I don't tend to shop in Asda much, purely because we don't have one close enough to home to use on a regular basis. However, I recently took a trip to our nearest one recently as I fancied a change. One of the regular items in my trolley is Tesco Value Ketchup, though obviously the equivilent from Asda is their Smartprice Tomato Ketchup, so thought I woud give it a go to see how it faired against Tescos cheap ketchup. For the price of just 34p, you get a 500g bottle of ketchup. First impressions of the bottle I have to admit aren't good. As with the Tesco Value one, the bottle is pretty plain, with a quite unappealing label on it. However, I am ...  Read the complete review

Well, this is another one of my forays into the world of Asda Smartprice in a bid to keep our grocery bills down. Yet again, I have not been disappointed with this product. My youngest (age 3) in particular likes his ketchup, and since he was diagnosed with coeliac disease a year or so ago we've been using Heinz as I knew that was gluten free. But we are a lot more confident now and I was delighted to find that Asda Smartprice ketchup is also gluten free - hooray! At 36p for 550g compared to £1.60 for 460g of Heinz, this was great news. I am not normally that bothered about nutritional information, especially for something like this that you don't ...  Read the complete review

Tomato Ketchup is an essential part of alot of meals, especially those meals that involve chips. The lovely taste of tomato perfectly compliments a lot of tastes and can add flavour to a lot of otherwise bland meals. Previously I always went for the leading brand Heinz as i thought its tastes could not be beaten despite the extra cost associated with it. After Heinz I thought i would try asdas own brand, the step above the smart price brand, I thought this tasted good and wondered if I could make any more saving by switching to the smart price version. The first this is the packaging, I do like the look of the glass bottle, I think it would give a nice classic ...  Read the complete review

The wife used to be in the mindset that brand was best for some items, and Ketchup was one of them. I never used to really eat ketchup until one time we were eating out and some Chips were kind of greasy tasting. I dipped a few into the Sauce and liked how you could still taste the Chip, but didn't taste the greasiness. So now I enjoy the odd bit of Sauce with my chips. This only cost about 34p for the large glass bottle. Don't have to bottle here with me just now but think it is around the 570g's. The glass looks thick enough and it has a simple wrap around label around it with the smart price colouring on it. The lid is a large screw lid and easy enough to ...  Read the complete review

I am on a lower budget now and I am trying lots of new lower branded products to see if I like them and I came across this product in Asda and it is their Smart Price lower brands of the store. This tomato ketchup is very good value, considering it is a lower brand food, it comes in a wide glass bottle with a screw off lid, it has the usual green and white colours of their lower brands of foods and so can easily be spotted from the shelves. I have always prefered the higher branded tomato sauces but during the recession I have had to go to try the lower brand where possible and trying this one was a very smart move indeed. When I first ...  Read the complete review