Sainsbury's vacuum packed mince.

Oh no! I bought a pack from Sainsbury the other day (having never seen it packaged like that before) and am planning cooking it tomorrow.
Hope it cooks ok.

I use it all the time. It’s no different to how it used to be. Not one person in my household has complained. You just need to stir it a bit more when cooking it.

Most British beef is grass fed, it's nothing special here.

It’s awful. I changed my weekly shop from Sainsbury to Tesco a while ago - pretty much entirely because of the new squashed mince packaging.

It’s absolutely vile!! We made beef fajitas with it and they were inedible (to us). Tesco still do normally packaged mince

Yep, gave up on it, I buy frozen now so it's separated

It's disgusting.. even though they say its the same. I tried to make a cottage pie and a chilli..
Even in slow cooker it's just big lumps.
I get from the butchers now.

It's an absolute nightmare getting into the package, and it takes ages to break up when you cook it, but once cooked, I don't think it's much different. I prefer the classic packs, though.

I almost posted this last night. It's a right PITA to get it separated.
I'll just have to go with Iceland frozen steak mince if all supermarkets do this. I keep as a spare usually.

I prefer the vacuum packs. I can't stand that horrible red soaked pad that sticks to the bottom of traditionally packed supermarket mince. Plus the new way takes up less freezer space and must be way cheaper/more environmentally friendly to transport. I often buy mince from a farm shop or the local farmers market and it's vacuum packed too. I can tell decent mince from cheap mince (which I'd still use in things like chilli) but packaging doesn't affect the flavour for me.

I find it no different to regular packaged mince. It breaks up when cooking, looks the same, cooks the same, tastes the same 🤷🏻‍♀️

I bought it without thinking then panicked when I got home! But I prefer it like this! I hate the minced worm mince.. I always had to mush it right down so there were no strands.. so this saves me a job! Only thing I’ve noticed is that it doesn’t taste as beefy…

Because supermarkets deliver and my butchers don't.

Weekends are too short as it is, I try to avoid shopping as much as I possibly can, and there's only so much that fits in the freezer.

Hate it. Refuse to buy it now and made sure I left a crappy review online

The vacuum packed mince tastes the same and it's better for the environment - not because of the plastic packaging, but because it takes up less space so uses less energy to transport.

Because butchers are much better quality but expensive in comparison

I don't mind it either and because it's vacuum packed it doesn't smell odd like mince does sometimes.
You can but a kitchen spatula called a meat masher which breaks it up properly when cooking

Me too, - had to get a Sainsburys home delivery this weekend due to chaos here, and this “stuff” was delivered… We couldn’t face it so the Ddog got lucky!
Somehow the words “un fit for human consumption” flashed into my head and we had something else for tea instead🫤

Which ever poster said it looked / tasted woolly got it spot on!

I’m amazed that Sainsbury & Lidl are still selling it, surely sales have dropped off a cliff!? Agree about the cat food vibes, although I’m sure that most cats would turn their noses up at it. I get mince from Morrisons now.

Affordability? Availability?

Butchers are extortionate. I can't afford to go there.

I raw feed my dogs and their food.comes.like this!

I can't eat the human version. It's just dog food to me

I've not noticed a particular issue with it once cooked - I tend to use mince for things I cook for a really long time though.
But I hate it. Getting it out of the packet is disgusting, you end up clawing it out with your hands, and then you have to break it all up and it's all stuck in lumps and takes ages.

And packaging isn't recyclable, whereas before the solid base bit of the packet was, it was only the film on top which wasn't!

I squidge it around in the packet before opening to break it all up, and can't tell the difference between it and the old style mince once cooked. Happy to be reducing packaging and doing something good for the planet. I can't really think of any dishes that I cook that I wouldn't be either sliding it tight together (meatballs, burgers, koftas), or cooking it for a long time so it became silky (ragu, bolognese, cottage pie, chilli, curry).

We don't mind it now we've worked out the best way to cook it. Don't try and break it up into small pieces to start with. Let it cook briefly and then break it up. Works well and can't tell the difference now

It's actually gross 🤢