As a young lad in the late 1960s, my mum would buy a Fray Bentos steak and kidney pie for us as a treat. In those days the company produced really good pies. My mum and dad's favourite was mince beef and onion. I have to say that today the company is a mere shadow of what it used to be. I would not touch a Fray Bentos product with a barge pole these days.
I remember those days. I used to love Campbell's Meatballs. I tried a can of them a couple of years ago. It smells like Pedigree Chum And they were the same consistency as the ones in the above video
aye. and any other animal by-products conveniently hanging around. it's the whole 'sunny D' debacle all over again! (look that one up. tells you a lot of how a company got screwed for screwing people buying what they thought was 'orange juice'.) @@leonskum.5682
That's one way to polish a turd. Well done Gareth for taking one for the team, your expressions did make me laugh. 😂 Roast pork belly is just about to go in here. 👍
Afternoon Gareth! I spent nearly a decade working in Sweden and this 'food' would not be given to rats. As uninspiring as those ham and cheese toastie tiles from yesterday. A company whose quality has been declining steadily over recent years, do you think the real cost of proper grub these days, is forcing food companues to use the stuff that would normally hived off and sold as pig-swill, just to see if they can get away with the scam? Many thanks from all of us for forcing your taste buds to suffer this one on our behalf. VBW x
The prices we have to pay now, the people will no longer be fooled with this rubbish. Fray Bentos should know better as a well established company. We've all bought their tinned pies from time to time and this is how they repay us for our loyalty? Awful.
Yep. I worked in Sweden in the top hotels and restaurants there and got to eat what I wanted from their menus. Some very good quality food. Btw, I've never found "produced" Swedish Meatballs here to be anything like the original. Have you?
Thanks for trying these, there have been a few things on the channel which I probably would pick up to try, only to be disappointed, but watching your reviews means I can save myself the cost and waste, great channel, keep up the good work👍🏻 I think you will have to create a "No!, no! no!" Playlist for the yuk stuff.
The look on your face at 6.33 says it all. I think you deserve a medal for the service you give to the community. I shall be giving these a wide berth, I always smile at your reviews though.
Frey Bentos. Just whisper it and (elderly) grown men will get teary eyed and nostalgic. Back in the day this was even slang for "good eats". You looked forward to a Frey Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie Inna Tin. Then they took all the meat out circa 2005. I hear they made a comeback (by putting the meat back in) but now have some 30+ ingredients in them. Wowzer.
Ben from Perth Aus. Just went oot for a swim, been 90 degrees here, then got home and my favourite man has just posted! Thanks mr BFG U made my day cobber!
Meatballs are as quintessentially Swedish as it gets. In their most traditional form Swedish meatballs ('köttbullar') are made of ground pork and beef, cream, egg and onion.
@@JohnDoe-ji8dq whatever I bake ends up burnt 🔥 I tried making scones the other day I looked at them after 12 minutes they had risen but didn't have any colour on them so I made the mistake of turning the oven up slightly and leaving them another five minutes. Only just saved them.
Its a bit embarrassing when Tesco own brand meatballs taste better for half the price , though only eat this rubbish if your on benefits and cant afford real food LOL
I'm sorry but that made me laugh. Your face!! 😂. The determination on your face as you forced that second mouthful down. The courage you show for our benefit!!
Loved how after the first bite you knew it was awful yet soldiered through to try again, your easily 1 of my favourite TH-cam channels 👏🏻 keep it up m8
My wife and I used to eat a Fray Bentos pie in a tin roughly about every 1-2 weeks. Loved the pastry bit. One day I looked at the dietary information, my god the fat/salt content was scary never noticed it before. The tins should label 'only eat no more than two tins per year'.
@@EdsCanineAcademy As you imply, nothing wrong in moderation, but as a product it is still real food. Food is anything that provides nutrition and energy, regardless of what those nutrients are, the proportions of them, the nature of the food itself, or how good/bad it tastes. Ultimately everything we eat is a product - either a product of nature, or we harness those raw materials and do something with them. Sometimes they are heavily processed, sometimes they are simply combined and prepared, but all of it is real food.
Most tinned meatballs tin used to be pork meatballs, but vast majority have switched to chicken like with hot dogs. I just get the tomato sauce ones and fancy them up with different herbs and spices
Your face perfectly sums up Fray Bentos today. Time to consign to the dustbin of history. Thank you very much for trying them so the rest of us don't have to.
