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Which changes in a product you’d liked have been the worst?

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Horsehow · 04/10/2025 20:25

Just bought some Huggies wet wipes for the first time in a while. I use them to take makeup off, and they are the only wet wipe that are really effective. They’re thick and somehow really remove the dirt well. But they’ve changed and are now utterly, utterly shite. They’re thin and remove nothing. Why oh why do they do this? Do they not test the product in manufacturing and think ‘this is obviously a shit move’? So frustrating.

See also Ribena. Used to be a great occasional drink to soothe a sore throat, now it tastes of nothing but chemicals. Why do that?

Surely no one will buy the new Huggies Wet wipes? Surely only 10% of the old Ribena buyers still buy. What is the sense in this commercially?

OP posts:
BuffetTheDietSlayer · 04/10/2025 21:18

ThisAmberOrca · 04/10/2025 21:09

Fat, salt and sugar reduction. plus removal of not-so-healthy additives and colourings.
Full sugar was ok when people consumed a small amount - now people are consuming stuff by the litre/kg while being generally inactive. so fat/salt /sugar have to be removed .
Plus tastebuds change a lot over your lifetime- if things taste different compared to how they tasted when you were a child - its probably 50% your tastebuds that have changed, not the food ;)

Slightly edited ChatGPT response? Hmm

spoface · 04/10/2025 21:16

Heinz baked beans with sausages...horrific since changed to Richmond sausages. And Jus Rol Pain au Chocolat and cinnamon rolls. Ruined a while ago and avoid them all now 😪

TheGrimSqueakersFlea · 04/10/2025 21:15

Irn bru isn't the same. I don't usually drink ginger, but I loved irn bru

Wexone · 04/10/2025 21:14

lucozade - doesn't have the same hot
marshmellows in Costa for their hot chocolate now vegan and taste rank. Still annoys me
rowntrees fruit gum now also vegan why the f why
to note op please use this as an opportunity to stop using wipes on your face they are terrible. proper cleanser or face wash is needed.

monkeysox · 04/10/2025 21:12

Horsehow · 04/10/2025 20:25

Just bought some Huggies wet wipes for the first time in a while. I use them to take makeup off, and they are the only wet wipe that are really effective. They’re thick and somehow really remove the dirt well. But they’ve changed and are now utterly, utterly shite. They’re thin and remove nothing. Why oh why do they do this? Do they not test the product in manufacturing and think ‘this is obviously a shit move’? So frustrating.

See also Ribena. Used to be a great occasional drink to soothe a sore throat, now it tastes of nothing but chemicals. Why do that?

Surely no one will buy the new Huggies Wet wipes? Surely only 10% of the old Ribena buyers still buy. What is the sense in this commercially?

Bastarding sweeteners in soft drinks and squash. Cant have ribena cant have loads of other stuff. Sweeteners are shite.

Simonjt · 04/10/2025 21:11

Nivea cream in the white tub, despite its ingredients list its one of the few things my very sensitive skin can tolerate, so its annoying they changed the formula.

GingerPaste · 04/10/2025 21:10

Robertplantgoddess · 04/10/2025 20:28

Pretty much every food and drink ever but shout out to roses and quality street. Utter carnage of my memories when I see the stupid little fuckers now.

That’s just ruined my Christmas 😂

ThisAmberOrca · 04/10/2025 21:09

Fat, salt and sugar reduction. plus removal of not-so-healthy additives and colourings.
Full sugar was ok when people consumed a small amount - now people are consuming stuff by the litre/kg while being generally inactive. so fat/salt /sugar have to be removed .
Plus tastebuds change a lot over your lifetime- if things taste different compared to how they tasted when you were a child - its probably 50% your tastebuds that have changed, not the food ;)

Catlover77 · 04/10/2025 21:09

LindorDoubleChoc · 04/10/2025 21:03

The scent of original green Fairy Liquid.

I fully agree. And I had to stop buying Ariel washing liquid (normal and colour versions) as they changed the fragrance. Why do companies do this to loyal customers?

RunningNananananananananana · 04/10/2025 21:09

I'd totally forgotten about Ribena it's been that long since I've been able to drink it 😭

RunningNananananananananana · 04/10/2025 21:07

Any drink that isn't a diet version having fucking sweeteners added to them 🤬
I don't have fizzy drinks very often but now have really limited options as I can't tolerate sweeteners (and they taste crap too) 😮‍💨

unsync · 04/10/2025 21:06

Cadbury's. Mondelez were the worst thing to happen to them. All that palm oil has just ruined it.

giuspeace · 04/10/2025 21:03

Condensed milk - used to be thick and slow moving. Now thin, pale and no longer appealing.

LindorDoubleChoc · 04/10/2025 21:03

The scent of original green Fairy Liquid.

CSR721 · 04/10/2025 21:03

Random but always have changed the top layer of their Sanitary towels and I hate it 😫

Sarahpainting · 04/10/2025 21:02

Molton Brown bath soaks etc the purple one used to be so relaxing, now they’re only slightly better than the supermarket brands.

Pincey77 · 04/10/2025 21:02

Body shop hemp face cream. I used it for years, then they changed the formula, the packaging, whacked the price up and it's shit. Had to move to Aveeno.

powershowerforanhour · 04/10/2025 21:00

Wood preservative not worth a shite now. I know we're better off not being allowed creosote, but it worked. (And smelled lovely).

IsawwhatIsaw · 04/10/2025 20:56

Cadbury chocolate. Used to enjoy it, now it has a horrible taste and leaves a coating in my mouth. I guess it’s the palm oil

PixelatedLunchbox · 04/10/2025 20:55

Doritos Spicy Cheese Nachos — they cut the salt and fat and ruined them. Angry

Arrrrrrragghhh · 04/10/2025 20:52

Vue cinemas are cheap lovely seats with swivel tables for drinks. I think cinemas are better now.

Food delivery?

powershowerforanhour · 04/10/2025 20:52

All the food and drink that has palm oil and sweeteners now.

Block Philadelphia was good, the tub stuff isn't.

MidnightPatrol · 04/10/2025 20:51

Metanium.

Devastating.

Lampzade · 04/10/2025 20:51

Lucozade
Twix
Fairy Liquid
Mars bars
Digestives Milk chocolate biscuits
Ribena

SixSeven · 04/10/2025 20:49

I’m not happy today with my new Dove stick deodorant, the blue one. What have they done?!

Also Cadburys, a bloody travesty selling out to an American company. However, the huge 850g bar still seems to taste like the olden days. £11 on Amazon, you are welcome.