine, I'll eat them, would not pay full price for a pack out of choice. Nearly 50p for one processed average bakewell tart?? No thanks. Aside from that as an Asda shopper I do think Asda own-brand products are often pretty good, like if you had to choose a UK mainstream supermarket for price, quality and range, Asda's own-brand (both standard own-brand and their dirt-cheap Just Essentials stuff) is reliably good. A taste test comparing the cheapest own-brand products from the different supermarkets would be interesting, I know you did Aldi vs Waitrose. Asda vs Tesco vs Morrisons vs Sainsburys (or any 2-3 of those) would be interesting to see if one consistently comes out on top.

  • @rolanddunk5054
    @rolanddunk5054 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi,Alanna as usual your subject matter is prime time value,cheers Roly 🇬🇧.

  • @wolfie854
    @wolfie854 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love these videos. Keep them coming. I expect you have to go and have a lie down after you've done a taste test.

  • @heskeyisgod8039
    @heskeyisgod8039 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video Alanna! I usually buy the supermarket brand except for cereal where i do notice a big difference.

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sometimes, though Aldi's honey-nut cornflakes, and apricot wheaties are very good.

  • @portland-182
    @portland-182 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great stuff - Pot Noodle must have been on offer, they're usually around £1 -Tesco vs Aldi next?

  • @steveaga4683
    @steveaga4683 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A proper bean test would include Lidl, Aldi, Tesco and ASDA.

  • @gerrimilner9448
    @gerrimilner9448 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    some companies produce products for supermarkets, hovis, kipling and until recently benadicts chocolates are all close to me and i know people that have worked in all of them all making products for supermarkets. in each case they are exactly the same product, with different labeling, though a couple of kipling cakes are finished differently (twisted round so the pattern on top is at a different angle) benadicts used to make their posh mint chocolates for aldi, different wrappers and packets, but exactly the same chocolates, the aldi pack was twice the size and half the price, but it had the address of the benadicts factory on the specially made for aldi bit(the factory moved a few years ago and i don't know if this is still true), cannot remember which supermarkets kipling make for, but i shopped in asda last time i had that conversation and they were not on the list, and hovis grind most of UK flour, just into lots of different bags

  • @RoyCousins
    @RoyCousins 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    As others have pointed out, Branston Baked Beans (formerly Crosse & Blackwell) are better quality than Heinz.
    The quality of Mr Kipling products went downhill many years ago.
    Walkers (Pepsico) decided that Salt & Vinegar crisps should be green, rather than the traditional blue and swapped the colour with Cheese & Onion. Now own brands have followed the market leader.

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Walkers is the British version of Lays, which uses both blue and green for Salt & Vinegar crisps (chips) depending on which market you're in.

  • @zeideerskine3462
    @zeideerskine3462 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Oreo is actually a knock off, too. The original is called Hydrox.

  • @RubbishGimpy
    @RubbishGimpy 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    23:40 Friday night and you have made me hungry.
    Nuts, nuts would make a good taste test.

  • @artyonehundred
    @artyonehundred 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Branston baked beans are better than Heinz; discuss! :D
    Try the smoked Red Leicester from Red Fox, it's great!
    Shouldn't the flag for the Oreo be a US flag?
    Sorry, the 'King of Pot Noodle' is the 'Bombay Bad Boy'!!
    (as an aside when one makes up this type of product: noodles, cup-a-soup etc; take no notice of the timings they give you and leave the product for 15 minutes at least!)
    Definitely agree with Mr. Kipling being 'average'!
    Lovely taste test, keep up the good work!

    • @jfergs.3302
      @jfergs.3302 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Branston over Heinz... I concur :)

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Heinz are better than Branston. I hate almost all smoke-flavoured foods. The #1 pot noodle will always be beef & tomato. After 5 or 6 mins any extra time won't make any difference unless chewing is against your religion ;-)

    • @PippetWhippet
      @PippetWhippet 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Branston yes! Thank goodness they seem to have dumped those weak can pulls as well. Either a solid one (like everyone else does) or none at all. I’m sure they were inundated with requests to add a can pull but knew they were getting a lot of success at their price point and were unwilling to put up the prices so used such cheap and nasty pulls that they almost ruined it. There was a real knack to their pulls but otherwise the pull just broke off in your hand and to add injury to insult, then your tin opener wouldn’t work properly either. You have to break out the one on a penknife!
      Has to be actually smoked. Liquid smoke or smoke flavour is gross but real smoke is sublime.

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Mondeles makes UK Oreos in the UK, it's an international brand. We don't get them in round tubes in Canada. Here they're packed in plastic trays inside the foil wrapper.

  • @midnightwind8067
    @midnightwind8067 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Man prices in the UK are wild. USA prices are like at least 10 times that or more.

