What’s a “small” change that hit you harder than it should have?

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I’m still gutted about the recipe change for Robinsons Summer Fruits Refreshed. That was one of my absolute favourites, and Ribena Strawberry was right up there too, but I just can’t get into the new versions at all. I also never got over the switch they made to Robinsons Fruit & Barley Summer Fruits. Anyone else have a “small” change like this that just hit a little harder than expected? What have you been gutted about that's really not a big deal to others?

Caramac are still in Home Bargains. I bought some today. I was mega chuffed at this! Though I do suspect they just have what's left as the use by date is relatively short

Mine is the pyramid PG tips, still livid about that

Every time I eat a cheap chocolate bar now, I am disappointed. The taste has changed and somehow the texture is bleugh too. It started off with Cadburys but recently I had a twix and it was the same. Galaxy and Terry's are still okay, just...

Expensive chocolate, Chocoloney, Monty Bojangle and French chocolate is still good, but I don't buy it often (better for me!). I used to LOVE cadburys....

Le Joli Mexican lime and mint.

Wagamama prawn itame. They also used to do plum wine and a lovely green juice (not a veggie one - it was apple-based). Miss them.

Try Sainsbury's, we buy a good Canadian cheddar from there.

Ocado sell them!

Try ebay for your perfume.
There's normally loads of stuff on there for sale long after it's discontinued.

I remember that Milky Way had one that was two thin cylinders of wafer covered chocolate, with a tube of Milky Way stuff inside. It was lush.

Pringles are smaller with a less satisfying curve shape now. Hardly any shape to them at all anymore.

B&M do one that's fairly similar. Not white inside though.

Rimmel match perfection gel foundation being discontinued. Still not over it years later and haven’t found another foundation that I like.

All the chocolate brands we grew up with have changed for the worst and some are virtually inedible now. Yorkie is grim, Kit Kats are grim, Walnut Whips are grim. Everything tastes oily, slightly chemically and far too sweet. Cadbury's these days breaks my heart. It's the best of a bad bunch but it's a pale imitation of its former self.

Rowntrees fruit pastilles. I bought a bag the other day, noticed it now says they are 'vegan friendly' but didn't think too much of it. As soon as I tasted one I knew they'd changed the formula. They tasted awful. I won't be buying them again. They've made a stupid decision, in trying to capture the (rapidly shrinking) vegan market they've alienated everybody else.

Fairy Liquid. I've always been a FL devotee but not any more. I've paid a fortune for those new upside down bottles they do but the formula is thin and nowhere near as effective as the old Fairy. You need twice as much of it and it does't foam up anywhere near as much even then.

I'm just going to buy the Aldi dupe from now on.

Marmite. Also thinner than previously and you need to use so much more.

Twiglets. The coating now tastes bitter somehow and nowhere near as delicious.

I have a sneaky feeling they've done something to HP sauce as well.

John Frieda Frizz Ease Shine spray. Devastated at that loss. Have found some suitable replacements eventually but they are much more expensive.

Clinique Simply perfume.

Middle age!

I hear you, but since decades ago changing to dark 85% or above choc, I actually enjoy it. Montezuma is my fave dark variety, tho Divine is a close second.

Ads on YouTube. I refuse to pay subscription, because in my head, it's free and has no ads. I'm petty enough to answer the surveys wrong on purpose, just to spite it.

When my favourite brand of bagels stopped pre-slicing. They even put out a press release saying "you didn't like it, so we've gone back to normal". I liked it!! Perfectly even slices rather than the uneven monstrosities that I always end up with now.

I get that it's annoying, but how can you expect such a huge platform to run for free? And the content creators who put out fantastic videos deserve paying as well, otherwise YouTube would just be full of absolute crap.

EDIT: If you have a VPN and set it to Albania, you'll get no ads, because they're not allowed there. Yw.

Walnut whips have been disGUSTING (to me) for a long long time.

Every one seems to be saying it's coz of cacao being under threat and therefore expensive.

Do instead of changing chocolate bar recipes to keep the cost down, why can't they keep the original ingredients that were loved, but put the bloomin price up, if that's what it takes to get us to eat the bloomin things?

I'd rather pay twice the price, eat it less often to compensate my pleasure budgeting, and then at least enjoy....

Slimma soup Mediterranean tomato. I used to have it every day with a ssandwich the others don’t taste the same.

When McDonald’s used to do still Fanta… ahh it was amazing! Especially when hungover!

Mint areo chocolate when I was a kid it was in a green foil and the mint tasted like mint and a proppa rectangle shape now they changed everything about it the shape and the wrapper and it tastes plasticy....gutted don't like them anymore 😓

Anything bought by nestle, can no longer buy

@Danceswithweasels @meeeeeee1234 this - Asda or Tesco I think - is the nuts if you want a good strong cheddar 👍

http://www.collierscheese.com/our-range/colliers-powerful-cheddar/

I feel bereft that Homepride flour no longer comes in the box.

I assume because the lid was plastic but I can't store things in my cupboards in a bag without it getting buggy.

This! I absolutely loved Start.

The changing recipe of Krackerwheat crackers is another thing I haven't got over.