Page 2 | Sainsbury's vacuum packed mince.

Marscapn3 · 25/01/2025 17:42

FedUpandEatingChocolate · 25/01/2025 17:39

Honestly, it's fine for us. In fact it's a bit better as it takes up less space in our fridge freezer, and we like the chunks of mince.

Yep us too. Aldi have recently switched too. We don’t eat a lot of meat as too pricey and so bad for the environment. Can put up with hardship of bigger lumps. I love Sainsbury’s as they are introducing more and more environmentally friendly packaging. Can now get loo rolls in paper packaging- waits for posters to whine about it being less sturdy than plastic. 🙄

FedUpandEatingChocolate · 25/01/2025 17:39

Honestly, it's fine for us. In fact it's a bit better as it takes up less space in our fridge freezer, and we like the chunks of mince.

Marscapn3 · 25/01/2025 17:35

Hoppinggreen · 25/01/2025 17:30

Sorry but you won't convince me its the same, DS also commented on it and he has no idea how it was packaged.
However, I only buy fruit and veg with no packaging and buy mince maybe once a month and other meat once a week if it makes you feel any better

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Whatever but bellyaching about 100% mince still being 100% mince but a different texture is on a par with those whining about paper straws and wooden throw away cutlery- ridiculous when compared to the extreme weather and temperatures the planet is experiencing and only likely to get worse.

Bpe · 25/01/2025 17:33

Omg hate it. It doesn’t separate properly and I hate that period pad it comes with.

hopeishere · 25/01/2025 17:32

Just this week after spending AGES poking and prodding and cutting at Sainsbury's mince did I decree that it will never again be bought!! It's so hard to separate and sits in clumps.

justasking111 · 25/01/2025 17:31

Husband defrosted some meat he thought was mince. To make Bolognese. It was chuck steak so he chopped it up in the food processor. Omg the meat actually tasted of beef it was gorgeous. I'd given up on that vacuum packed pap.

I'm going to buy mince from the butchers in bulk and freeze.

Hoppinggreen · 25/01/2025 17:30

Marscapn3 · 25/01/2025 17:22

It really isn’t it’s 100% beef mince. Nothing else. The planet is burning we have to reduce plastic Your 100% mince is now vacuum packed, you’ll need to get used to it as supermarkets have to reduce plastic packaging. It’s going to go further and further. 50% fruit&veg having zero packaging is being mooted.

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Sorry but you won't convince me its the same, DS also commented on it and he has no idea how it was packaged.
However, I only buy fruit and veg with no packaging and buy mince maybe once a month and other meat once a week if it makes you feel any better

Marscapn3 · 25/01/2025 17:22

Hoppinggreen · 25/01/2025 17:08

Its really not.
I had read it was different now the packaging has changed but thought that was proably rubbish until I tried it.
I don't know why or how but its definitely more mushy, totally different texture.

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It really isn’t it’s 100% beef mince. Nothing else. The planet is burning we have to reduce plastic Your 100% mince is now vacuum packed, you’ll need to get used to it as supermarkets have to reduce plastic packaging. It’s going to go further and further. 50% fruit&veg having zero packaging is being mooted.

UndermyShoeJoe · 25/01/2025 17:20

Iceland just swapped their back to normal packaging due to complaints. Saw an advert pop up on Facebook.

Hoppinggreen · 25/01/2025 17:08

Marscapn3 · 03/07/2024 12:44

It isn’t going to impact taste. It’s the same mince just in a different packaging. If you can’t break up mince how are you cooking at all? Stirring sauce, lifting pasta saucepans, chopping, grating cheese…

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Its really not.
I had read it was different now the packaging has changed but thought that was proably rubbish until I tried it.
I don't know why or how but its definitely more mushy, totally different texture.

zzplex · 25/01/2025 17:04

I've been using it for ages. It's fine - looks unappealing but ends up the same as normally packaged mince after you prod it with a spatula for long enough.

Katemax82 · 25/01/2025 17:01

PoopingAllTheWay · 01/07/2024 17:49

Its not just sainsburys

I got it in afew places now
Its horrid isnt it

Tesco don't have it

AllotmentTime · 25/01/2025 16:56

ive got chilli simmering and have been swearing at the mince. Really should swap to Tesco or Waitrose for this. 😡

Nanny0gg · 25/01/2025 16:55

It's also not easy to recycle the packaging as it's minging to wash and stays greasy

Nanny0gg · 25/01/2025 16:53

BuyOrBake · 01/07/2024 18:18

It's great for making burgers!!!!

I thought it might!

Nanny0gg · 25/01/2025 16:52

Toddlerteaplease · 01/07/2024 17:48

Omg what the hell were they thinking.
Just tried making bolognaise with it. It's direct separate in the same way, and is just big lumps. 😬

You're right though my bolognaise ended up ok in the end. Might make reasonable burgers with that consistency

It doesn't look appetising in the packaging though. The Co-Op have done this too.

Boomer55 · 25/01/2025 16:46

Tesco low fat mince is fine. 👍👍

Oblomov24 · 25/01/2025 16:45

Hate it. Don't buy it now. Buy from other places that don't have that silly packaging.

SallyWD · 25/01/2025 16:34

Yes I found this. It's horrible!

1457bloom · 25/01/2025 16:31

Sainsbury's online deliveries are rubbish, last week the driver wouldn't even bring my order into the house and I have a disability.

1457bloom · 25/01/2025 16:30

I get my mince from Tesco now.

Hohofortherobbers · 25/01/2025 16:28

Stopped buying it straight away. Just buy frozen now.

ThreeB · 25/01/2025 14:27

Between all their product changes and treating customers like we're all shoplifters, Sainsburys seem intent on driving people away

Createausername1970 · 25/01/2025 14:24

It's shit.

I buy my meat from Morrisons now, it's always very nice and the mince isn't vacuum packed.

Rufys6946 · 25/01/2025 14:13

A truly disgusting product. Come on Sainsbury's listen to your customers.