To think that Aldi and Lidl food is more calorific?

[Beemer30]

Just been comparing some items with branded items I've bought from the big 4.

Aldi and Lidl items seem to contain more calories for the same size product. Has anyone else found this? I've just cooked some of their frozen battered cod (lazy cooking night tonight) and whilst they were big and actually quite vile tbh they had just over 600 calories in them. Is it just me who thinks this?

mitchy

food is supposed to have calories in it

If people buy high fat foods, they should not be shocked when they prove to contain high levels of.......fat.
Irrelevant who they buy them from.

I thought that all the finest/ specially selected stuff was higher in calories by default and more "treaty."

There are certainly some foods in also which are eye wateringly high (amazing thick and creamy yoghurt at I think 250 cal a pop) - but then its on the packaging.

Shatners I've just laughed till I cried at your post thinking of Mr Greedy bumping around my local Aldi!

food is supposed to give you energy. i don't understand max volume for min cals

CAn't speak for Aldi because I never shop there but Lidl own brand products have substantially more calories/sugar/fat/salt than most of their branded equivalents. I noticed this with cereal in particular also things like baked beans, other tinned stuff and of course only tinned fish available in oil rather than water etc. Buy all my fruit and veg /meat there but go elsewhere for dry or tinned stuff.

Although I shop at Lidl, I buy very few ready meals so can't really comment. But I do know that the Lidl (full fat) mayonnaise has fewer carbs than most branded versions. Ditto with their Full Fat Greek Yoghurt.

Some products have fewer calories because they use artificial sweeteners
That doesn't make them better.

Ah now the only one I can be sure about is ice cream because I happened to randomly check once.

Lidl s version of a well-known and recognizable ice cream did indeed have more calories than the version named after a tv series in the 80's. However given the difference in price (substantial I thought) you can probably guess which one I purchased. And very nice they were too

Calorific sounds like a word you yell when you're excited. Like "awesome!" "Calorific!"

helpful

haha perfect word for the excitement of landing on the west coast

colleysmill, I always think of the larger size condom when I see that ice cream...

mtichy's comment is actually spot on. cheper foods are higher in sugar and additives that body does not know how to process so uselly it turns into fat (I oversimplified here but that's what I read).

Sausages, burgers - they are bulked up with breadcrums. Expensive stuff is just pure meat.

I am pretty sure that the apples, carrots, parsnips and oranges I bought in aldi have roughly the same amount of calories as the ones in asda. The Warburtons bread has the same number of calories too.

Actually, the Lidl sausages are lower in carbs (and therefore presumably breadcrumbs) than many of the equivalent ones in the big supermarkets (specialist sausages excepted).

I'm following the Low Carb (High Fat) Boot Camp, so make a point of looking at the carbs every time I buy something processed, rather than the raw materials. Their fresh meatballs and burgers also don't have, iirc, added breadcrumbs (don't usually buy them though, as I prefer to make my own).

Racking my brains trying to think of an ice cream named after an 80s TV series and extra large condoms!

coalscuttle also the name of a big handgun

Its also the name of a champagne bottle size (clue- its not Jeroboam!)

The guns (or more accurately the cartridges) are named after the champagne bottles; they're bigger, and you can get more in them.

Tesco PR dept - is that you?! ;-)

I was thinking sneaky Tesco post too.

More calories for money equals better value

Also, frozen battered cod should not be eaten by the calorie wary!

Lidl sell delicious and cheap fresh cod by the way.

I think it is true in some cases but mainly because the products are actually better quality and not primarily produced/marketed for an obese nation obsessed with calories. Because they don't have the major marketing concern of keeping each serving within certain calorie constraints, in many cases the serving size is bigger. If a bit of extra fat will make it taste batter, they put/leave it in.

e.g. their Greek style yogurt is 10% fat. It's also delicious. Anything with 0%-4% fat isn't greek yogurt and is full of fillers. Buy the proper one and enjoy it in moderation.

And I agree with PP why on earth would you buy battered fish and worry about the calories? Surely better to eat it, enjoy it and have enough or to eat something different.

Coalscuttle, there's an M at either end... .

Never thought about the condom, but now I will - thanks for that!