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AIBU?

to think that low fat Philadelphia, low fat Mayo, low fat butter etc are all really rank?

63 replies

Mintyy · 15/07/2013 12:49

Had a tuna mayo sandwich made with Hellman's Light yesterday. Had the usual black pepper and squeeze of fresh lemon. But I could taste the difference (and I don't even use much mayo in tuna mayo)!

Yuck.

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treas · 15/07/2013 12:49

YABU

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HeySoulSister · 15/07/2013 12:50

that's why I love low carbing....we get to eat the real thing! Smile

low fat products have so much crap put in them to try to re create the taste and appearance

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MalcolmTuckersMum · 15/07/2013 12:50

Of course they're rank - and probably worse for you than the original (if the original were eaten, as intended, in moderation). Read up on how it is now becoming understood that fat in a diet is not the enemy at all - the real enemy is empty and useless carbs especially from the likes of High Fructose Corn Syrup which is used to give the 'mouthfeel' back to products advertised as - errrr - low fat.

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poopyisapig · 15/07/2013 12:51

It's horrible. And full of shit used to replace the fat.

Real fat isn't bad for you.

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JamNan · 15/07/2013 12:51

YANBU

low fat butter = yuk yellow stuff with added water.

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squoosh · 15/07/2013 12:53

YANBU.

And Extra light mayonnaise is a whole other level of horror. Anaemic snot.

Fat is not the enemy. We've all been conned!

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LostInWales · 15/07/2013 12:56

I stopped all low/non fat products and switched to the full fat versions as well as anything with fake sugars and I have lost a ton of weight. And my food tastes an awful lot nicer.

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Binkyridesagain · 15/07/2013 12:56

I'm going to fence sit (a little) I only like low fat mayo, full fat is too creamy. The other stuff YANBU, the stuff they put in the stuff To reduce the fat content is worse than eating saturated fat.

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Geordieminx · 15/07/2013 12:57

The only one I think is nice is extra light lurpak... Which coming from
Someone who likes 1/2" of lurpak only on toast is saying something!

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Damnautocorrect · 15/07/2013 12:57

Cooking is science so they need to keep the balance some how, hence the nasties.
Just use less of the good stuff

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Geordieminx · 15/07/2013 12:57

Oh and the low fat Philly with sweet chilli is fab!

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Thisisaeuphemism · 15/07/2013 12:58

I agree- low fat stuff is unnatural crap

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Mintyy · 15/07/2013 12:58

I bought the low fat Philadelphia by mistake (packaging v similar).

Thought I'd give low fat Hellmans a try but shan't be doing that again in a hurry Hmm.

I am very fat but don't eat much mayo or cream cheese so I'll stick with the full fat versions tyvm!

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RobotBananas · 15/07/2013 12:59

I don't eat low fat versions of anything except hellmans and Philadelphia (think its mostly bollicks), but full fat mayo is gross, and I just like the light Philly

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Erato · 15/07/2013 13:01

YANBU. If something is MADE from fat (mayo, butter etc) there is no such thing as a "low fat" version - there are things that in outward appearance are somewhat like the original but they aren't real - they're strange frankenstein concoctions from food science laboratories. Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

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IvanaCake · 15/07/2013 13:16

I don't have low fat anything. It's not fat that's bad, it's sugar. I'm a low carb convert!

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CHJR · 15/07/2013 16:50

What slays me about all that "low fat" crap is it is very often HIGHER calorie! (Just check the labels -- I kid you not. "Fat" refers to risk to heart, not weight.)

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twofingerstoGideon · 15/07/2013 16:53

YANBU. It's as bad as 'low sugar' AKA aspartame. Just have a teensy bit of sugar FGS.

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GreyTS · 15/07/2013 16:54

God YANBU, can't bear low/no fat versions of food, no one in my family would ever eat them and not one of us is overweight. People need fat to feel properly full so v little point substituting real food with fake crap.

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Meglet · 15/07/2013 16:58

Yanbu. No low fat stuff in this house. And I'm thin.

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peteypiranha · 15/07/2013 17:00

Agreed also diet drinks are disgusting. Have no idea why you would eat either yuk.

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ZingWidge · 15/07/2013 17:08

half fat cheese is vile

I love cheese but I'd rather go without any.

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Whothefuckfarted · 15/07/2013 17:11

YANBU. I never buy diet stuff more than once. Diet coke - yuk, diet mayo - yuk, low fat Philly - ergh!

Mind you I don't even like skimmed/semi skimmed milk.. Blue top all the way :)

I'm thin too Grin

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NotYoMomma · 15/07/2013 17:12

I agree apart from philli lighter. lightest is rank, lighter is lush

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Crinkle77 · 15/07/2013 17:12

Lurpack lighter is quite nice. But I agree low fat philly and mayo are horrible. I just carry on having the full fat but just have a bit less

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