    • @DavidBennell
      @DavidBennell 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      all these UK prices are like 50% higher than like 2020

    • @jonathanfinan722
      @jonathanfinan722 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "like"@@DavidBennell

    • @Drew-Dastardly
      @Drew-Dastardly 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jonathanfinan722 "like" in this context is just a short a short way of saying approximately. You know what I mean, like?

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      a slight exaggeration

    • @ElizabethWoodville-Grey
      @ElizabethWoodville-Grey 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Watching from Australia. A three pack of Heinz beans is the cheapest way to buy them here and the cans are half size. The pack of three costs $6. Biscuits are much more expensive here too and the UK has a sugar tax!

  • @jcasillas78
    @jcasillas78 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video!

  • @stephenlee5929
    @stephenlee5929 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanx Alanna, this was not a big surprise to me, I always try the Own brand, for most products, its rarely worse and almost always much better price.
    Agree with your Cheese observation, but there aren't that many 'brand' type cheese options.
    What did surprise me was Heinz Beanz, tried alternatives in the past and stuck with Heinz, might try off brand again.
    The other thing i have generally stuck to brand on is Tomato and Brown Sauces.

  • @martinjackman2943
    @martinjackman2943 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Do you like Kipling?" ...
    "I dont know..Ive never kippled "
    (Morecombe and Wise)

  • @hardywatkins7737
    @hardywatkins7737 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm perfectly happy with Tesco's stockwell brand baked beans. I think they're about 26p.

  • @isaacplaysbass8568
    @isaacplaysbass8568 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pot Noodle have brought out a packet version "Lost The Pot" (love the play on words) which I rate far more highly than the potted version.
    Partly it's the noodles, they're thicker as you cook them in a pa, so have a far better texture, and the flavour is nicer.
    I usually sautée chopped green onions, a little meat, some mushrooms etc,then add the noodles and the water (just-boiled from the kettle).

  • @FormulaProg
    @FormulaProg 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Even though i agree they're all pretty similar, if you were born and raised here we cam definitely tell the difference especially in biscuits. Dip thr cheap ones in your tea they crumble in 2 seconds the mcvitie ones stay together. Heinz beans are way creamier too.

  • @paulguise698
    @paulguise698 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hiya Alanna, I like these taste test's, there amazingly funny, I cant believe how many own company brands you plumbed for rather the expensive ones, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbia, England

  • @michaelarcher6278
    @michaelarcher6278 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I worked for Asda for over 40 years, still shop there now.
    Most of the own branded food is fine, not always as good as branded but certainly cheaper.
    Best own branded item I buy are the tin tomatoes, let's face it... a tin Tom is a tin Tom 😂

    • @JamesLMason
      @JamesLMason 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think that's true of the general bottom of the heap tins but as soon as you get into some of the better brands, there's a world of difference. If I was making a chilli, I probably wouldn't bother but where tomato is the dominant flavour I'll go for something like Mutti.

    • @bengilliam7877
      @bengilliam7877 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I used to shop at Asda then realised how much more expensive it was for products that were of lower quality than the Lidl equivalent

  • @stephenhorton
    @stephenhorton 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Back when I had the choice I'd always pick ASDA over Tescos for own brand stuff. I no longer live near either - these days I need to pick out of Morrisons, Sainsburys, Booths (the Waitrose of the north-west), Aldis or Iceland - Booths is best, but my wallet really feels a shop there, haha

  • @simonmeadows7961
    @simonmeadows7961 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Has it finally happened? At 0:32, has Mr and Naps finally put in an appearance on camera?

    • @davidsummerfield2594
      @davidsummerfield2594 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Tip! Reflection! 😀😀😀

    • @docostler
      @docostler 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Gosh, no. I've seen at least two other vids where the butler's body parts make an appearance. So far we know, absolutely, that Mr And Naps has two hands and a right foot.

  • @moxiebyproxy
    @moxiebyproxy 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A thousand viewers all yelling: "The fork's the wrong way round!"

  • @yellowjackboots2624
    @yellowjackboots2624 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Alana, I just watched your Bullseye episode. You need to check out Strike It Lucky with Michael Barrymore. It's even more hilarious. Michael had a fall from grace but is a good guy 👍🏼

  • @DrDaveW
    @DrDaveW 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I stopped buying Heinz ketchup a few months ago, and now I think I am officially "unbranded". Old enough to remember when supermarkets first started introducing their own brands, and they were usually inferior.