Well done Gareth I tried these last week OMG they were disgusting I think its all the rubbish left over and they're putting it into these "meatballs" (s++tballs) won't be trying Fray Bentos anything in future. Gave them to the cat he licked the gravy and ran away 😮 urrghh i feel sick thinking about the taste. Thanks for what you do you're a brave bloke indeed 😂
For some obscure reason, IKEA make nice or good tasting Swedish meat balls and gravy. I’ve only eaten them on one occasion, they came with a red currant sauce of some stripe, they were quite good though as I recall. Those Fray Bentos meatballs had me cringing, I would never buy them, but you did and you confirmed my thoughts. Thank you for that. Now just Chuck them into the bin and go find something else! A pound!!!! FFS! How good were we expecting them to be? Well done pal.
How good were we expecting them to be for £1? A fair question. I would suggest: edible, at the very least. This product is, frankly, an insult to the consumer. It also reflects badly on B&M.
I always loved the fray bentos pie when we were kids, I often wonder how my parents made 2 pies for myself and siblings 6 of us in total go round, you need a medal for trying them balls of doom lol thanks Gareth❤
15% I think the chicken must have fallen in and then was rescued. Your a brave man I would have opened the tin looked and binned it. We expect better from Fray Bentos, I think I will be saving a pound 🤣.
I've seen Asda do their own brand Chicken meatball tins (in Tomato sauce) for 95p and 77% chicken. Not tried myself but do you doing fancy doing a comparison?
Had proper laugh at this one. You're reaction to first taste was priceless. I've seen you eat some things I wouldn't go near ( soggy uncooked fray bentos pastry springs to mind 🤢) and you've enjoyed them so I assume these must be rancid
Coincidentally, I have just had a tin of Lidl chicken meatballs . All good. The tin states that the meatballs are 77% chicken.Cost 85p per October dated receipt, 380g. I buy them regularly. Decent cheap lunch. I used to buy the Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies for the same reason, I don't any more since it seems that they no longer care about the quality, big disappointment. Thanks for the helpful videos.
I started buying supermarket home brand tinned meatballs in gravy earlier this year as a cheaper alternative when the price of Westlers tinned burgers started to go up. I only have them when i come home after a night out, usually with some microwave mashed potato. All the brands i've tried have very thin gravy, so i add some gravy granules to thicken it up and add a bit of flavour. I must say though that these meatballs with the Swedish style gravy look so un-appetising that i don't think even looking at them through slightly glazed eyes would tempt me to try them.
The best tinned meatballs used to be Campbells, they changed recipe some years ago and are utterly disgusting. These food companies have a flipping cheek producing products like that.
I agree. These are so bad, you can't even say they are OK for the price. There are better meals in a tin available for the same cost or less. These were made by Baxters Food Group Ltd, in Fochabers, Scotland. They really should know better.
@@the_once-and-future_king. I don't get the point of ruining a perfectly good product. They were my quick meal go to I used to add sauted onion and garlic, I really miss the old recipe.
Hi when they put water on top of the list on the tin what you get is the water boiling off when cooking? then you are ripped off. thankyou for pointing it out.
I've had the Tomato gravy ones, usually have them with Pasta and cheese. It's a cheap filling meal, not the best quality in the world but not the worst.
I was given a can of these in a Government food hamper at the start of Covid. I have been reluctant opening the can ever since and you have convinced me that it was the correct decision. Into the local food bank bank it goes for someone more adventurous and hungry. Thanks Gareth.
Funny story. I bought these and they were horrible so instead of binning them I put them in a wee bowl for my cocker spaniel who eats everything. He walks over sniffs around the bowl sniffed around the meatballs and just looked up at me , had another look at them and walked out!!!
Got to Agree with you Gareth,🤮🤢👎I have tried them ,They were that bad the bin didn't like them either. I love the Fray Bentos meat balls in gravy over mash or chips. You were saying about pukker pies I don't like any of there pies not enough filling in them and I think they taste bland. Great review ,Take care👍
Hi! Me and my partner always watch your videos and we especially like your comparison videos. Anyway this morning we bought Greggs sausage rolls and corned beef bakes from Iceland. Neither of us thought they tasted the same as ones bought from an actual Greggs. We both thought this would be a good idea for a comparison video, Iceland Greggs vs Greggs Greggs
Hey fella ,been watching yer vids for couple years ,well good because your fair and honest .No BS ingredient.. Ex Pat now in Oz .keep it real ,hope yer making a good Quid. BFG.
