Local coffee shop is fibbing about their ingredients.

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

They advertise Nutella milkshakes, cupcakes and soon, Nutella waffle 'sandwiches'. They also do Oreo milkshakes and cupcakes. However, I've seen the shop owner in Aldi quite a lot, he buys tray fulls of the jars of Aldi's Nutoka and loads of packets of their fake Oreos. It is definitely him, his very distinctive work shirt is easily identifiable.

It doesn't really bother me, I'll still go there for my occasional Oreo milkshake, I just think the guy should be honest in what ingredients he's actually using.

Would it piss you off if you thought you buying a product with Nutella/Oreos and it turned out to be the Aldi version instead?

My daughter is fructose intolerant - she cannot Oreos as they have hfcs.

She may be able to eat the Aldi version.

My concern would be intolerances and how people would know if there was something in the other version they could not have.

Wouldnt bother me. Nutella and Nutoka are basically identical and but it was marketed as a "Nutoka" milkshake people wouldnt have a clue what that was.

As said upthread, I think Nutella and Oreo have become short hand for hazelnut chocolate spread and....well Oreo style biscuits It would be different if they said “Green and Blacks chocolate shakes” I think.
I suppose you could order an Oreo milkshake with almond milk, thinking it was vegan, but the alternative biscuits make it not vegan?! I think regardless of brands used, they should flag as relevant for dietary requirements/allergies etc...

I’d check the label of the fake one. If it had the same vitamins in as Nutella it wouldn’t bother me.

My concern would be that allergen information wouldn’t be correct. You can easily report it unofficially to the local environmental health officer and/or trading standards.

I wouldn't care.

I think Nutella has become a bit of a generic term for "chocolate hazelnut flavour" to be honest.

It's the same sugary palm oil shit anyway.

@ODFOx I was assuming there would be a plant-milk option, that I'd obviously ask for!

But, yes, I take your point

I wouldn't care, I never eat either and tend to agree that the names are fairly generic (even if they aren't really). I'd ask to see packs if I had allergies and would feel mean spirited reporting them.

My local shop sells tins of beans with the markings part of a multipack do not sell separately 🙄 Dominos got caught out buying Asda cheapo wedges. Everywhere does it it's terrible

It would irrititate me. Not on the grounds of quality, because I'm pretty sure a lot of own brands are almost identical to the branded product. Just because its false advertising. And that's dishonest.

And don't start me on cafés that sell things like pancakes and maple syrup and it's not maple syrup at all, it's golden syrup with maple flavouring...

soundsystem
I wouldn't be impressed. Oreos are vegan so if it was advertised as an Oreo milkshake then I'd assume I could have it. And it might not be.

Surely vegans don't drink milk so couldn't have it anyway? I wouldn't touch either because Nutella and Oreos both contain palm oil.

It would irritate me. Not on the grounds of quality, because I'm pretty sure a lot of own brands are almost identical to the branded product. Just because its false advertising. And that's dishonest

This ^

Plus the fact they're probably priced based on if they were made using the branded ingredients

It's shorthand for describing the ingredients. Bit like how hoover became synonymous with vacuum cleaners... I honestly couldn't care, and they should have allergy lists for all their products regardless.

Wouldn’t bother me. It’s incredibly hard to run a small business nowadays. The cafe will probably close down within the year.

Yeah that would put me off, you pay a markup for Nutella milkshake versus chocolate milkshake. It should be what it says.

It is dishonest. And while I wouldn't actually care that much in ordering it, there are many other ways of labelling these so people know what they are.

People (like it or not) pay a premium for brands, like Heinz beans, oreos, nutella and Cadburys.
Without realising, when you see more familiar brands you likely place more trust in the shop and rate it slightly more highly, swaying your decision to go in.
Why do you think Aldi have so many items that 'nearly' look like the brand you actually recognise...

A fake nutella = choco-nut, choco-hazel nut
Oreos = cookies and cream

Society IS in big trouble.
This, though, is right at the bottom of the list of things to give any fucks about.

Nutoka tastes the same as Nutella imo but lots of hazelnut spreads do not. Even so, I think it's misrepresentation and I don't think he should say Nutella unless he's actually using it. I bet he's priced at brand level not Aldi level!

Is it just me who thinks 'chocolate hazelnut' sounds much nicer than 'Nutella'? I wouldn't pay any kind of premium for the Oreos label either. Yes, missing the point, perhaps. I don't know what name you could use instead of Oreos. Annoying tasteless crumbs?

My concern would be how much sugar people are consuming

I can't stop laughing at a disgruntled vegan finding out their milkshake contains an animal product. Stick to steak in peppercorn sauce. Peppers are definitely vegan.

The false advertising is what would annoy me.

There is one restaurant I go to that has a Cadbury sundae. I would be annoyed if it was not Cadbury chocolate that they used. If it was advertised as chocolate sundae I would still buy it.

Places like this need to be careful if trading standards found out.

A cafe near my work does this. Says they use certain ingredients but I know they go to Aldi. I refuse to buy anything from there.

To be fair to the person commenting about 'vegan oreo milkshake' those milkshake places always offer different types of plant based 'milk' as well as the dairy version. I don't think she needs to explicitly say that she would have non-dairy milk, does she?