    • @PippetWhippet
      @PippetWhippet 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Morrisons stock a polish ketchup that is by far the best to my tastes in the uk outside of the really expensive ones (stokes is better but 3 times the price)

  • @voodooacidman
    @voodooacidman 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    when handling cherry bakewell tarts, it is mandatory to hold two in front of your chest and say " oooh - errr missus!" terrible but true. and people thinks we British ase ever so sophisticated =/. big love to all people :)

    • @geoffpriestley7310
      @geoffpriestley7310 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Franky h your showing your age

    • @PippetWhippet
      @PippetWhippet 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@geoffpriestley7310I honestly can’t tell if you’re saying that they are young and immature or old with a comedy sense from when they were young.

  • @daffyduk77
    @daffyduk77 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Aldi's milk choc digestives are 69p for 300g now. They're not bad too.

  • @HootMaRoot
    @HootMaRoot 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Salt and vinegar should always be in a blue packet. I stick mostly or supermarket own brand as they often contain a lot less sugar in them

    • @JamesLMason
      @JamesLMason 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      A light blue packet at that. Dark blue was ready salted.

    • @HootMaRoot
      @HootMaRoot 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@JamesLMason good to see a Golden Wonder fan, we are in short supply these days since walkers came in and sold crisps cheaper as they use a not so great potato for their crisps

    • @weedle30
      @weedle30 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Salt n vinegar in a blue coloured packet and cheese n onion in a green coloured one should be THE LAW!!!!! 😡😡😡 - blimming Walkers aka Lays - it’s their fault!! 🤬🤬🤯🤯

    • @tonys1636
      @tonys1636 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Walkers S&V has always been green.

    • @weedle30
      @weedle30 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@tonys1636 maybe…. But having grown up with both Golden Wonder & Smith’s Crisps, when they were 5d a packet! until their eventual demise by being taken over, I had never seen or heard of Walker’s! Still not overly keen on the brand but 🤷if you love a crisp like I do….. I buy Tyrell’s - but they only sell crisps in 150gm packets and I end up eating the whole bag 😖🥺😟

  • @markmellers2055
    @markmellers2055 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If baked beans on toast are our thing. We are in big trouble...

  • @martinjackman2943
    @martinjackman2943 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fun Vid ...Thanks Alanna

  • @klondikechris
    @klondikechris 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    While living in Kingston ON, I visited England and found the food processor were extremely high. Mind you, this was a few years ago. I live in the Klondike now, Yukon territory, and your prices are so much lower than I what I pay! For example, the digestive cookies run around $5 a pack a here at least. Tinned beans are about a buck and a half or more.

  • @Tanuj186
    @Tanuj186 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Asda has just gained a customer for their own brand. That's a win!!

  • @daranphilipson1025
    @daranphilipson1025 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Milk dunking!!! How very North American.
    We dunk in tea.

  • @cyph3r76
    @cyph3r76 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I agree on the crisps, asda ones are so flavourful, especially the salt n vinegar. Aldi comparison next?

  • @DrDaveW
    @DrDaveW 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    An M&S against popular brands would be interesting. They only sold M&S branded products, and then changed their mind, gradually introducing Heinz beans and ketchup, etc.

  • @baronthorsteinn
    @baronthorsteinn 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A top tip on own-brands to avoid: Morrisons Savers spaghetti hoops. I have no idea if it's just the "value" brands, whether it's just Morrisons, or whether this was a bad batch, but those has the most watery and tasteless sauce I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. They are beaten in awfulness by only one product: *French* baked beans. Sacre bleu! Suffice to say they're probably not high on the priority list for most Frenchies, but if they could at least make the tomato sauce with tomatoes instead of flour, they'd be doing a lot better.

  • @adrianmcgrath1984
    @adrianmcgrath1984 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    For the most part, the supermarket brands are made by the original manufacturers. They may alter the recipe for supermarkets - this sometimes means less expensive ingredients, remember the supermarkets don't want you to buy their own brand. If they aren't lowering the quality, they typically use unattractive packaging. Obviously they make more money selling you a can of beans at 1.49p than they do 27p. But they do want to be able to advertise the super low price. Their hope is that you will buy the name brand, or that you will show up for the cheap stuff, then can't bring themselves to "cheap out" on certain things

  • @linkash4167
    @linkash4167 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had a Mr Kipling bakewell once and thought I didn't like bakewell tarts at all but I tried a Tesco finest one recently and get them regularly now, they are £2.45 for 2 (large ones) though

  • @andy2950
    @andy2950 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I thought the picture of you holding the Bakewells in front of yourself would make a great thumbnail. 😮

  • @jobucknall1408
    @jobucknall1408 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You should have tried Asda Beans against the best Beans which are Branston, the sauce in Heinz Beans is so watery.

  • @tangfastic7075
    @tangfastic7075 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bring back the glasses. Canada's very own Deirdre Barlow.

  • @robertwatford7425
    @robertwatford7425 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That's free ASDA Bakewell Tarts for you for the rest of the year!

  • @002DrEvil
    @002DrEvil 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It just goes to prove that with the more popular brands you're basically just paying for the advertising.