When you mentioned they cost just £1 i had visions of them flying off the shelves but, after watching your expression i think they`ll be sitting on the shelves till the end of the sell by date once the unsuspecting public try them thinking they`re getting a bargain. Fray Bentos always seem to get it wrong.
Well done, Gaz! I might have tried that... Not now!! The black pack of meatballs in the chiller cabinet are £1 I put them in a tin of mushroom soup. Aldi now do Swedish gravy granules, so I can see an experiment on the horizon
As a kid I used to love Campbells meatballs so about a year ago I tried to get a tin only to find the only type co-op stocked was princes - so I bought one, it turned out that the meatballs were chicken instead of beef and they were disgusting, they were consigned to the bin
I'd got no intention of buying that crap, but watched the vid just for the enjoyment of your reaction! Comedy gold! Well done for enduring that for our entertainment!😂😂
I'm mid 40's now and love a good moan 😂 .. I love your rants when you don't like something it's funny ... I been following you since you had about 7k followers and you cheered me up no end during lockdown especially 👌
Hi Gareth, your face was so funny eating that crap!!!! but really i think this food is for camping. If you had done a 25 mile walk is the cold and wet, you get back to your tent and you open and cook this, you will be in heaven............. or not. Thanks for the review.
Aldi need to sort out their stock levels before they consider introducing more products. In the last few weeks, they've been out of chicken tempura strips for at least a month, they were out of frozen vegetables and this week they were out of chips.
As you know from travelling abroad... 🙂TASTE is a matter of TASTE... HENCE... Palettes can accept or BIN.. 👍and gotta say... good honest review... but when it comes to YOUR experience... 'BIN' there 😀Whoa... oh yes...
A massive indication that these were going to be inedible is the 15% CHICKEN on the label. I suggest Fray Bentos stop calling them CHICKEN and relabel them as SQUASH BALLS !!!
I tried a Fray Bentos pie once when I was at Uni, 30 years ago. It went in the bin and I've never touched anything made by them since. I dunno how they're still in business.
Well I am shocked at the low quality food that these manufacturers are putting out for human consumption 😮. But saying that they were serving something like this in Egypt in an all-inclusive hotel everyday lunch and dinner absolutely vile. I think the store cupboard was piled high with tins of Fray Bentos out there 😂🤮. Thank you once again for saving me money and my taste buds.lol😁. Just to say Aldi does some fresh ready cooked meatballs in the chilled section and they are good quality and high meat content with 81%pork. They are next to the German frikadellens in the fridge.👍
Fray Bentos was originally an Argentinan company, now British owned. The pies were crap in the 60's God knows what they're like now. Well done Gareth. Just going to have lunch so I'll watch the rest later.
Hi Gareth from Spain where it's cloudy and only 24° - soon have to get the logburner going to warm the house. No words were necessary - your face said it all. I've had the Ikea ones and they weren't too bad, nothing like these.
Just had an idea! Frey Bentos should advertise those chicken balls as an S&M device for people into self abuse! 😂 Your face said it all Gareth! a true food Hero take care mate
Gareth we have Swedish meatballs and cover them in chilli 🌶️ flakes 10 minutes in air fryer put chilli flakes on after 5 minutes of cooking so it sticks lovely with pepper corn sauce and chips 👍
As a student in the 90s I ate quite a few Fray Bentos pies. They were very decent back then. Seems standards have dropped a lot over the years. How can chicken meat balls only contain 15% chicken?!! Do Lidl still do those pork and beef meatballs in tomato sauce that they sold in the early to mid 00s? Came in a blue tin. Used to eat a lot of those when I lived in the UK.
As i gave up eating red meat a while back I have been thinking of buying chicken meat balls but after reading ingredients oh yuk. So i make fresh with chicken breast I mince with herbs and spices shape into balls. Perfect fresh chicken koftas .
I think Fray Bentos product is really from an earlier era when most of us couldn't afford better quality. My grandmother loved their 'steak and kidney' pie - which even as a child I wouldn't go near...
