Value range Products- Why so Terrible packaging for them?

[whiskywill]

Thats a little different Phil, I think anyone could taste the difference in say corn flakes.

I've tried many of the cheaper versions of cornflakes but find Tesco Everyday Cornflakes, at 39p a box, are excellent.

 

[Sheffield Tony]

There's obviously nothing wrong with the value line stuff, and the stuff is just as good as others ( often much better because it's simpler and not loaded up with extra chemical rubbish).

That's an adorably optimistic view of how low cost lines are made.

=D> I know a little of the food industry. One representative explained to us that it was his job to sell as much air and water as he could get away with. But was it Jimmy's farm on TV that illustrated this, for example with the production of premium ham and economy ham. It is comparable to the difference between craftsman made furniture and Oak Furniture Land. Literally. Lots of bits of rubbish glued together. And I would say the value stuff is more likely to be boosted up with flavour enhancers, dyed back something resembling a wholesome colour, etc etc.

 

[lurker]

You remember when there was that thing where horsemeat was found in ready meals?..............

did you notice the wide range of companies that withdrew stock?
Conclusion the only difference is the packaging

 

[lurker]

When I was a schoolboy :roll:
I had a holiday job in Ski Yogurt factory in Acton (N. London).

They brought out a new line called "real fruit yogurt"
It was exactly the same as the standard line except it had pips and stalks waste from the fruit pulpers added at the end.
I spent a whole summer measuring these out for tipping into the batches.

 

[selectortone]

I know a little of the food industry. One representative explained to us that it was his job to sell as much air and water as he could get away with.

An engineer at the biggest UK bakers, a chain of factories producing millions of loaves of bread a day, told me once that his challenge, with supermarket own-brand sliced loaves, was to make water stand up in a plastic bag.