  • @chrissmith2114
    @chrissmith2114 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Most 'own brand' supermarket foods are made on same production line as branded goods, and get a different label on them at the end...

    • @randommusic4567
      @randommusic4567 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Whilst they are made in the same factories, (it costs millions of pounds to set up a product line) they will often use a different set of ingredients in own brand packs, so it is often not just a different label.
      An easy way to tell is to look at the list of ingredients and nutrition info on the pack, if it was exactly the same product then this info would be exactly the same

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic1 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sometimes the "own brand" stuff tastes better as you proved

  • @SteveMikre44
    @SteveMikre44 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Looks like the winner was the UK consumer. Thanks Alanna...🇬🇧

  • @fasteddie406
    @fasteddie406 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Never really did store brands until about 2 years ago thx to the fuel bills rise so wanted to save. Best thing I ever did, maybe reduced my brand name buying by 70% and considering the price rise of Birdseye and Heinz the savings are crazy. Also buying something a little less tasty is good for you as your less tempted to over eat..

  • @neilbiggs1353
    @neilbiggs1353 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Some of my favourite cheddars are Sainsbury's own brands, their farmhouse cheddar is awesome in sandwiches. Won't be surprised if some ASDA own brand stuff is good

  • @eric-wb7gj
    @eric-wb7gj 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    TY🙏🙏

  • @njc84
    @njc84 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I shop at ASDA and get a fair few of the own brands. The only one I really notice a difference in are their own brand potato waffles compared to Birdseye. Birdseye are nicer, but also much higher salt content, so I opt for the less tasty own brand, but they're still edible so I'm happy enough 😂

  • @jockeyladjockeylad8492
    @jockeyladjockeylad8492 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Once upon a time I was a "Heinz Baked Beans or I'll go without" kiddy - then I had an epiphany. Beans on Toast meant lots of Black Pepper & Extra Mature Cheddar - would another, cheaper brand sour the experience? Turns out it doesn't - & a penny saved is a penny earned. I'm not so blind to bargain these days.
    I can't believe I wrote the previous paragraph - no more rock n roll street cred for this biker boy.

  • @katrinabryce
    @katrinabryce 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pretty much all the own-brand biscuits are actually made by McVities. That's why you couldn't tell the difference. That isn't the case with some of the other own-brand products, like crisps.
    For cheese, meat, fruit, and things like that, the supermarket brands are the major brands. I don't think people really go for third-party brands. If you wanted a better/more expensive Red Leicester, you would go for the Asda standard or Asdfa Extra Special rather than Asda Essentials. Belton Farm by the way is one of Tesco's fake brands, similar to what Aldi and Lidl have always done.

  • @rklrkl64
    @rklrkl64 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Walkers "standard" crisps are pretty poor IMHO - their salt'n'vinegar is dull and easily matched or beaten by any supermarket's own brand version. If you can find them, Golden Wonder's salt'n'vinegar crisps beat both of the Asda and Walkers versions - they have a much stronger flavour.

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In Canada, we prefer Old Dutch over Lays (Walkers equivalent here). The flavours are stronger and the chips (crisps) fresher.

  • @jrswinhoe58
    @jrswinhoe58 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fox's do spread their Cookies and biscuit bars in other firms covers

  • @phillipgwynne6580
    @phillipgwynne6580 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Some Asda items years ago such as Rich tea biscuits, and I'm sure even the chocolate digestives, and especially cans of coke tasted or even felt a lot different to the market leading brands, and because it wasn't 'normal' you may not be keen at first, but after a while, I think i actually started prefering Asda's own brands more, but just a few days going back to branded, I now prefer the branded. Coke, nothing will ever beat pepsi max, but Asda diet coke will always make a refreshing change. For some reason (that probably when I was a toddler age), I'll never want to buy Supermarket cornflake serial, it's Kellog's or nothing, but sure there's a few other brands that'll prove me wrong.

  • @justinr7542
    @justinr7542 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The ASDA pot noodle packaging reminds me of No Name brand cup noodle from Loblaws

  • @christopherfox735
    @christopherfox735 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great experiment. Any chance of doing the same with Waitrose v Marks & Spencer.

  • @paullewis886
    @paullewis886 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great idea

  • @eustaquiozambrano2974
    @eustaquiozambrano2974 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice video
    Have an amazing wonderful day ❤

  • @mondrus72
    @mondrus72 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Two things on the Pot Noodle.
    The price of 65p is misleading. They are on offer at the moment in various shops. They have been about £1.30 for ages and that is the usual price. Also the fake pot noodles are always a different type of noodle. They are closer to the super noodle/ ramen style noodle. You really can't get a fake Pot Noodle with EXACT same noodles as the real one.