As a young lad in the late 1960s, my mum would buy a Fray Bentos steak and kidney pie for us as a treat. In those days the company produced really good pies. My mum and dad's favourite was mince beef and onion. I have to say that today the company is a mere shadow of what it used to be. I would not touch a Fray Bentos product with a barge pole these days.
I remember those days. I used to love Campbell's Meatballs. I tried a can of them a couple of years ago. It smells like Pedigree Chum
And they were the same consistency as the ones in the above video
100% Fray Bentos used to be good quality, now they are just a pot of pi$$.
Remember wagon wheels and curly wurly . How big they was in those days.
Bought a can of Heinz spaghetti and meatballs last week. Not like they used to be! Meatballs were too small and way too much sauce!
@@jamespeet3060 if u can calkl it sauce , 90% water
15% chicken? It should be illegal to call them meatballs.
3:49 looks more like the Bristol Stool Chart 🤢
should be illegal to call it food. 🤣
'Chicken'.
aye. and any other animal by-products conveniently hanging around.
it's the whole 'sunny D' debacle all over again! (look that one up. tells you a lot of how a company got screwed for screwing people buying what they thought was 'orange juice'.) @@leonskum.5682
If King Charles was to order meatballs for his tea, big ears would order these. Fit for a crap monarch.
That's one way to polish a turd. Well done Gareth for taking one for the team, your expressions did make me laugh. 😂 Roast pork belly is just about to go in here. 👍
His facial expressions said it all 🤮🤢 😂
@@floydian4797 lol😂
I was in stitches lol
@@floydian4797 Is that a Kier reference ? 😄
Enjoy your pork belly. That's one of my favourite cuts of meat. I love it!
I wouldn't even give that to my dog...
and I've not even got a dog!!! 🙃
🤣
Well not anymore 😂
Afternoon Gareth! I spent nearly a decade working in Sweden and this 'food' would not be given to rats. As uninspiring as those ham and cheese toastie tiles from yesterday. A company whose quality has been declining steadily over recent years, do you think the real cost of proper grub these days, is forcing food companues to use the stuff that would normally hived off and sold as pig-swill, just to see if they can get away with the scam? Many thanks from all of us for forcing your taste buds to suffer this one on our behalf. VBW x
Yes absolutely shocking mate.
The prices we have to pay now, the people will no longer be fooled with this rubbish. Fray Bentos should know better as a well established company. We've all bought their tinned pies from time to time and this is how they repay us for our loyalty? Awful.
Yep. I worked in Sweden in the top hotels and restaurants there and got to eat what I wanted from their menus. Some very good quality food. Btw, I've never found "produced" Swedish Meatballs here to be anything like the original. Have you?
It's like a morbid curiosity to watch a random, yet oddly familiar bald man review food I wouldn't go near, I saltue you for going where I dare not
The man’s a legend 🤣🙌
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gareth, I could hardly drink my tea watching you try to swallow those 🤢 well done for getting it down! ❤
Produced using UK and non-UK chicken.
Well that narrows down the origin 😂
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Thanks for trying these, there have been a few things on the channel which I probably would pick up to try, only to be disappointed, but watching your reviews means I can save myself the cost and waste, great channel, keep up the good work👍🏻
I think you will have to create a "No!, no! no!" Playlist for the yuk stuff.
You're welcome 😊
The look on your face at 6.33 says it all. I think you deserve a medal for the service you give to the community. I shall be giving these a wide berth, I always smile at your reviews though.
Champion 🏆💪
Frey Bentos. Just whisper it and (elderly) grown men will get teary eyed and nostalgic. Back in the day this was even slang for "good eats". You looked forward to a Frey Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie Inna Tin. Then they took all the meat out circa 2005. I hear they made a comeback (by putting the meat back in) but now have some 30+ ingredients in them. Wowzer.
Ben from Perth Aus. Just went oot for a swim, been 90 degrees here, then got home and my favourite man has just posted! Thanks mr BFG U made my day cobber!
Meatballs are as quintessentially Swedish as it gets. In their most traditional form Swedish meatballs ('köttbullar') are made of ground pork and beef, cream, egg and onion.
Und Elch.
These haven’t been anywhere near Sweden ! Haven’t been near a chicken either by the looks of it !
