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Tesco Value bread
by Elaineee
If I'm feeling particularly frugal then I will buy Tesco Value Bread, 50p for a full size 800g loaf is good value these days (I remember when it was 17p but it's all relative nowadays). My usual proper branded bread is about £1.40 but only a pound in Aldi.
The wrapper is slightly different to the above picture, it's had the ... 'Everyday Value' facelift. Instead of a plain white label it has red and brown one with bakery pictures it's still easy to spot though.
For review purposes I've had a look online for the ingredients, I wanted to compare them to the more expensive loaves in this case my favourite at the moment which is Warburtons medium sliced. The ingredients seem similar but the breads taste very different.
Everyday Value:
Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Soya Flour, Emulsifier (Mono- and Di-Acetyltartaric Esters of Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)
105 cal per 44g slice
Warburtons medium:
Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Salt, Vegetable Oil, Soya Flour, Emulsifiers E481, E472e, Preservative Calcium Propionate (added to inhibit mould growth), Flour Treatment Agents Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), E920
96 cal per 40.3g slice
Value slices are smaller than regular bread slices, this is a bonus though when making toasties as they fit better in the machine, they tend to sit in the toaster better too.
The bread is slightly grey/beige in colour it definitely isn't light and airy but has a dense texture to it. It feels stale even on the day of purchase with plenty of days left in date. After a couple of days it starts to break up in the bag still okay to toast but inedible as a sandwich- infact it's not nice for a butty fullstop even at it's freshest. It doesn't mould up any sooner than other breads just seems to go stale and harden up sooner especially around the edges.
What does it taste like?
It's horrid. Bitter and vinegary but okay (only just okay) toasted so that's all I buy it for.
1 star from me
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Tesco Fresh Cream Horns
by artydoll
I am reviewing Tesco fresh cream bramley apple turnovers ,not the cream horns that are pictured above.
+++THE PRODUCT++++
Tesco fresh cream bramley apple turnovers are sold in pairs,which is really good as only I like fresh cream, so that is no great hardship to get two .
They are packaged in their own ... clear plastic container, just big enough for them both to nestle together looking gorgeous, this container is in a square cardboard box with a clear acetate window so you can view the delicious looking turnovers before you buy.
Each pack contains ,2 puff pastry triangles filled with stabilised whipped cream and a bramlry apple filling , doesn,t that sound soooo delicious ?
I bought them yesterday for the grand price of £1
Ingredients,taken from the back of the box are .......
Apple (27%),Wheat Flour ,Margarine ,Whipping Cream (14%) ,Water ,Sugar ,Demerara Sugar ,Dextrose ,Modified Maize Starch ,Salt ,Pasteurised Egg ,Stabiliser (Sodium Alginate) ,Margarine contains: Vegetable Fat ,Water ,Vegetable Oil ,Salt
Also says they are suitable for vegetarians
Each turnover weighs 88 grams and contains 265 kcals
They are suitable to be frozen,no chance of that with mine , they soon disapeared.
I bought these because I wanted a little treat, I got my husband iced slices ,because they are his favourite,so we both had a little treat time.
I ate one yesterday with my cup of coffee in the afternoon, I had this on the patio in the garden,I,m a bit glad really , for as soon as I bit into one the pastry bits went everywhere, little slices of flaky pastry fell to the patio slabs ,never mind the birdies will picke the crumbs up.
The cream was so generous it was oozing from between the pastry,and there was plenty of tart apple dice to satisfy me It was a great pleasure to eat this turnover , especially in the beautiful sunshine
with a nice cup of coffee .
I really rate these Tesco fresh cream bramley apple turnovers ,and will be buying,and enjoying plenty more .
I am giving them 5 stars
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