Hummus lids

@TheHotelInspectorsPocket
It won't just be us on our tiny little island, and it won't just be lids on hummus and other dips. It's part of long term behaviour change to stop us leaving our kids a planet full of crap. I find it utterly depressing that something as minor as lids on pots of hummus can provoke such a push-back on the grounds of it being 'inconvenient'. That's the problem, right there, not a film of plastic replacing a lid.

Yeah but I bet they dont provide lids on their hummous do they?
The chinese are probably way ahead of the UK in that respect!!!!

The working masses are probably just all eating state sponsored slop in their £1 a day factory.

I keep and reuse salsa jars (the short fat ones) for things like homemade hummus, mayo and other dips. Agree that the lack of lids is a PITA

(if you have a blender it takes minutes to make your own hummus and it’s much nicer in my humble opinion).

Yeah but I bet they dont provide lids on their hummous do they?

The chinese are probably way ahead of the UK in that respect!!!!

The moaning about this is pathetic. People on the radio making out this is an actual problem. No wonder we are in trouble...

"No wonder we are in trouble" -😅

Yes because some little plastic lids on our tiny island that are highly convenient, stop food going off and being wasted are a massive problem that will be the difference between a new ice age or a golden future. People are insane. This is massively inconvenient if you buy that product (like I said switch to Waitrose who still have them) but utterly pointless in the 'save the planet argument'. It doesn't even class as tinkering around the edges.

It's about the companies saving money on cutting out the cost of plastic but they get to pretend to stupid sheep like people that its a save the planet move. China alone is responsible for nearly 30% of carbon emissions if you care about this stuff.

The moaning about this is pathetic. People on the radio making out this is an actual problem. No wonder we are in trouble...
Just use a bit of clingfilm / foil / put in an old take away container or some cheap Tupperware.

And that fuckton of plastic on those fruit and veg make them go off sooner as well.

Cynical? Moi?

If one was terribly cynical, one might think that its by design that more food will go off so you have to throw it out quicker and buy more......

Of course I would never be that cynical

It can where we live now (changed a couple of years ago) - check your council’s kerbside collection, which may be different to your county council’s rules if they run the local recycling centre.

I just discovered these too... absolutely brilliant !

I do find it odd that they have focused on food that actually keeps for a few days if you have a lid for it rather than stopping wrapping fruit and veg in a fuckton of unnecessary plastic.

I tend to think it looks "green" but it's just greenwashing and actually a ruse to get people to buy more houmous/dairy stuff as it's going off faster.

During lockdown for a while I was making egg custard in cups as I couldn't get yogurt (till I realised I could make that too). I used foil to cover them, with a bit of care it could be washed and reused many times before going in the recycling. Wouldn't that work for hummus pots?

Best solution, obviously, is to make your own and put it in a 'Tupperware'.

Not that Ive noticed, its no different to putting it in the fridge and putting a silicone lid on it

Your life will never be the same again, sliced meats, some chunks of cheese (the posh ones that come in small amounts), salmon in those silly flat packets, all slippy slidey and greasy. Prawns in the flat packet, if you squish them in well

They are incredible.

Does putting an opened can make the food taste metallic?

@soupfiend - you've sealed my fate, I need those boxes in my life/fridge! Amazon Tupperware haul it is.

Also, I may be late to the party in terms of plastic storage, but these blew my mind and have revolutionised my fridge

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TATAY-container-reusable-stackable-BpA-free/dp/B086XGVPW5/ref=pd_bxgy_d_sccl_1/258-4141663-6965616?pd_rd_w=CG0gD&content-id=amzn1.sym.a08eede5-3393-433c-bbdb-c853fc4fd321&pf_rd_p=a08eede5-3393-433c-bbdb-c853fc4fd321&pf_rd_r=AVNCD79XQW1Y6XJ9FA1G&pd_rd_wg=YGPkF&pd_rd_r=deb63215-46b3-413f-a207-2ad708a044e5&pd_rd_i=B086XGVPW5&th=1

Well, I've just had a fight with my Tupperware drawer and now my hummus pot is housed in an old takeaway container, as are all my open packets of cheese, and the mackerel pate (different containers). I'm sitting on my hands now so I don't go on a Tupperware spending spree on Amazon.

Yes I do this with open tins of tuna and small tins of half eaten beans, then quietly the pot goes back in the cupboard (OH would wash the cat in the dishwasher given half a chance, this would be his version of 'dirty')

Or just leave in open pot and place the whole thing in a tupperware box? No scraping or mess!

Yet again its cost cutting madness that affects us all negatively dressed up as some eco-friendly bullshit.

A microbiologist has warned that bacteria are more likely to grow in hummus that is kept refrigerated without airtight lids after two supermarket chains got rid of the plastic caps.
Tesco and Sainsbury’s earlier this month stopped selling hummus pots with plastic lids to cut down on single-use plastic but insisted that this change had no impact on shelf life. Instead, they are now selling the dip with a thin sheet of plastic that is peeled off and cannot be reused, similar to packaging used for some yoghurts.
Primrose Freestone, professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester, warned that storing hummus without airtight lids could lead to food poisoning. She said: “Hummus, or any fresh dip, is not sterile so by default will have microorganisms. Having that plastic lid would have helped exclude oxygen getting into the hummus and stimulating growth of anything that might be present. In terms of food safety, it does have some implications.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13893627/food-safety-alert-supermarkets-lids-hummus.html

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/scientist-lifts-lid-on-health-risk-of-hummus-without-plastic-cap-pgpfqgb88

The solution is to shop at Waitrose which still does lids.

On a similar theme, just seen that they are now selling tubeless loo rolls - saves that cost of making the cardboard tube but a shitty roll that as it gets towards the end is a state.

Its a lot more expensive. Nice if you can afford it though

I'll be decanting all the way from now on!

Ive got a lot of those silicon lids but they always feel tacky/greasy/sticky to me, make me feel sick

I have a lot of plastic pots and freeze hummous quite a lot, I have some frozen now, its too easy for it to sit there hidden and then go off

@Auburngal, yes but plastic bag usage has fallen by 98% since 2014 (according to Gov.uk). Some people will always forget or just need one on the odd occasion, but that's huge behaviour change that has made a substantial difference to our single-use plastic use.
This lids thing won't just be UK either, it will eventually come in everywhere.