I wouldn’t give anything from fray bentos to my dogs , last time I had a pie it smelled worse than tinned dog food
I tend to bake 'burnt' & turn it over with marrowfat peas.
Some premium dog & cat food actually looks quite appealing these days 😉
Same can’t be said for Fray Bentos “offerings” nowadays
@@aalexjohna QUALITY 🤣🤣
@@JohnDoe-ji8dq whatever I bake ends up burnt 🔥 I tried making scones the other day I looked at them after 12 minutes they had risen but didn't have any colour on them so I made the mistake of turning the oven up slightly and leaving them another five minutes. Only just saved them.
@@kevowski yeah your better of getting pedigree chum, Pal 😆
The thought of them, yuk! I haven't even seen the video yet but I know that they'll be gross. Thanks in advance for another honest review 💜💜💜
You're welcome 😊
Its a bit embarrassing when Tesco own brand meatballs taste better for half the price , though only eat this rubbish if your on benefits and cant afford real food LOL
I'm sorry but that made me laugh. Your face!! 😂. The determination on your face as you forced that second mouthful down. The courage you show for our benefit!!
Reminds me of something my cat brought up! 😂
The look on the face is priceless.
Cheered me up no end.
😂😂
Well done Gareth, took one for the team there 😂
Haha not good
Loved how after the first bite you knew it was awful yet soldiered through to try again, your easily 1 of my favourite TH-cam channels 👏🏻 keep it up m8
Cheers pal
My wife and I used to eat a Fray Bentos pie in a tin roughly about every 1-2 weeks. Loved the pastry bit. One day I looked at the dietary information, my god the fat/salt content was scary never noticed it before. The tins should label 'only eat no more than two tins per year'.
@@EdsCanineAcademy As you imply, nothing wrong in moderation, but as a product it is still real food. Food is anything that provides nutrition and energy, regardless of what those nutrients are, the proportions of them, the nature of the food itself, or how good/bad it tastes. Ultimately everything we eat is a product - either a product of nature, or we harness those raw materials and do something with them. Sometimes they are heavily processed, sometimes they are simply combined and prepared, but all of it is real food.
Most tinned meatballs tin used to be pork meatballs, but vast majority have switched to chicken like with hot dogs. I just get the tomato sauce ones and fancy them up with different herbs and spices
they changed the recipe to sell them in the Middle East
Thanks Gaz for putting your taste buds on the front line again so we can save a few squid, so it's a oh no no from me, it looked awful bud. 😜🙃😉🏆
No worries mate
Your face perfectly sums up Fray Bentos today. Time to consign to the dustbin of history. Thank you very much for trying them so the rest of us don't have to.
My pleasure!
Well done Gareth I tried these last week OMG they were disgusting I think its all the rubbish left over and they're putting it into these "meatballs" (s++tballs) won't be trying Fray Bentos anything in future.
Gave them to the cat he licked the gravy and ran away 😮 urrghh i feel sick thinking about the taste. Thanks for what you do you're a brave bloke indeed 😂
That says it all, a cat that's quite happy to lick it's own ar** couldn't bare the thought of eating it🤣🤣👍
Yes not good are they
That face is priceless tells you all you need to know lol 😂
Aww Gaz your face said it all 😫😂 your a brave man 👍❤️ I could've sworn I saw some chicken lips and toenails in amongst that pulp 😳🇸🇪🏴🇲🇨🤔😂🤣😂
For some obscure reason, IKEA make nice or good tasting Swedish meat balls and gravy. I’ve only eaten them on one occasion, they came with a red currant sauce of some stripe, they were quite good though as I recall. Those Fray Bentos meatballs had me cringing, I would never buy them, but you did and you confirmed my thoughts. Thank you for that. Now just Chuck them into the bin and go find something else! A pound!!!! FFS! How good were we expecting them to be? Well done pal.
How good were we expecting them to be for £1? A fair question. I would suggest: edible, at the very least. This product is, frankly, an insult to the consumer. It also reflects badly on B&M.
I always loved the fray bentos pie when we were kids, I often wonder how my parents made 2 pies for myself and siblings 6 of us in total go round, you need a medal for trying them balls of doom lol thanks Gareth❤
15% I think the chicken must have fallen in and then was rescued. Your a brave man I would have opened the tin looked and binned it. We expect better from Fray Bentos, I think I will be saving a pound 🤣.
