to think that low fat Philadelphia, low fat Mayo, low fat butter etc are all really rank?

[Mintyy]

Had a tuna mayo sandwich made with Hellman's Light yesterday. Had the usual black pepper and squeeze of fresh lemon. But I could taste the difference (and I don't even use much mayo in tuna mayo)!

Yuck.

YABU

that's why I love low carbing....we get to eat the real thing!

low fat products have so much crap put in them to try to re create the taste and appearance

Of course they're rank - and probably worse for you than the original (if the original were eaten, as intended, in moderation). Read up on how it is now becoming understood that fat in a diet is not the enemy at all - the real enemy is empty and useless carbs especially from the likes of High Fructose Corn Syrup which is used to give the 'mouthfeel' back to products advertised as - errrr - low fat.

It's horrible. And full of shit used to replace the fat.

Real fat isn't bad for you.

YANBU

low fat butter = yuk yellow stuff with added water.

YANBU.

And Extra light mayonnaise is a whole other level of horror. Anaemic snot.

Fat is not the enemy. We've all been conned!

I stopped all low/non fat products and switched to the full fat versions as well as anything with fake sugars and I have lost a ton of weight. And my food tastes an awful lot nicer.

I'm going to fence sit (a little) I only like low fat mayo, full fat is too creamy. The other stuff YANBU, the stuff they put in the stuff To reduce the fat content is worse than eating saturated fat.

The only one I think is nice is extra light lurpak... Which coming from
Someone who likes 1/2" of lurpak only on toast is saying something!

Cooking is science so they need to keep the balance some how, hence the nasties.
Just use less of the good stuff

Oh and the low fat Philly with sweet chilli is fab!

I agree- low fat stuff is unnatural crap

I bought the low fat Philadelphia by mistake (packaging v similar).

Thought I'd give low fat Hellmans a try but shan't be doing that again in a hurry .

I am very fat but don't eat much mayo or cream cheese so I'll stick with the full fat versions tyvm!

I don't eat low fat versions of anything except hellmans and Philadelphia (think its mostly bollicks), but full fat mayo is gross, and I just like the light Philly

YANBU. If something is MADE from fat (mayo, butter etc) there is no such thing as a "low fat" version - there are things that in outward appearance are somewhat like the original but they aren't real - they're strange frankenstein concoctions from food science laboratories. Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

I don't have low fat anything. It's not fat that's bad, it's sugar. I'm a low carb convert!

What slays me about all that "low fat" crap is it is very often HIGHER calorie! (Just check the labels -- I kid you not. "Fat" refers to risk to heart, not weight.)

YANBU. It's as bad as 'low sugar' AKA aspartame. Just have a teensy bit of sugar FGS.

God YANBU, can't bear low/no fat versions of food, no one in my family would ever eat them and not one of us is overweight. People need fat to feel properly full so v little point substituting real food with fake crap.

Yanbu. No low fat stuff in this house. And I'm thin.

Agreed also diet drinks are disgusting. Have no idea why you would eat either yuk.

half fat cheese is vile

I love cheese but I'd rather go without any.

YANBU. I never buy diet stuff more than once. Diet coke - yuk, diet mayo - yuk, low fat Philly - ergh!

Mind you I don't even like skimmed/semi skimmed milk.. Blue top all the way :)

I'm thin too

I agree apart from philli lighter. lightest is rank, lighter is lush

Lurpack lighter is quite nice. But I agree low fat philly and mayo are horrible. I just carry on having the full fat but just have a bit less