I know someone who works in the food industry and ‘chicken’ in cheap products like this means bones, feathers, bum hole, everything except the gizzard
You gave me the best laugh of the day. To be fair £1 for two portions doesn’t arouse expectations of fine dining
I've seen Asda do their own brand Chicken meatball tins (in Tomato sauce) for 95p and 77% chicken. Not tried myself but do you doing fancy doing a comparison?
You made me laugh when you pulled the top off the tin and showed us it. Thanks, I needed that
Somebody somewhere had the job of taste testing these and made the decision to market them, that’s the most puzzling thing to me.
It did look rank didn't it! My cats chuck up something similar 🤢
I’m in tears of laughter after watching that. Those meatballs looked proper nasty 😂😂
Had proper laugh at this one. You're reaction to first taste was priceless.
I've seen you eat some things I wouldn't go near ( soggy uncooked fray bentos pastry springs to mind 🤢) and you've enjoyed them so I assume these must be rancid
😂 i love the soggy pastry, but their meatballs are indeed rancid.
Glad you enjoyed it cheers
You can cook a fray bentos pie until the top is like charcoal and still the base is 🤢
Mr Churchill said- ohhh,no,no,no ! The finding of this was the best part and thank you for your honest opinion 🙌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Coincidentally, I have just had a tin of Lidl chicken meatballs . All good. The tin states that the meatballs are 77% chicken.Cost 85p per October dated receipt, 380g. I buy them regularly. Decent cheap lunch. I used to buy the Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies for the same reason, I don't any more since it seems that they no longer care about the quality, big disappointment. Thanks for the helpful videos.
You're welcome 😊
What type of sauce do those chicken meatballs come in?
I started buying supermarket home brand tinned meatballs in gravy earlier this year as a cheaper alternative when the price of Westlers tinned burgers started to go up. I only have them when i come home after a night out, usually with some microwave mashed potato. All the brands i've tried have very thin gravy, so i add some gravy granules to thicken it up and add a bit of flavour. I must say though that these meatballs with the Swedish style gravy look so un-appetising that i don't think even looking at them through slightly glazed eyes would tempt me to try them.
The best tinned meatballs used to be Campbells, they changed recipe some years ago and are utterly disgusting. These food companies have a flipping cheek producing products like that.
I agree. These are so bad, you can't even say they are OK for the price. There are better meals in a tin available for the same cost or less.
These were made by Baxters Food Group Ltd, in Fochabers, Scotland. They really should know better.
Premier Foods bought Campbell's and basically killed the name in order to use the FB name. Ruining the recipe at the same time, of course.
@@the_once-and-future_king. I don't get the point of ruining a perfectly good product. They were my quick meal go to I used to add sauted onion and garlic, I really miss the old recipe.
Hi when they put water on top of the list on the tin
what you get is the water boiling off when cooking?
then you are ripped off.
thankyou for pointing it out.
I used to eat Campbells meatballs when I was a kid growing up. They weren’t bad from whatever I remember. They look absolutely vile though 🤮
They are dreadful now. Mushy, no longer pork.
never seen campbells meatballs on there own, but love them in spaghetti O's
The facial expressions along with the Churchill Dog "no, no, no...." are brilliant as always. Taken one for the team there G lol
Haha cheers pal
Fearless is our Gaz💪🔝
@@timcrook2231 after his recent videos he must have done a deal with an industrial strength bog cleaning company lol
I've had the Tomato gravy ones, usually have them with Pasta and cheese. It's a cheap filling meal, not the best quality in the world but not the worst.
lovely to hear that SLOP will not be consumed Gareth.
hey gareth
you should try susstromming fermented fish
its a swedish delicacy, that would be classic to watch
Would stick the house out for weeks, even people in Sweden open the cans outdoors.
Some of the TH-cam videos of people eating this are the funniest things to watch ever.
I had that idea too. For Gareth to try surströmming, not me!😁 I think he'd need a few days off afterwards!
I’ve just realised that I’m alway having my dinner when I’m watching these vids. Sometimes it makes me feel super healthy 😂
I've never tried this flavour, but I do like the ones in tomato sauce or the gravy varieties they do. That's just me, though 👍
So called 'chicken' products that contain little chicken and/or 'gelatinous ingredients' can be very unpleasant.
No idea where it's coming from....with only 15% chicken you can't see where its coming from? Lol.
I was given a can of these in a Government food hamper at the start of Covid. I have been reluctant opening the can ever since and you have convinced me that it was the correct decision.
Into the local food bank bank it goes for someone more adventurous and hungry. Thanks Gareth.
You're welcome 😊
Funny story. I bought these and they were horrible so instead of binning them I put them in a wee bowl for my cocker spaniel who eats everything. He walks over sniffs around the bowl sniffed around the meatballs and just looked up at me , had another look at them and walked out!!!
Haha poor pooch
7:07
Hahaha, your face G.
Me and the misses tried canned meatballs once.
Never again.
😅
The bin enjoyed it. I would pour them down the toilet instead.
Got to Agree with you Gareth,🤮🤢👎I have tried them ,They were that bad the bin didn't like them either. I love the Fray Bentos meat balls in gravy over mash or chips.
You were saying about pukker pies I don't like any of there pies not enough filling in them and I think they taste bland. Great review ,Take care👍
Yes not for me mate
Couldn’t stop laughing from the ‘autopsy’ onwards. Horrific food. You are a braver man than me!
Took a bullet for the team thanks for the review Gaz
Peter Sutcliffe was eating better food than that in big house
When a man who’s probably eaten Army ration dry food says ‘ no no no’ You know they’re bad.. cheers for the laughs Gareth
Good point. I doubt that this product would pass muster in the Army.
I got to admit my favourite videos are the ones where the food is shit😂
Hi! Me and my partner always watch your videos and we especially like your comparison videos. Anyway this morning we bought Greggs sausage rolls and corned beef bakes from Iceland. Neither of us thought they tasted the same as ones bought from an actual Greggs. We both thought this would be a good idea for a comparison video, Iceland Greggs vs Greggs Greggs
Nice one pal, don't think I've had them ones. 👍
Anybody remember Campbell’s meatballs and spaghetti the height of cuisine😂
Back in day
Luxury 😋
Hey fella ,been watching yer vids for couple years ,well good because your fair and honest .No BS ingredient..
Ex Pat now in Oz .keep it real ,hope yer making a good Quid. BFG.
Much appreciated, all the best pal
When you mentioned they cost just £1 i had visions of them flying off the shelves but, after watching your expression i think they`ll be sitting on the shelves till the end of the sell by date once the unsuspecting public try them thinking they`re getting a bargain. Fray Bentos always seem to get it wrong.
My husband has bought me the chicken meatballs in tomato sauce by Fray Bentos , am reluctant to try them now as trust your judgement
Thanks, Gareth, you just saved me a quid. I'll treat myself to a packet of Haribo. Much more appetising!!
Well done, Gaz! I might have tried that... Not now!!
The black pack of meatballs in the chiller cabinet are £1 I put them in a tin of mushroom soup.
Aldi now do Swedish gravy granules, so I can see an experiment on the horizon
Save your pound mate
As a kid I used to love Campbells meatballs so about a year ago I tried to get a tin only to find the only type co-op stocked was princes - so I bought one, it turned out that the meatballs were chicken instead of beef and they were disgusting, they were consigned to the bin
Fray Bentos is another one that used to be great, but now just full of gravy and arteries.
Nope it was 'never' great. 99% try it once then never again.
I'd got no intention of buying that crap, but watched the vid just for the enjoyment of your reaction! Comedy gold! Well done for enduring that for our entertainment!😂😂
Glad you enjoyed it
I think I'll give them a miss, thanks for the review!
Absolutely love you reaction when you don’t like something, your a very brave man by the way “ no no no it’s wrong “ great vlog mate many thanks
You're welcome 😊
The main ingredient ; WATER! Tells you all you need to know.
Correct, all it does is dilute any taste.
No chickens were harmed in the making of these meatballs............yeuch. thanks Gareth. 👍
Yup, picked a tin of these up the other week, utterly vile! 😁
My condolences 😜🙃
I'm mid 40's now and love a good moan 😂 .. I love your rants when you don't like something it's funny ... I been following you since you had about 7k followers and you cheered me up no end during lockdown especially 👌
You're welcome 😊
It makes me wonder, does anyone at Fray Bentos actually taste test their own bloody products? lol
Oh no no 🙃😜
The face when you ate them! What a picture 😂😂😂😂
you know, it's not very clear if you liked these or not.
Hi Gareth, your face was so funny eating that crap!!!! but really i think this food is for camping. If you had done a 25 mile walk is the cold and wet, you get back to your tent and you open and cook this, you will be in heaven............. or not. Thanks for the review.
Glad you liked it
Aldi are doing the new walkers crimbo crisp flavours. Roast potatoe, pigs in blankets & Crimbo pudding flavour.
Cheers James
Aldi need to sort out their stock levels before they consider introducing more products. In the last few weeks, they've been out of chicken tempura strips for at least a month, they were out of frozen vegetables and this week they were out of chips.
As you know from travelling abroad... 🙂TASTE is a matter of TASTE... HENCE... Palettes can accept or BIN.. 👍and gotta say... good honest review... but when it comes to YOUR experience... 'BIN' there 😀Whoa... oh yes...
A massive indication that these were going to be inedible is the 15% CHICKEN on the label.
I suggest Fray Bentos stop calling them CHICKEN and relabel them as SQUASH BALLS !!!
That did make me laugh 😂
I’m not even sure why I’m watching as I haven’t eaten meat for 43 yrs 🤣 must be the comedy value
Dog 💩 would be more appropriate
I tried a Fray Bentos pie once when I was at Uni, 30 years ago. It went in the bin and I've never touched anything made by them since. I dunno how they're still in business.
Just a small tip don't leave spatula in when heating, I love your how!
Looks discusting !😮
That was the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. I could almost taste them with you 😂😂😂
Well I am shocked at the low quality food that these manufacturers are putting out for human consumption 😮. But saying that they were serving something like this in Egypt in an all-inclusive hotel everyday lunch and dinner absolutely vile. I think the store cupboard was piled high with tins of Fray Bentos out there 😂🤮. Thank you once again for saving me money and my taste buds.lol😁. Just to say Aldi does some fresh ready cooked meatballs in the chilled section and they are good quality and high meat content with 81%pork. They are next to the German frikadellens in the fridge.👍
Fray Bentos was originally an Argentinan company, now British owned. The pies were crap in the 60's God knows what they're like now. Well done Gareth. Just going to have lunch so I'll watch the rest later.
Hi Gareth from Spain where it's cloudy and only 24° - soon have to get the logburner going to warm the house. No words were necessary - your face said it all. I've had the Ikea ones and they weren't too bad, nothing like these.
Only 24 mate lol
This time last week it was 30+@@BaldFoodieGuy
Just had an idea! Frey Bentos should advertise those chicken balls as an S&M device for people into self abuse! 😂 Your face said it all Gareth! a true food Hero take care mate
Cheers you too pal.
Gareth we have Swedish meatballs and cover them in chilli 🌶️ flakes 10 minutes in air fryer put chilli flakes on after 5 minutes of cooking so it sticks lovely with pepper corn sauce and chips 👍
So funny you did not have to say a word, your face told everything. 😂😂😂
Thanks for trying them so we don’t have to 😂😂😂
Hilarious’ love the video when the food is shite 😂 soon as you opened the can I knew it wasn’t going to end well 👍
As a student in the 90s I ate quite a few Fray Bentos pies. They were very decent back then. Seems standards have dropped a lot over the years.
How can chicken meat balls only contain 15% chicken?!!
Do Lidl still do those pork and beef meatballs in tomato sauce that they sold in the early to mid 00s? Came in a blue tin. Used to eat a lot of those when I lived in the UK.
the sour look on your face was priceless my friend
As i gave up eating red meat a while back I have been thinking of buying chicken meat balls but after reading ingredients oh yuk. So i make fresh with chicken breast I mince with herbs and spices shape into balls. Perfect fresh chicken koftas .
I think Fray Bentos product is really from an earlier era when most of us couldn't afford better quality.
My grandmother loved their 'steak and kidney' pie - which even as a child I wouldn't go near...
Amazing how they still keep going
one for the bin list thanks - have you ever tried different brands of instant mash?
Not yet!
I love that you chose to eat that from what looked like a dog bowl 😂
LMAO G after seeing Your face and reaction You think I`m going to try them lol love it bro
That reminds me........the mrs is cooking lunch today.